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AY 2022 – 2023 Award Recipients
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing – Jo Stein
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Fiction – Isaac Rysdahl
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Poetry – Faith Brown
The David Dortort Prize in Playwriting – Emma Miller
The David Dortort Prize in Non-Fiction – Beryl Frishtick
The Goodman Fund Short Story Award – Evan Williams
The Undergraduate Children’s Writing Award – Safiyyah Savage
POETRY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Poetry Award – Sumya Abida
The Esther Unger Poetry Prize – Dedipta Bhattacharjee and Oumou Ly
The Goodman Fund Poetry Award – Evan Williams
ESSAY AWARDS
The Allan Danzig Memorial Award in Victorian and Romantic Literature – DeAsia Samuels
The Riggs Gold Medal Essay Award – Oumou Ly and Jennifer Martinez
The Meyer Cohn Graduate Essay Award in Literature – Corinne Shearer
THE IRWIN & ALICE STARK AWARDS
The Stark Short Fiction Prize – Julia Francis (graduate) and George Moacdieh (undergraduate)
The Stark Award in Fiction in Honor of Henry R. Roth – Evan Williams
The Stark Award in Drama in Memory of Ross Alexander – Myra Alperson
The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson – Susan Chow
The Stark Award for Essay in Literature – Misha Parisius
The Stark English Composition Award in Memory of Mina Shaughnessy – David Archer
AWARDS FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The David Dortort Undergraduate Fellowship – Daisy Kirkland
The Margaret Halmy Prize – Oumou Ly
The Edward C. and Ruth P. Mack Graduate Fellowship – DeAsia Samuels
The Lillian Feder Scholarship – Misha Parisius
The Albert Friend Award in Excellence in Medieval Studies – DeAsia Samuels
The Paul Roberts Memorial Scholarship – Nazaughn James
The Richard Shephard Award for Excellence in Writing – Cedar Ecker
THE MARILYN STERNGLASS AWARDS IN LANGUAGE & LITERACY
The Marilyn Sternglass Writing Award – Gloria Nguyen and Erkinaz Shuminov
The Marilyn Sternglass Overall Merit Award – Gloria Nguyen and Maxwell Schnuer
TEACHING AWARDS
The Norman Levine Outstanding Teaching Award – Gloria Nguyen
The Teacher-Writer Award – India Choquette and Corinne Shearer
AY 2021 – 2022 Award Recipients
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing – Nina Capille
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Fiction – A.J. Woodhams
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Poetry – Taylor Baker
The David Dortort Prize in Playwriting – John Attanas
The David Dortort Prize in Non-Fiction – Grace Kearney
The Elyse L. Nass Endowed Scholarship – Emma Miller
The Goodman Fund Short Story Award – Cedar Ecker
The Undergraduate Children’s Writing Award – Syarlin Syafruddin
The Graduate Children’s Writing Award – John Attanas
POETRY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Poetry Award – Bethanie Corona and Elijah Rey-David Matos
Honorable Mention: Danae Miranda
The Esther Unger Poetry Prize – Brandi Alduk and Dedipta Bhattacharjee
The Goodman Fund Poetry Award – Brandon Velez
ESSAY AWARDS
The Riggs Gold Medal Essay Award – Librada Montero and Dashanka Sankar
The Meyer Cohn Graduate Essay Award in Literature – David Ciocon and Ian Murphy
THE IRWIN & ALICE STARK AWARDS
The Stark Short Fiction Prize – Lyndon Nicholas (graduate) and Paul Abreu (undergraduate)
The Stark Award in Fiction in Honor of Henry R. Roth – Paul Abreu
The Stark Award in Drama in Memory of Ross Alexander – Safiyyah Savage
Honorable Mention: Max Kohn
The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson – Samantha Hernandez
The Stark Award for Essay in Literature – Angelina Coronado
The Stark English Composition Award in Memory of Mina Shaughnessy – Alanis Omar
AWARDS FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The Toni Cade Bambara Endowed Scholarship – Angelina Coronado
The David Dortort Undergraduate Fellowship – Miguel Johnson
The Lillian Feder Scholarship – Corinne Shearer (graduate) and Eamon Burke (undergraduate)
The Richard Shephard Award for Excellence in Writing – Elijah Rey-David Matos
THE MARILYN STERNGLASS AWARDS IN LANGUAGE & LITERACY
The Marilyn Sternglass Writing Award – Maxwell Schnuer
The Marilyn Sternglass Overall Merit Award – Claire Balani
Honorable Mention: Stephanie Zlotnick
TEACHING AWARDS
The Norman Levine Outstanding Teaching Award – Claire Balani
The Teacher-Writer Award – Anna Linetskaya
AY 2020-2021 Award Recipients
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing – Katelyn Conroy
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Fiction – Nicholas Otte & Philip Rudich
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Poetry – Jaray Hunt and Megan Skelly
The David Dortort Prize in Playwriting – Allen Baez and Beryl Frishtick
The Goodman Fund Grants – Kathryn Harrison
The Goodman Fund Short Story Award – Syarin Syafruddin
The Graduate Children’s Writing Award – Lametria Robertson and Judith SchoolmanThe Undergraduate Children’s Writing Award – Evangelyn Beltran and Esma Esa
POETRY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Poetry Award – Aissata Keita and Jonathan Mora
The Esther Unger Poetry Prize – Diana Boateng, Kaity Lopez, and Susan Thorson
The Goodman Fund Poetry Award – Sadia Tasnim
ESSAY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Essay Award – Victoria Vulaj
The Riggs Gold Medal Essay Award – Librada Montero
The Meyer Cohn Graduate Essay Award in Literature – Ellie Horowitz-Lewis
THE IRWIN AND ALICE STARK AWARDS
The Stark Short Fiction Prize – Peggy Neill and Yuanqing Wang
The Stark Award in Fiction in Honor of Henry R. Roth – Evangelyn Beltran and Rina DeFrancesco
The Stark Award in Drama in Memory of Ross Alexander – Evangelyn Beltran
The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson – Sam Bellamy
The Stark Award for Essay in Literature – Susan Thorson
Honorable Mentions: Sara Mazzilli and Fatima Rahman
The Stark English Composition Award in Memory of Mina Shaughnessy – Deborah Cobourne
AWARDS FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The Toni Cade Bambara Endowed Scholarship – Sophia Yip
The David Dortort Undergraduate Fellowship – Lauren de la Torre
The Lillian Feder Scholarship – Shakeisha Levene
The Margaret Halmy Prize – Brittany Clark
The Edward C. and Ruth P. Mack Graduate Fellowship – Sophia Yip
The Paul Roberts Memorial Scholarship – Brittany Clark
The Richard Shephard Award for Excellence in Writing – Samantha Diaz
THE MARILYN STERNGLASS AWARDS IN LANGUAGE & LITERACY
The Marilyn Sternglass Writing Award – Claire Balani and Valerie Smith
The Marilyn Sternglass Overall Merit Award – Marcel Aguayo and Jorge Ivan Velez
TEACHING AWARDS
The Norman Levine Outstanding Teaching Award – Jorge Ivan Velez
The Teacher-Writer Award – Megan Skelly
AY 2019-2020 Award Recipients
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing – Rodger Blair Fell & Oelania Rubino
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Fiction – Sarah Brokamp & Kayle Nochomovitz
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Poetry – Bonnie Jill Emanuel & Matthew Gahler
The David Dortort Prize in Playwriting – Allen Baez
The Goodman Fund Short Story Award – Oumou Ly
The Graduate Children’s Writing Award – Lametria Robertson
The Undergraduate Children’s Writing Award – Preeti Presannan
POETRY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Poetry Award – Sarah Logan
The Esther Unger Poetry Prize – Evangelyn Beltran & Margaret Stone
The Goodman Fund Poetry Award – Sydney Clarke & Sarina Kesten
ESSAY AWARDS
The Allan Danzig Memorial Award in Victorian & Romantic Literature – Matthew Romano
The David Markowitz Essay Award – Matthew Romano
The Riggs Gold Medal Essay Award – Tyanna Harris
The Meyer Cohn Graduate Essay Award in Literature – Grace Kearney
THE IRWIN AND ALICE STARK AWARDS
The Stark Short Fiction Prize – Grace Kearney
The Stark Award in Drama in Memory of Ross Alexander – Enrique Rosado
The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson – Jorge Ivan Velez
The Stark Award for Essay in Literature – Matthew Romano
AWARDS FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The Lillian Feder Scholarship – Sara Mazzilli
The Margaret Halmy Prize – Yanna Almonte
The Edward C. and Ruth P. Mack Graduate Fellowship – Tyanna Harris
The Paul Roberts Memorial Scholarship – Matthew Romano
THE MARILYN STERNGLASS AWARDS IN LANGUAGE & LITERACY
The Marilyn Sternglass Writing Award – Grace Kearney and Maria Qureshi
The Marilyn Sternglass Overall Merit Award – Brittany Zayas
TEACHING AWARDS
The Norman Levine Outstanding Teaching Award – Joseph Furlong & Noelle Nagales
The Teacher-Writer Award – Alexander Moser & Kristine Slentz