Awarded for excellence in English writing: prose or poetry.
2020 Winner: Karina Pantoja
Previous Prize Recipients
2019 – Meredith Ashton, Gaby Cordova, and Madeline Lauver
2018 – Margaret Doele, Elise Renee Houcke, Kate Liska and Ian Zigterman
2017 – Erin Elizabeth Bensinger, Serena Li Bonarski, Jon R. Jerow, and Caroline Marie Peterson
2016 – Justin Howard Danzy, Natalie Ruth Martell, and Malika Anne Mitra
2015 – Kate Belew (poetry), Jane Huffman (poetry), Hamin Kang (fiction), and Katherine Rapin (nonfiction/journalism)
2014 – Dacota Clement, David Landskroener, and Trevor Vader
2013 – Emily E. Guzman, Hannah D. Harrison, Frances Hoepfner, and Kelsy J. Nuttall
2012 – Stewart Finnegan, Kimberly Grabowski, and Revecca Ellen Staudenmair
2011 – Mary B. Corcoran, Maghan M. Jackson, and Lauren Moran
2010 – Claire E. Edder, Jared J. Devitt, and Jessica R. Maas
2009 – Peter Hopkins, Kathryn Prout, Jillian Regal, and Allison Semperger
2008 – Danielle Badra
2007 – Megan Chuhran, Caitlen Frank, Carly Orosz, and Lauren Trager
2006 – Nick Benca, Anne Holmes, and Meridel Thomson
2005 – Meredith Adams-Smart, Tiffany Antor, Julie Faust, and Will Miller
2004 – Michael Gosack, Matt Pieknik, Joe Tracz and Katie Zapoluch
2003 – Michael Gouin, Nan Young Lee, Jeffrey J. Richardson, and Sara Wiener
2002 – Larissa Brezden, Alyssa Knickerbocker, Christine McIsaac
2001 – Ann Cwiek, Sam Garman, Stephanie Moses
2000 – Michael Collins
1999 – Emily Crawford, Lisa-Marie Harris, Andrew Miller, and Sara Rivara
1998 – Joyce Dallenbach, Sarah Estes, and Jeffrey Grisenthwaite
1997 – Sarah Cohen and Todd Thompson
1996 – Nicole Quackenbush
1995 – Virginia Lautzenheiser and Michael Wells
1994 – Sonya Olds and Erick Trickey
1993 – Christopher Matthews
1992 – Corey Marks and Erica Wagner
1991 – Jennifer Caldwell and Josephine A. Rood
1990 – Gretchen C. Knapp
1989 – Anthony G. Bosca and Heather J. Laymon
1988 – Peter G. Leondedis
1987 – Katherine Garfield and Nathan Guequierre
1986 – Jacqueline Scott and Lynn Staley
1985 – Jeffery Rubin
1984 – Daniel Calto and Anne Okon
1983 – David Demko
1982 – Craig Mueller
1981 – Ellen Everett and Victoria Reichow
1980 – Eva Fernandez and Ann Hobart
1979 – Michael D. Moyer
1978 – Suzanne Jones and Katherine Fancher
1977 – James Mandrell and Wendy Popkes
1975 – Debra Wierenga