Literary Competition Winners 2022-2023

Congratulations to the winners of the Samuel Eells Literary & Educational Foundation Annual Undergraduate and Alumni Literary Competitions for the 2022-2023 academic year.

2022-2023 Undergraduate Competition Winners

Grand Prize: Daniel Pearl Award for Literary Excellence

Fiction

  1. (First Place TIE) Anna Dubey, Brown University 2025 for “Makeup”
  2. (First Place TIE) Kate Isabel Foley, Ursinus College 2023 for “Lost Soul,” “The Preacher’s Daughter,” and other works
  3. Anna Dubey, Brown University 2025 for “Generation”
  4. Gabriel Ritter, Brown University 2025 for “One Fair Day”

Non-Fiction

  1. Janelle Barnett, Brown University 2023 for “H 5678: Restricting Prescription Drug Price Increases”
  2. (SECOND PLACE TIE) Janelle Barnett, Brown University 2023 for “In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World”
  3. (SECOND PLACE TIE) Anna Dubey, Brown University 2025 for “Darwin as a Socratic Figure”
  4. Janelle Barnett, Brown University 2023 for “Trotula”

Poetry

  1. San Kwon, Brown University 2025 for “My Grandmother’s Kimchi and its 5 Stages of Love”
  2. (Second Place TIE) Amalie Little, Wesleyan University 2025 for “The Spaces Between”
  3. (Second Place TIE) Amalie Little, Wesleyan University 2025 for “Out of Tea” and other works
  4. Giordana Serretta Fiorentino, Brown University 2024 for “Mondello” and other works

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Writing

  1. Anna Dubey, Brown University 2025 for “Experimental Design: How does discarded human food affect coastal seabird community dynamics”
  2. Angelina Reddy, Wesleyan University 2025 for “Mars’ Polar Ice Caps: How They Compare and Their Implications for Future Research” and “How feasible is altering Mars’ environment to become habitable to human life”
  3. Neha Ahmed, George Washington University 2023 for “Where are the people of color, women, and transgender people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?”

Photography

  1. Allison Indermuehle, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2025 for “All we can do is dream”
  2. (SECOND PLACE TIE) Neha Ahmed, George Washington University 2023 for “My JOY Series”
  3. (SECOND PLACE TIE) Isaac Smith, University of Washington 2025 for “Brotherhood in Film: A Series”
  4. Allison Indermuehle, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2025 for “Night Life in a Small Town”

Visual Art

  1. No award given

Music and Lyrics

  1. Isaac Smith, University of Washington 2025 for “Burning Flame”
  2. Richard Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023 for “Letting Go”
  3. Kate Isabel Foley, Ursinus College 2023 for “English Major’s Elegy”

Film

  1. Angelina Reddy, Wesleyan University 2025 for “Beauty in the Balance”
  2. Kade McKenna, Chapman University 2025 for “UPROOT”
  3. Maddy Albanese, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2025 for “Analogical Parallels Coloring” and other works

2022-2023 Alumni Competition Winners

Fiction

  1. Anthony Pelham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1979 for “The Update” — Award to charity
  2. Jim Sabo, Bowdoin College 1992 for “The Workout to End All Workouts” — Award to charity
  3. Anthony Pelham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1979 for “I’m Smiling on the Inside” — Award to charity

Non-Fiction

  1. Anthony Pelham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1979 for “The Beginning of the Ending” — Award to charity
  2. Cailn Hansen, Brown University 2019 for “Without a Goodbye” — Award to charity
  3. Debby (Wilson) Pattiz, Brown University 1989 for “Through the Iron Curtain” — Award to charity

Poetry

  1. David Jilk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 for “Transubstantiate” — Award to charity
  2. Michelle Katz, Wesleyan University 2009 for “Prescriptive Fog” — Award to charity
  3. Nathaniel Webb, Wesleyan University 2006 for “From Land’s End” — Award to charity

Photography

  1. Ned Drinker, Hamilton College 1976 for “Boules, Paris, 1975” — Award to charity
  2. Jim Sabo, Bowdoin College 1992 for “NSFW” — Award to charity
  3. Tim Gorton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2002 for “nighttime photography series featuring ‘Fire Spinner,’ ‘Star Trails,’ ‘Galactic Puddle,’ ‘Tree,’ and ‘Pride Reflection'” — Award to charity

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