Contests & Awards
Academy of American Poets College and University Prize
The Academy of American College Poets Prize is one of the nation's oldest poetry organizations.
Many of our nation鈥檚 finest poets received this prestigious award early in their literary
careers. Among them: Diane Ackerman, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Jorie Graham, Kimiko
Hahn, Joy Harjo, Robert Hass, Li-Young Lee, J. D. McClatchy, Robert Pinsky, Sylvia
Plath, Mark Strand, Ocean Vuong, and Charles Wright.
The Academy of American Poets Prize is administered yearly by the Writing Department
in partnership with 91看片鈥檚 Center for the Humanities and the Academy of American
Poets.
2026 Winner
Catarina Broccolino
2026 Honorable Mention
Daniel Gaughan
Fiction/Non-Fiction Prose Contest
The Writing Department recognizes the best in student fiction and non-fiction. It awards the student who writes the best essay or the best short story within an upper division (300 or higher) departmental course.
Fiction Winner 2026
Alex Preusser
Non-Fiction Winner 2026
Colleen Grennan
Rhetoric Contest
The Writing Department recognizes the best in student rhetorical composition originally produced for 200, 300, or 400- level writing classes at 91看片. There are three categories of submission: analysis, persuasion, and digital/multimodal/visual.
Analysis Winner 2026
Colleen Grennan
PersuasionWinner 2026
Caroline Westervelt
Upcoming Events
Writers at Work: Faculty ReadingProfessors Kathleen Forni, Ph.D. and James Bunzli, Ph.D.
September 29th at 6pm
Fourth Floor Program Room
Becoming Bulletproof
Monday, October 26th at 7:00pm
McManus Theatre
Writers at Work: Amie Whittemore
Thursday, November 12th at 6:00pm
Fourth Floor Program Room
Writer's Ball
Friday, January 29th 6:00-10:00pm
Fourth Floor Program Room
Modern Masters: Anna Kode
Spring 2027
TBA
Writers at Work: Chris L. Terry
Thursday, February 11th at 6:00pm
Fourth Floor Program Room
One More Question
Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00pm
McGuire Hall
