2001-2002 ILONA KARMEL WRITING PRIZES STUDENT WINNERS

The Boit Manuscript Prize

Category: Essay
Second Prize - Jenny Lin, a senior in Biology, for Life Lessons
Second Prize - Tamam Mango, a junior in Urban Studies and Planning Management, for Z: Salvucci's Charles River Crossing

Category: Fiction
Second Prize - Kelly Clancy, a senior in Physics, for Sylva
Honorable Mention - Blake Stacey, a freshman in Physics, for Suspended Fourth

Category: Poetry
Moana Minton, a senior in Writing, for Catch

The DeWitt Prize for Science Writing for the Public

First Prize - Samidh Chakrabarti, a freshman in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Brain & Cognitive Sciences,
for X-Ray Vision: The Mirrors of the Chandra Telescope
First Prize - Winnie Yang, a senior in Humanities, for How I See the World
Honorable Mention - Elizabeth Rouse, a senior in Brain & Cognitive Sciences, for Computer Vision - Not Just a Summer Project

The Ellen King Prize for Freshman Writing

First Prize - Jolene Singh, a freshman in Biology, for the essay My Grandmother's Tears
Second Prize - Anna Kuperstein, a freshman in Mathematics, for the essay Politics and the Misuse of Religion
Honorable Mention - Flora Amwayi, a freshman in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for Tightening the Knot
Honorable Mention - Stephen Lee, a freshman in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for the
essay The Growing Impersonality of Communication

The Prize for Writing Science Fiction

First Prize - Alison Klesman, a junior in Physics, for Akujunkan
Second Prizze - Jovn Hsu, a junior in Economics, for Rodney
Honorable Mention - Kris Schnee, a senior in History and Architecture, for Blue Prophet and Out Of The Blue
Honorable Mention - Blake Stacey, a freshman in Physics, for Papyrus Fragment 497728, Newly Translated

The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize

Category: Essay
First Prize - Jeffrey Dumas LeBlanc, a junior in Mathematics, for Move
Second Prize - Kevin R. Lang, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, for On Waking
Third Prize - Jose C. Rivera, a senior in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for Where Are You Going To?
Honorable Mention - Jovonne J. Bickerstaff, a senior in Urban Studies and Planning and Writing, for Daddy's Girl

Category: Poetry
First Prize - Amanda Bligh, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, for Poison Ivy. Untitled, Dating Services in Arlington
Second Prize - Aaron Parness, a sophomore in Mechanical Engineering, for Chronicles of Maturity's Cost
Third Prize - Allison Lewis, a sophomore in Writing, for Sizing it Up
Honorable Mention - Hanyin Lin, a senior in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for Within these Restrictions

Category: Short Story
First Prize - Jovonne J. Bickerstaff, a senior in Urban Studies and Planning and Writing, for Missing Daddy
Second Prize - Osman M. Bakr, a junior in Materials Science and Engineering, for The Gate
Third Prize - Nathaniel K. Choge, a senior in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for Bread
Honorable Mention - Chris Kelly, a senior in Mathematics, for Substitute Teacher
Honorable Mention - Rachel Dillon, a sophomore in Writing, for art school

The S, Klein Prize for Scientific and Technical Writing

First Prize - Danielle Guez, a junior in Brain & Cognitive Sciences, for Cause of Death of Chrlinergic Neurons
in Alzheimer's Disease

The Vera List Prize for Writing on the Visual Arts

First Prize - Tina Lin, a senior in Architecture, for Chiaroscuro Effects

The Writing and Humanistic Studies Prize for Engineering Writing

First Prize - Samidh Chakrabarti, a junior in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for Techniques for
Speeding Web Access in the Developing World
Second Prize - Marion Jones, a junior in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for Isolation and Sharing
with Segments
Honorable Mention - Carlos Gomez-Uribe, a senior in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for Soap
Bubbles and Films