2024 Judges
Poetry
Ocean Vuong (Poetry) is the author of the New York Times bestselling poetry collection and novel, Time is a Mother (Penguin Press, 2022) and On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Press, 2019). A recipient of a 2019 MacArthur “Genius” Grant, he is also the author of Night Sky with Exit Wounds, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2016, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize, and winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Born in Saigon, Vietnam and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, he lives in Northampton, Massachusetts and serves as a Professor in the Creative Writing MFA Program at New York University.
Prose
Kaveh Akbar (Prose)’s work appears in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He is the author of the New York Times best-selling novel Martyr! (Knopf, 2024), as well as two poetry collections: Pilgrim Bell (Graywolf Press, 2021) and Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Alice James Books, 2017) He is also the editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine (Penguin Classics 2022). The recipient of honors including multiple Pushcart Prizes, a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, and the Levis Reading Prize, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, teaches at the University of Iowa and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson, and serves as Poetry Editor of The Nation. In 2014, Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry, and with Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he wrote a weekly column for the Paris Review called “Poetry RX.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you explain the guideline about “sending up to five packets of poetry or prose” further?
Answer: Yes! Each entrant may submit a max of ten packets of work for Adroit Prizes consideration: five for the Adroit Prize for Poetry and five for the Adroit Prize for Prose. Each of these packets may contain either up to six poems or up to three pieces of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction, up to 3,500 total words combined). For example, Student A might wish to send four packets of six poems and one 2,000-word creative nonfiction piece. Student B might wish to send a packet of three flash fiction pieces, three 3,500-word stories (one in each of three packets), and one creative nonfiction piece. And so on!
Are pieces submitted together judged together, or is each piece submitted judged individually?
Answer: Each piece within a packet is judged individually. Your packets do not have to revolve around a character, theme, or voice.
Can I submit previously published/accepted work?
Answer: Depends. You can submit unpublished work, work published by a campus-distributed magazine (for example, a high school or college/university’s campus publication), or work recognized/awarded by say a contest but not published. You cannot submit previously published work in a nationally- or internationally-distributed magazine.
I submitted a piece to the journal recently. Am I allowed to submit the same piece to the contest? What about a different/new piece?
Answer: Yes. You are, in both cases! We look forward to considering your Prize submission(s).
I have poems and pieces of prose to send. Can I send them in the same entry/submission?
Answer: No. Please send up to five poems together in one entry and then you may also send up to three pieces of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction, up to 3,500 total words combined) — or vice versa.
Do you accept pieces that employ other languages in them, or photo essays?
Answer: Yes (x2). We look forward to reading what you’ve got.
Should I withdraw work that is accepted elsewhere while under Adroit Prize consideration?
Answer: Yes. Please withdraw by adding a note to your submission, making sure to use the “Messages” tab of Submittable.
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The Adroit Prizes are open to submissions through May 1, 2024 @ 11:59pm PT!
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Recent Winners
2023 —
Winners:
Kinsale Drake | Poetry | Yale University, ’23
Kelly Hui | Prose – Fiction | University of Chicago, ’24
Finalists:
Diya Abbas | Poetry | University of Wisconsin – Madison, ’26
Ash Anderson | Poetry | Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, ’24
Victor Beck | Poetry | Brown University, ’24
Christian Butterfield | Poetry | Western Kentucky University, ’25
Jewel Cao | Poetry | University of Toronto, ’26
Robert Gao | Prose – Fiction | University Laboratory High School, ’25
Hannah He | Prose – CNF | Livingston High School, ’24
Taylor Ingrassia | Prose – Fiction | Rollins College, ’24
Fiker Girma Negash | Poetry | Harvard University, ’24
Celeste Nguyen | Prose – Fiction | Burlington High School, ’25
Madeleine Song | Prose – CNF | University of Pennsylvania, ’24
Dilara Sümbül | Prose – CNF | University of California – Berkeley, ’26
Grace Wang | Poetry | Harvard University, ’24
Andrew Yuan | Prose – Fiction | Phillips Exeter Academy, ’24
Semifinalists:
Cathleen Balid | Prose – Fiction | The Mary Louis Academy, ’24
Dia Bhojwani | Prose – Fiction | JBCN International School, ’23
Matthew Buxton | Poetry | Emory University, ’23
Renee Chen | Prose – Fiction | Taipei Fuhsing Private School, ’25
Eliza Gilbert | Poetry | Vassar College, ’25
Yong-Yu Huang | Poetry | Northwestern University, ’26
Andrew Kang | Prose – Other | Gilman School, ’23
Bela Koschalk | Poetry | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, ’26
Halianna Leland | Prose – Other | Albuquerque Academy, ’23
Yingqi Lu | Prose – CNF | YK Pao School, ’25
Emily Pickering | Poetry | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’24
Heather Qin | Prose – Fiction | Ridge High School, ’24
Madeleine Song | Prose – CNF | University of Pennsylvania, ’24
Lakshmi Sunder | Prose – Fiction | Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, ’23
Evan Wang | Poetry | Upper Merion High School, ’25
Chloe Wong | Poetry | Arcadia High School, ’24
Danae Younge | Poetry | Occidental College, ’24
Click here to view our 2023 Adroit Prizes Commendations.
2022 —
Winners:
Ethan Luk | Poetry | Princeton University, ‘24
Nandita Naik | Fiction | Stanford University, ‘23
Runners-Up:
Natalie Jarrett | Poetry | Northwestern University, ‘23
Sofia Miller | Creative Nonfiction | Denison University, ‘25
Finalists:
Alejandro Derieux Cerezo | Poetry | University of Michigan, ‘22
Eliza Gilbert | Poetry | Vassar College, ‘25
Renny Gong | Fiction | Columbia University, ‘24
Elane Kim | Fiction | Stanford Online High School, ‘23
Daniel Liu | Creative Nonfiction | Lake Highland Preparatory School, ‘23
Daniel Liu | Poetry | Lake Highland Preparatory School, ‘23
Briana Lu | Creative Nonfiction | Southridge School, ‘23
Olga Musial | Fiction | 33 Copernicus Bilingual High School, ‘23
Isabel Prioleau | Poetry | Yale University, ‘25
Amy Wang | Poetry | Westview High School, ‘23
Caroline Wu | Fiction | Upper Arlington High School, ‘23
Eric Yip | Poetry | University of Cambridge, ‘24
Semifinalists:
Hannah Keziah Agustin | Creative Nonfiction | University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, ‘22
Darius Atefat-Peckham | Poetry | Harvard University, ‘23
Dana Blatte | Poetry | Hamilton College, ‘26
Savannah Bradley | Fiction | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ‘22
Jewel Cao | Poetry | Crofton House School, ‘22
Zelda Godsey-Kellogg | Fiction | University of Pennsylvania, ‘25
Sabrina Guo | Poetry | Syosset High School, ‘23
Lauren Hakimi | Creative Nonfiction | CUNY Hunter College, ‘22
Virginia Kane | Poetry | Kenyon College, ‘22
Sherice Kong | Fiction | Ridge High School, ‘23
Kalivyn Marquix | Poetry | Louisiana State University, ‘22
Lana Reeves | Poetry | Harvard University, ‘23
Emma Reilly | Fiction | University of Virginia, ‘24
Simone Reid | Poetry | University of Richmond, ‘23
Sofia Sears | Creative Nonfiction | University of Pennsylvania, ‘23
Yvanna Vien Tica | Poetry | Faith Academy, ‘22
Olivia Treynor | Fiction | Barnard College, ‘23
Aaron Zhang | Poetry | Lakeside School, ‘23
Click here for the 2022 Commended Winners List.
2021 —
Poetry: Stephanie Chang: “Lotus Flower Kingdom”, selected by Carl Phillips.
Runner Up: Delilah Silberman | Bennington College, ’21.
Prose: Enshia Li: “Watching The Voice of China with My Mother at 13″, selected by Samantha Hunt.
Runner Up: Amal Haddad | Swarthmore College, ’22.
Finalists:
Aluna Brogdon | Fiction | Williams College, ‘26
Eliza Browning | Poetry | Wheaton College, ‘22
David Emeka | Fiction | The Federal University of Technology – Owerri, ‘21
Aidan Forster | Fiction | Brown University, ‘22
Jack Goodman | Poetry | Walter Payton College Preparatory School, ‘22
Sharon Lin | Poetry | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ‘21
Sofia Montrone | Fiction | Columbia University, ‘21
Jackson Neal | Poetry | University of Wisconsin – Madison, ‘23
Ngoc Pham | Poetry | Macalester College, ‘21
Kit Pyne-Jaeger | Fiction | Cornell University, ‘21
Clara Rosarius | Fiction | Oberlin College, ‘23
Kyle Wang | Poetry | Stanford University, ‘22
Semifinalists:
Imani Benberry | Fiction | Columbia University, ‘21
Matilda Lin Berke | Poetry | Wellesley College, ‘21
Jewel Cao | Poetry | Crofton House School, ’22
Krystle DiCristofalo | Fiction | Columbia University, ‘23
Ai Li Feng | Fiction | Thetford Academy, ‘24
Maria Gray | Poetry | Bates College, ’23
Bianca Layog | Poetry | Interlochen Arts Academy, ‘21
Alejandro Lucero | Poetry | University of Colorado – Denver, ‘22
Sarah Fathima Mohammed | Poetry | The Harker School, ‘23
Paz O’Farrell | Fiction | Pitzer College, ‘22
Kyle Okeke | Poetry | University of Houston, ‘22
Anthony Okpunor | Poetry | University of Benin, ‘22
Cole Pragides | Fiction | University of Colorado – Boulder, ‘22
Y.A. Suh | Nonfiction | Glen Rock High School, ‘21
Abigail Sylvor Greenberg | Nonfiction | Yale University, ‘25
Conor Truax | Fiction | University of Waterloo, ‘22
Click here for the 2021 Commended Winners List.
2020 —
Poetry: Tariq Thompson: “On Their Birthday, Suge Knight & My Daddy Discuss Forgiveness”, selected by Jericho Brown.
Runner Up: Stephanie Chang | Kenyon College, ’25.
Prose: Yasmeen Khan: “Valley of Saints”, selected by Kristen Arnett.
Runner Up: Coral Bello-Martinez | Franklin & Marshall College, ’20.
Finalists:
Gerardo Azpiri | Poetry | Bennington College, ‘23
Julia Bohm | Nonfiction | Colorado College, ‘22
Leyla Çolpan | Poetry | University of Pittsburgh, ‘20
Elliot Connors | Nonfiction | Yale University, ‘20
Kaya Dierks | Fiction | The Branson School, ‘21
Sophia Marusic | Fiction | Princeton University, ‘21
Edward Moreta Jr. | Poetry | Kenyon College, ‘22
Sophie Paquette | Nonfiction | Columbia University, ‘23
Madeleine Pulman-Jones | Poetry | University of Cambridge, ‘21
Kit Pyne-Jaeger | Fiction | Cornell University, ‘20
Grace Wang | Poetry | Columbus North High School, ‘20
Alex Zhang | Poetry | Columbia University, ‘20
Semifinalists:
Lukas Bacho | Fiction | University High School, ‘20
Matilda Berke | Poetry | Wellesley College, ‘21
Charlie Blodnieks | Poetry | Columbia University, ’21
Julia Bohm | Poetry | Colorado College, ‘22
Darnell (“DeeSoul”) Carson | Poetry | Stanford University, ‘21
Yue Chen | Poetry | Williams College, ‘22
Luke Coombs Misiak | Poetry | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ‘20
Mayah DeMartino | Fiction | Western Washington University, ‘21
Lane Devers | Nonfiction | Interlochen Arts Academy, ‘21
Mosab Hamid | Other/Hybrid Prose | Wesleyan University, ‘23
Charlie Lee | Fiction | Yale University, ‘20
Zain Murdock | Poetry | Columbia University, ‘22
Deon Robinson | Poetry | Susquehanna University, ‘20
Nora Wagner | Fiction | College Preparatory School, ‘23
Nancy Walecki | Fiction | Yale University, ‘21
Grace Wynter | Fiction | Yale University, ‘20
Click here for the 2020 Commended Winners List.
2019 —
Poetry: Fiona Stanton: “The Devout Childhood of St. Elizabeth of Hungary”, selected by Franny Choi.
Runner Up: Daniel Blokh | Alabama School of Fine Arts, ’19
Prose: Angelo Hernandez-Sias: “Gift”, selected by Jamel Brinkley.
Runner Up: Jason Lalljee | University of Chicago, ’20
Finalists:
Via Bleidner | Fiction | University of California – Santa Barbara, ’21
Lucy Catlett | Poetry | University of Virginia, ’19
Amelia Chen | Fiction | Williams College, ’22
Yujane Chen | Poetry | University of California – Berkeley, ’20
Lexi Covalsen | Fiction | Oglethorpe University, ’20
Grace Gilbert | Poetry | State University of New York – Geneseo, ’19
Becca Lambright | Nonfiction | University of Pennsylvania, ’19
Annalise Lozier | Poetry | Yale University, ’21
Brennan Sprague | Poetry | Monroe Community College, ’20
Bianca Zhou | Fiction | Emory University, ’22
Semifinalists:
Anna Butcher | Fiction | Alabama School of Fine Arts, ’19
Ethan Chua | Poetry | Stanford University, ’20
Alex Clifford | Fiction | Charleston County School of the Arts, ’20
Bailey Cohen | Poetry | New York University, ’20
Vivian DeRosa | Fiction | Communications High School, ’19
Taylor Fang | Poetry | Logan High School, ’20
Sarah Feng | Poetry | Pinewood School, ’20
Ava Goga | Poetry | Smith College, ’20
Sabine Holzman | Poetry | Orange County School of the Arts (Gap Year), ’19
Eileen Huang | Poetry | Yale University, ’22
Angela Hui | Fiction | Harvard University, ’20
Yasmeen Khan | Fiction | Grand Oaks High School, ’22
Sarah Lao | Poetry | The Westminster Schools, ’21
Natalie Love | Nonfiction | Phillips Exeter Academy, ’19
Sahara Sidi | Nonfiction | Wesleyan University, ’22
Thomas Waddill | Fiction | Davidson College, ‘19
2018 —
Poetry: Theis Anderson: “Three Fields to Leave You”, selected by Alex Dimitrov.
Runner Up: Lauren Sanderson | Colgate University, ’18
Prose: Polina Solovyeva: “Bug Murder”, selected by Rachel Heng.
Runner Up: Sarah Feng | Pinewood School, ’20
Finalists:
Matilda Berke | Poetry | Wellesley College, ’21
Julia Bohm | Fiction | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’18
Andre Bouyssounouse | Fiction | University of California – Santa Barbara, ’21
Becca Lambright | Nonfiction | University of Pennsylvania, ’20
Kalvin Marquiz | Poetry | Baton Rouge Magnet High School, ’18
Katherine Pyne-Jaeger | Poetry | Cornell University, ’20
Jeddie Sophronius | Poetry | Western Michigan University, ’18
Nikki Velletri | Poetry | Mount Saint Charles Academy, ’19
Semifinalists:
Ellie Black | Poetry | Hendrix College, ’18
Allison Boyce | Fiction | Vanderbilt University, ’20
Bronwen Brenner | Fiction | Baruch College Campus High School, ’19
Stephanie Chang | Poetry | Richmond Christian Secondary School, ’20
Imani Davis | Poetry | University of Pennsylvania, ’20
Amanda Hodes | Poetry | American University, ’19
Sabine Holzman | Poetry | Orange County School of the Arts, ‘18
Max Hunt | Fiction | Northpoint Christian School, ’18
Seth Kirby | Fiction | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’20
Maggie O’Brien | Fiction | Colorado College, ’19
Selina Wang | Poetry | Simon Fraser University, ’19
Lily Zhou | Poetry | Aragon High School, ’18
2017 —
Poetry: Safwan Khatib: “Empire with a Harp Inside It”, selected by Safiya Sinclair.
Runner Up: Christina Im | Sunset High School, ’18
Prose: Charity Young: “Sabratha”, selected by Allegra Hyde.
Runner Up: Aidan Forster | SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, ’18
Finalists:
Olivia Alger | Fiction | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’17
Aidan Forster | Poetry | SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, ’18
Julia Gourary | Fiction | The Nightingale-Bamford School, ’17
Adam Hamze | Poetry | University of Texas – Austin, ’17
Angelo Hernandez-Sias | Fiction | Columbia University, ’20
Alisha Yi | Poetry | Edward W. Clark High School, ’18
Zuyi Zhao | Poetry | The Benjamin School, ’17
Joyce Zhou | Poetry | Neuqua Valley High School, ’18
Lily Zhou | Poetry | Aragon High School, ’18
Semifinalists:
Colin Bailes | Poetry | University of Central Florida, ‘17
Michelle Chen | Nonfiction | Hunter College High School, ‘17
Annabelle Crowe | Poetry | Homeschool, ‘17
Reuben Gelley Newman | Poetry | The Dalton School, ‘17
torrin a. greathouse | Poetry | University of California – Irvine, ‘18
Jacqueline He | Poetry | The Harker School, ‘18
Noor Hindi | Poetry | University of Akron, ‘17
Savannah Horton | Fiction | Bowdoin College, ‘17
Cassandra Hsiao | Poetry | Orange County School of the Arts, ‘17
Eileen Huang | Poetry | High Technology High School, ‘18
Diana Khong | Fiction | Burncoat High School, ‘18
Enshia Li | Fiction | Bayview Secondary School, ‘18
Alison Liu | Fiction | Rice University, ‘18
Anika Prakash | Poetry | West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, ‘19
Ashira Shirali | Fiction | The Shri Ram School – Aravali, ‘18
Andy Sia | Poetry | Colgate University, ‘17
Irina Teveleva | Poetry | Columbia University, ‘17
Bradley Trumpfheller | Poetry | Emerson College, ‘18
Kirstin Wu Latimer | Poetry | University of Oxford, ‘18
Poetry: Rachel Cruea: “The Yellow Marrow Doesn’t Matter,” selected by Corey Van Landingham.
Runner Up: Theophilus Kwek: Three Poems
Prose: Brynne Rebele-Henry: “from The Glass House,” selected by Kevin Moffett.
Runner Up: Walker Caplan: “Elephants”
Honorable Mentions:
Christina Im | Poetry | Sunset High School, ’18
Jessica Li | Fiction | Livingston High School, ’16
Polina Solovyeva | Fiction | The Hotchkiss School, ’16
Scott Stevens | Poetry | Menlo School, ’16
Sophie van Waardenberg | Fiction | University of Auckland, ’18
Christian Wessels | Poetry | State University of New York at Brockport, ’16
Editors’ List:
Adam Berman | Fiction | Princeton University, ’18
Morgan Blalock | Poetry | Hollins University, ’16
Maddie Clevenstine | Poetry | SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, ’16
Helli Fang | Poetry | Walnut Hill School for the Arts, ’16
Aidan Forster | Poetry | Fine Arts Center, ’18
Mitchell Glazier | Poetry | West Virginia University, ’17
Ashley Gong | Poetry | Newtown High School, ’16
Alex Greenberg | Poetry | Ethical Culture Fieldston School, ’17
Jaclyn Grimm | Fiction | Lake Highland Preparatory School, ’17
Kathryn Hargett | Poetry | Alabama School of Fine Arts, ’17
Michal Leibowitz | Poetry | Stanford University, ’19
Elizabeth Lemieux | Fiction | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’17
Alison Liu | Fiction | Rice University, ’18
A. E. Long | Poetry | LaSwap Sixth Form, ’16
Annalise Lozier | Poetry | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’17
George Lubitz | Fiction | Skidmore College, ’17
Grant McClure | Nonfiction | Wofford College, ’19
Meg Millure | Poetry | University of Pittsburgh, ’18
Alexa Perlmutter | Fiction | National Cathedral School, ’17
Kathleen Radigan | Poetry | Wesleyan University, ’17
Ben Read | Poetry | Lewis and Clark High School, ’17
Brynne Rebele-Henry | Poetry | Homeschool, ’17
Max Seifert | Poetry | University of Iowa, ’16
Anna Sheppard | Poetry | SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, ’16
Serena Solin | Poetry | Columbia University, ’16
Erin Stoodley | Poetry | El Camino High School at Ventura College, ’16
Christina Sun | Fiction | University of Massachusetts – Amherst, ’16
Smriti Verma | Poetry | Apeejay School, ’16
Charity Young | Fiction | Union High School, ’16
Alex Zhang | Poetry | Phillips Exeter Academy, ’16
Emily Zhang | Poetry | Richard Montgomery High School, ’16
2015 —
Poetry: Ian Burnette: “dear radio,” selected by Tarfia Faizullah.
Runner Up: Brynne Rebele-Henry: “Purple”
Prose: Lydia Weintraub: “Feelies,” selected by Alexander Maksik.
Runner Up: John Stegner: “Cleansing”
Honorable Mentions:
Mariel Alonzo | Poetry | University of the Philippines – Diliman, ’16
Sara Henry | Poetry | University of Chicago, ’15
Christina Qiu | Prose | Harvard University, ’19
Maia Rosenfeld | Prose | Brown University, ’19
Emily Zhang | Poetry | Richard Montgomery High School, ’16
Editors’ List:
Rachael Allen | Prose | Bowdoin College, ’18
Mehul Bhagat | Poetry | Emory University, ’18
Nathan Blansett | Poetry | Emory University, ’19
Catherine Brams | Poetry | Middlebury College, ’18
Walker Caplan | Prose | Lakeside School, ’16
Lev Craig | Poetry | Harvard University, ’16
Cu Fleshman | Prose | University of California – Irvine, ’18
Mitchell Glazier | Poetry | West Virginia University, ’17
Ava Goga | Poetry | Robert McQueen High School, ’16
Safwan Khatib | Poetry | Columbia University, ’19
Erin Koehler | Poetry | State University of New York – Geneseo, ’15
Jessica Li | Prose | Livingston High School, ’16
Annalise Lozier | Poetry | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’17
Blaike Marshall | Poetry | College of Charleston, ’17
Grant McClure | Poetry | Wofford College, ’19
Jared Newman | Prose | Yale University, ’19
Lucy Silbaugh | Prose | Abington Friends School, ’16
Jeremy Windham | Poetry | Stephen F. Austin State University, ’15
2014 —
Poetry: Nathan Durham: “Chevrolet,” selected by Richie Hofmann.
Runner Up: Ian Burnette: “Harvests”
Honorable Mention: Emily Knott: “Elegy Broadcast from the Top of a Radio Tower”
Honorable Mention: Oriana Tang: “Chinese New Year”
Honorable Mention: Maddie Kim: “Mothers in July”
Prose: Isabel DeBre: “Digging,” selected by Wendy Rawlings.
Runner Up: Madeleine Cravens: “Girls and Boys: Growing Up in Four Parts”
Honorable Mention: Dalton Fischer-Linnett: “When Dutch Klaas was Fearless”
Honorable Mention: Frances Saux: “Difficult”
Honorable Mention: Catherine Mosier-Mills: “The Practical Applications of Calculus”
Editors’ List:
Camara Brown | Poetry | University of Pennsylvania, ’17
Alicia Lai | Poetry | Princeton University, ’18
Cheryl Julia Lee | Poetry | Nanyang Technological University, ’14
Emma Lister | Poetry | Colyton Grammar School, ’15
Kyle Michelson | Poetry | Stanford University, ’15
Torn Porter | Prose | Stanford University, ’16
Christina Qiu | Prose | Livingston High School, ’15
AM Ringwalt | Prose | Emerson College, ‘17
Lucy Wainger | Poetry | Stuyvesant High School, ’16
Megan Walters | Prose | Interlochen Arts Academy, ’15
Jay G. Ying | Poetry | University of Edinburgh ’16
2013 —
Poetry: Shelley Whitaker: “The Fox Den,” selected by Garth Greenwell.
Runner Up: Rainie Oet: “Hookey”
Honorable Mention: Emily Bernard: “My Father, the American Hero”
Honorable Mention: Katherine Frain: “South Carolina”
Honorable Mention: Da’Shawn Mosley: “Because You Expressed Desire, Once, to Be Here”
Prose: Elizabeth Martin: “Too Small Yet,” selected by Marlin Barton.
Runner Up: Lily Fishman: “The Beach”
Honorable Mention: Emily Hittner-Cunningham: “After Looking-Glass”
Honorable Mention: Eric Stiefel: “Ronald Reagan Walks Again”
Honorable Mention: Ashley Zhou: “A Man of Convenience”
Editors’ List:
Yasmin Belkhyr | Poetry | The Garden School, ’14
Kathleen Cole | Prose | University of Chicago, ’17
Caleb Kaiser | Poetry | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, ’16
Kayla Krut | Poetry | University of California – Berkeley, ’13
Charles McCrory | Prose | University of Mississippi, ’16
Christina Qiu | Prose | Livingston High School, ’15
Kathleen Radigan | Poetry | Connecticut College, ’17
Iris Samuels | Poetry | Israeli Defense Force
Rachel Stone | Poetry | Princeton University, ’17
Lydia Weintraub | Prose | Saint Ann’s School, ’14
Victoria White | Poetry | Milton Academy, ’14
2012 —
Poetry: Stephanie Guo: “Clear Tea,” selected by Chloe Honum.
Runner Up: Nicholas Pierce: “After My Mother’s Wedding”
Honorable Mention: Michelle Jia: “Mrs. D”
Honorable Mention: Jessie Li: “Pyrus Pyrifolia”
Honorable Mention: Eliza Moley: “Barcelona”
Prose: Phoebe Nir: “Talia and Kate”.
Runner Up: Flora Collins: “Debbie”
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Ballou: “Medicine Cabinet Confessional”
Honorable Mention: Alina Grabowski: “The Great American Road Trip”
Honorable Mention: Melissa Tolentino: “Reckless”
Editors’ List:
Alexa Derman | Prose | Westfield High School, ’14
Amy Gopinathan | Poetry | Princeton University, ’14
Sara Kassel | Prose | Philadelphia University, ’14
Caroline Kelley | Poetry | Wellesley College, ’16
Katy Li | Poetry | Coppell High School, ’14
Molly McGinnis | Poetry | Boise High School, ’13
Rick Manayan | Poetry | Punahou School, ’13
Sienna Zeilinger | Prose | Brown University, ’15
Tina Zhu | Prose | Shanghai American School, ’13
