Literary Competition Winners 2022

Congratulations to the winners of the Samuel Eells Literary & Educational Foundation Annual Undergraduate and Alumni Literary Competitions.

2022 Undergraduate Competition Winners

Grand Prize: Daniel Pearl Award for Literary Excellence

Fiction

  1. Griffin Sluszkiewicz, Binghamton University 2022 for “Angel Factory”
  2. Kate Isabel Foley, Ursinus College 2023 for “Meta”
  3. (Third Place TIE) Anna Dubey, Brown University 2025 for “The Trash”
  4. (Third Place TIE) Colin Picket, George Washington University 2022 for “Notorious”

Non-Fiction

  1. Diane Story, Brown University 2023 for “Letting them go back gracefully: NICU Nurses and Withdrawal of Care Bioethics and Culture”
  2. Zoe Boggs, Brown University 2022 for “Hi, Prince Mongo”
  3. Nasreen Duqmaq, Brown University 2022 for “Modernized Medusa” and other works

Poetry

  1. (First Place TIE) Anna Dubey, Brown University 2025 for “Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Passover, 1943”
  2. (First Place TIE) Cooper Barron, University of Toronto 2024 for “Shoebox Queer”, “Cortard’s Snake”, and “Doomerboy, Interrupted”
  3. (Second Place TIE) Sarah Buck, Ursinus College 2022 for “Free” and other works
  4. (Second Place TIE) Colin Picket, George Washington University 2022 for “Weary: A Journal”

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Writing

  1. Neha Ahmed, George Washington University 2021 for “Cultivating Science Identity in Students With Intersectional Identities Through Scientist Spotlight Assignments” and “Impact of Weight Loss Advertisements on Body Image”
  2. Janelle Barnett, Brown University 2024 for “Black Maternal Mortality in the United States: Why Does This Disparity Exist and How Do We Address This Issue?”
  3. Zhiyuan (Paul) Zhou, Brown University 2023 for “Improving Post-Processing on Video Object Recognition Using Inertial Measurement Unit”

Photography

  1. Dylan Kim, Columbia University 2024 for “The Unsuspecting Home Series”
  2. Nasreen Duqmaq, Brown University 2022 for “The Infrastructure Series”
  3. Kei Fink, Indiana State University 2023 for “Hydrangeas”

Visual Art

  1. Emery Miller, Binghamton University 2022 for “Untitled” (Paper Mache Mushroom) and other works
  2. John Watson, George Washington University 2022 for “Are We Too Late?” (screen print)
  3. No award given

Music and Lyrics

  1. Kate Isabel Foley, Ursinus College 2023 for “Second Choice” and “My Turquoise Sweater” (score)
  2. Dylan Kim, Columbia University 2024 for “Riverside Blue Wave” (score)
  3. Adira Altman, Brown University 2025 for “Don’t Ask Jack” (score)

Film

  1. Nasreen Duqmaq, Brown University 2022 for “FIGS”
  2. Dylan Kim, Columbia University 2024 for “Heimlich: A-Side”

2021-2022 Alumni Competition Winners

Fiction

  1. Anthony Pelham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1979 for “My Summer Working in the Triangle Building” — Award to charity
  2. Carter E. Timon, Ursinus College 2016 for “Death” — Award to charity
  3. David Jilk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 for “A Few Miles of Trail” — Award to charity

Non-Fiction

  1. Elan Baskir, Washington University in St. Louis 2015 for “What a Swastika Tattoo Taught Me About Social Determinants of Health” — Award to charity
  2. Anthony Pelham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1979 for “The Hill” — Award to charity
  3. 3rd Place TIE: Joan Matelli, Wesleyan University 1992 for “A Painful Bias: Racial and Gender Disparities in Medical Diagnoses and Treatment” — Award to charity
  4. 3rd Place TIE: Carmen Horn, Brown University 2021 for “Model Trains” — Award to charity

Poetry

  1. David Jilk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 for “Soldierstone” — Award to charity
  2. 2nd Place TIE: Emily Lauren Burg, Columbia University 1996 for “Three Addresses: London After Terence Winch” — Award to charity
  3. 2nd Place TIE: David Jilk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 for “Queen of Day” — Award to charity
  4. No third place award given.

Photography

  1. Rémy Hatfield-Gardner, Wesleyan University 2017 for “CAH WASH” — Award to charity
  2. Jim Sabo, Bowdoin College 1992 for “Transmission Received” — Award to charity
  3. Pamela Smith, Bowdoin College 1992 for “Wharf Shack” — Award to charity

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