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English Department Honors Student Writers

On May 4, the English Department held its annual Adamson Awards to honor student writing. The winners were as follows:

Non-fiction for Popular Journals
3. "On Leaving and Coming Back", Zach Harris
2. "Mirror Mirror" Alayna Frankenberry
1. "The Kansas of My Childhood", Brad Porter

Non-fiction for Scholarly Journals


Honorable mention: "Saying Goodbye to Gracie Allen" Deanna Mulye
3: "Rape of Bath", Alie Kolb
2: "I Want to Be Your Secretary (Sex, Class and the Power of BDSM)", Anne Marie Rooney
1: "Natural African American Hairstyles and Cultural Resistance", Jessica Smith

Screen Writing

Honorable mention: " B-Gate", Mark Cullen, and "Lonely People", Katie Scudera
3: "In the Cards", Alie Kolb
2: "American Dream", Michael Brotzman
1: "Bedtime Story", Erin Danehy

Fiction

Honorable mention: "Edie", Alexandra Kilduff; "Breaking Wheel", Mike Szczerban; "Oysters", Ruben Quintero; "Quiet House", Michelle Bova
3. "Paper and Plastic" Deanna Mulye
2. "Mister Smiles" Alie Kolb
1. "Bob Removal" Alayna Franenberry

Carnegie Mellon University Press Prize, Fiction

Sally Mao

Academy of American Poetry Award

Honorable mention: "Edison's Glassblower", Michael Hartwell; "A Pittsburgh Day in June", Greg Van Horn
1: Mark Cullen

Carnegie Mellon University Press Prize, Poetry

Elizabeth Barsotti

Adamson Poetry Award

Honorable mention: "Before It's Too Late", Mike Szczerban; "Attics and Chimneys", Andrea Fisk; "Enlightenment Suite", Zach Harris
3: "Peruvia Blues Sweeps Through an Avignon Café Scene" Adam Jaffe
2: "When Miss Prolific Left" Anne Marie Rooney
1: Red Vestiges" Sally Mao

Donna Grear Award

Mike Szczerban

Topol Award

Hoojin Kwak

The Hilary Masters Award

Marshall Roy

Film Internship "Family Friendly"

Greg Van Horn

 

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