GRADUATE AWARDS:

AAP/Steinberg Poetry Prize: 

• Winner: Anushka Shah, “Mummy decides to go silver at fifty”  
• Runner up: Susan Muth, “Queens of Kentucky”  

Toby Thompson Prize—NONFICTION: Nathan Ousey, “Whichever Side It Lands On”

Toby Thompson Prize—FICTION: Katelyn Robbins, “The English World”

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UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS:

Lehman—Fiction	Nichols—Fiction
1. “Terminal,” by Steven Schneible	1. “Luminaries,” by Alyssa Sweeney
2. “Marlboro Lullaby,” by Emma Cagle	2.  “The Dove and the Maiden,” by Shirin Ismayil
3. Mr. Wilson, Was It You Last Night,” by Nicholas Calabrese	3. “Sea of Trees,” by Jiazheng Li

Lehman—Nonfiction	Nichols—Nonfiction
1. “Whichever Side It Lands On,” by Nathan Ousey	1. “On Glow Sticks,” by Grace DePaull
2. “Birdbrain,” by Steven Schneible	2. “Actively Dying,” by Madeline Fogg
(no third place awarded)	3. “Still Stands the Forest Primeval,” by Simon Hebert

Lehman—Poetry

1. “shelter,” by Ari Gluckman

2. “sublime,” by Celine Gauge *

3. “Indirect Pathfinding & Other Unnoticed Party Tricks,” by Creed Irby*

Cranage—Poetry

1. “Garden Song” by Alyssa Sweeney

2. “My Brother,” by Claire Williams

3. “It’s Sunday Again” by Grace Miller

4. “Duality of Man” by Kathryn Salada

Mihelcic—Poetry

1.   “Miracle” and “To the ants probably living in the woodwork of my house” by Anushka Shah

2. “Roots,” by Elizabeth Brady

3. “A Mother’s Hope Is Endless” by Caroline Brustoloni

4. “In the Garden” by Alyssa Tombs

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All winners are from University Park, unless otherwise noted:
*Erie–The Behrend College

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JUDGES FOR 2021 WRITING CONTESTS

Graduate Creative Writing Awards:

Toby Thompson Prizes:

• Nonfiction: Jennifer Kach
• Fiction: Glenn Blake

AAP/Steinberg Poetry Prize—Geffrey Davis

Undergraduate Creative Writing Awards:

Poetry: Adrienne Su (Lehman & Mihelcic) and Julie Swarstad Johnson (Cranage)
Fiction: Zack Bean (Nichols) and Cary Holladay (Lehman)
Nonfiction: Jami Nakamura Lin (Nichols) and Krista Eastman (Lehman)