Announcements

Awards Ceremony: April 14, 2009

Undergraduate Creative Nonfiction Award

Judge: Elizabeth Kadetsky

1st Place

Melissa Difatta
Submission: “The Bone Marrow Queen”
Instructor: Christina Burroughs

2nd Place

Keith DeVries
Submission: “I See No Evil”
Instructor: Elizabeth Kadetsky

3rd Place

Ryan Lejarde
Submission: “Life As a Writer, Or, A Mess of Thoughts, Most of Which Relate”
Instructor: Elizabeth Kadetsky

Honorable Mentions

Charlie Lopresto
Submission: “Light Bulb Man”
Instructor: Jennifer Matesa

Alisha Ebling
Submission: “in the event of a rain shower, always carry an umbrella.”
Instructor: Jennifer Lee

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Edwin O. Ochester Undergraduate Poetry Award

Judge: Barbara Edelman

1st Place

Katelyn Litterer
Submissions: “Ism”; “Common Grackle”; and “Black”
Instructor: Lynn Emanuel

2nd Place

Colin C. Post
Submission: “In Furious Dreams”
Instructor: Jeff Oaks / Dawn Lundy Martin

Honorable Mentions

Hong-Thao Nguyen
Submission: “When as a Boy, says Grandpa”
Instructor: Ben Lerner

Katharine M. Hoffer
Submission: “In Quiet Rooms”
Instructor: Dawn Lundy Martin

Ryan Kauffman
Submission: “A contemporary lyric analysis”
Instructor: Lynn Emanuel

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Monty Culver Prize

Judge: Lewis Nordan

1st Place

Frank Jackson
Submission: “Fame”
Instructor: Chuck Kinder

Honorable Mentions

Robert Farrell
Submission: “Move”
Instructor: Julianne McAdoo

Renee Dorman
Submission: “Reading Peter Pan”
Instructor: Jeff Martin

Jordan Coffen
Submission: “Walking Home”
Instructor: Geeta Kothari

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Taube Award for Fiction

Judges: Myron Taube, Fiona Cheong, Mark Kemp

Co-winners

Nour Abdelghani
Submission: “A Wave of Love”

Jason Miller
Submission: “Hanging Garden”
Instructor: Cathy Day

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Edwin O. Ochester Graduate Poetry Award

Judge: Carl Phillips

1st Place

Sam Pittman
Submission: “Daily”

2nd Place

Chad Vogler
Submission: “Objective Statement”
Instructor: Lynn Emanuel

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Turow-Kinder Award

Judge: April Smith

1st Place

Billy Coakley
Submission: "Didier et Les Elephants”
Instructor: Chuck Kinder

2nd Place

Juliann Draper
Submission: “Natural”
Instructor: Irina Reyn