Congratulations to the winners of the Samuel Eells Literary & Educational Foundation 2016 Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Literary Competitions.
2016 Undergraduate Competition Winners
Grand Prize: Daniel Pearl Award for Literary Excellence
- Michael Sugarman, SUNY Binghamton 2018 for “Nightmares in Pink”
Fiction
- Margaret Sullivan, Brown University 2017 for “Water to Water”
- Bryn Torres Friedenberg, University of Pennsylvania 2018 for “Closure Not Guaranteed”
- Jiahong Sun, Brown University 2017
Non-Fiction
- Samatha Fox, University of Pennsylvania 2018
- Luke Zahorik, University of Colorado 2018
- Eli Brewer, University of Washington 2017 for “Iran Nuclear Program and the Relevant Actors”
Poetry
- Aidan Bull, University of Toronto 2018
- Caitlin Howell, University of Pennsylvania 2018 for “Calomel: A Cascade”
- Xiomara Damour, SUNY Binghamton 2017 for “Milk and Honey”
Photography
- Carolyn Dundes, Wesleyan University 2017
- Rebecca Somach, University of Pennsylvania 2016
- Malavika Krishnan, Wesleyan University 2016
Film
- No 2016 winners. Submit your entries in 2017!
Music & Lyrics
- No 2016 winners. Submit your entries in 2017!
2016 Graduate Competition Winners
Fiction
- Emily Lauren Burg, Columbia University 1996 for “L’amour Fou” — $250 to WriteGirl
- Jim Sabo, Bowdoin College 1992 for “Got it in One” — $100 to Impro Theatre
Non-Fiction
- Nhu Tien Lu, Bowdoin College 2000 for “To Bear Witness” — $250 to Pacific Links Foundation (for scholarships)
- Emily Lauren Burg, Columbia University 1996 for “Let’s Roll” — $100 to WriteGirl
Poetry
- Emily Lauren Burg, Columbia University 1996 for “The White Skirt” — $250 to WriteGirl
- Mark Fung, Wesleyan University 1989 for “Pantun” — $100 to Friends of the Brownell Library
- David Jilk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 for “Saga for a Friend” — $100 to Society for Preservation of Greek Housing for Lambda Phi reservations