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