Congratulations to the winners of the Samuel Eells Literary & Educational Foundation 2012 Annual Literary Competition.
Grand Prize: Daniel Pearl Award for Literary Excellence
- Charles Cook, Chapman University 2013 for “Standing Ground” (film category)
Fiction
- Benjamin Jones, Brown University 2013 for “Stained Glass”
- Mahayah Phillips, Stanford University 2015 for “The Make-up of a Massacre”
- Siqi Liu, Brandeis University 2015 for “Steel”
Non-Fiction
- Jessica Jordan, Wesleyan University 2013 for “Holy Ghost”
- Phillip Trammell, Brown University 2013 for “Real Illinoisan Don’t Drive Automatics”
- Cade Leebron, Wesleyan University 2014 for “Reclaiming a Body”
Poetry
- Stephen Haw, University of California, Berkeley 2015 for “Precious”
- Ezekiel Richardson, Stanford University 2014 for “Oranges”
- William Braff, Kenyon University 2013 for “Why Do I Write?”
Photography
- Cade Leebron, Wesleyan University 2014 for “Granada”
- Adam Wang, University of Toronto 2013 for “Calligrapher”
- John Seale, Brandeis University 2015 for “Outside Shapiro Dormitory on a Snowy Day”
- Honorable Mention: Cade Leebron, Wesleyan University 2014 for “Elementary”
- Honorable Mention: Dash Walczak, University of Washington 2013 for “Burrito Lunch”
Film
- Michael Yeung, University of British Columbia 2013 for “Love’s First Minute”
- Michael Rose, Brown University 2013 for “Paperwork”
- no winner
Music & Lyrics
- Kyle Leonard, University of Washington 2013 for “Machines”
- Etrus Hunt, Wesleyan University 2012 for “Flowing is Half the Battle”
- Alex Rossie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013 for “How Soft a Caterpillar Steps”