Congratulations to the winners of the Samuel Eells Literary & Educational Foundation 2018 Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Literary Competitions.
2018 Undergraduate Competition Winners
Grand Prize: Daniel Pearl Award for Literary Excellence
- Milo Trujillo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2018 for “Activism Under Oppression” (STEM Writing)
Fiction
- Brennan K Burns, University of Pennsylvania 2020 for “Metropolitan”
- Julia Levine, Wesleyan University 2020 for “That House”
- Daven McQueen, Brown University 2019 for “Disappearance in a Mid-Sized Town”
Non-Fiction
- Joseph Bell, Columbia University 2020 for “Forfeiting Morality: Systemic Evil Underlying the Abu Ghraib Scandal”
- Liam Carpenter-Urquhart, Brown University 2019 for “A Place to Be Somebody”
- Michelle Fisher, Wesleyan University 2019 for “Rules of Reproduction: Legitimating Gestational Surrogacy through Narratives of Altruistic Motivation of Surrogate”
Poetry
- Ezra Lowe, George Washington University 2020 for “Chickadee”, “Eosphorus Undone”, and “Character Study of a Young Man’s Teeth”
- Jillian Pizzuto, Binghamton University 2020 for “I Wish I’d Turned Off the Damn AC”
- Ria Malones, Ursinus College 2020 for “The Mask” and “Dear Former Self”
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Writing
- Dori Hicks, Binghamton University 2021 for “Dementia: More Than Meets the Eye”
- Amber Chong, Columbia University 2021 for “Man and Bird and Beast”
- Tara Rini, Binghamton University 2019 for “The Effects of 6-OHDA Lesioning on Handedness in Rat Models of Parkinson’s Disease”
Photography
- Campbell Silverstein, Wesleyan University 2019 for “Body of Work Titled ‘Good Boys Never Sleep'”
- Morgana Van Peebles, Columbia University 2020 for “Reach Out”, “Comfortable Cloud”, and “Kids in the City”
- Alexander Schneiderman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2019 for “Forum Romanum, Roma”
Visual Art
- Julia Levine, Wesleyan University 2020 for “Cerulean” (wheel thrown stoneware)
- Andie Dolan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2019 for “Classic Bentley” (chalk drawing)
- (3rd place tie) Griffin Bader, Cornell University 2020 for “London Calling” (painting)
- (3rd place tie) Julia Illana, Brown University 2019 for “Inside Out” (embroidered clothing)
Music and Lyrics
- Tommy Song, Columbia University 2020 for “Not Far Away” and “Riverside”
- Alyssa Gengos, Columbia University 2020 for “Phone’s Dead” and other works
- Sheung Him Jason Tang, University of Pennsylvania 2018 for “Sparkle” and other works
Film
- Miranda Hoyt-Disick, Wesleyan University 2019 for “Famous Last Words”
- Jack Warren, Wesleyan University 2019 for “Shine”
- Danielle Stolz, Columbia University 2019 for “Heinrich and Freidrich’s Great Adventure”
2018 Graduate Competition Winners
Fiction
- Nessa Burns Reifsnyder, Bowdoin College 1986 for “Don’t Say His Name” — Award to charity
- Harper Hansen, George Washington University 2018 for “The Apotheosis of George Washington: Constantino Brumidi’s Homage to America” — Award to charity
- Madeleine O’Brien, Wesleyan University 2016 for “Forevergreen” — Award to charity
Non-Fiction
- Jason Haas, Wesleyan University 2000 for “Pebbles” — Award to charity
- Jason Haas, Wesleyan University 2000 for “PBvG” — Award to charity
- No award given
Poetry
- David Jilk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 for “Distilled Moments” — Award to charity
- Sharisse Kanet, Wesleyan University 2006 for “As if” and other works — Award to charity
- Ian Hochberg, Brown University 2001 for “Dea’s Post” — Award to charity
Photography
- Joseph Staub, Wesleyan University 1992 for “Doughnut Shop Coffee” series — Award to charity
- Sharisse Kanet, Wesleyan University 2006 for “Cows and Garbage” — Award to charity
- Beth Hollander, Brown University 2004 for “Wind through the Fenceposts” — Award to charity