2005-2006 ILONA KARMEL WRITING PRIZES STUDENT WINNERS

Boit Manuscript Prize

Category: Drama
1st prize: Theresa Eugenio '07, physics, Bothell, WA - for Inconstant

Category: Essay
1st prize: Nancy Hua '07, mathematics, Pittsburgh, PA - for Fleeting Moments in a Girl's Life

Category: Fiction
1st prize: Michael Obilade '08, brain and cognitive sciences, Owensboro, KY - for Street Kids and Other Stories
2nd prize: Kaya Shah '06, planetary science/physics, Knoxsville, TN - for Mangoes Under the Night Sky: A Collection of Short Stories
Honorable Mention: Madeleine Sheldon-Dante '07, physics, Penn Valley, PA - for Code Bitch

Category: Poetry
1st prize: Jessica Young '06, writing, Pleasantville, NY - for Sundays by the Wall of Isfahan Adams and Sister Schuller: A Fantasy (for the Thanksgiving of 2004) which shall remain Untitled
2nd prize: Emily Levesque '06, physics, Middleborough, MA - for Cadenza - Improvisations on Beautiful Scenes

 
Ellen King Prize for Freshman Writing

1st prize: Rebecca Freund '09, Eugene, OR - for the essay On Tackling
2nd prize: Chelsea Grimm '09, Manassas, VA - for the essay Effectiveness of Mausy Comix
Honorable Mention: Robert A. Moffatt '09, Reston, VA - for the essay The Old Wheatie

 
Prize for Writing Science Fiction

1st prize: Jocelyn Rodal '06, literature, Davidson, NC - for Hiding Blind
2nd prize: Zachary Smith '08, biology, Carlsbad, CA - for Nothing More
Honorable Mention: Margaret Gentile '06, mechanical engineering, Hammonton, NJ - for Not By Design

 
The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize

Category: Essay
1st prize: Jordan Wirfs-Brock '06, aero/astro, Sherwood, OR - for The Oldest Potato
2nd prize: Huawei Dong '07, biology, Commack, NY - for Chinglish
3rd prize: Ingrid Lawhorn '06, chemical engineering, Peachtree City, GA - for Thrift
Honorable Mention: Jiarong (Jessie) Wang '09, Plano, TX - for Of Encounters: Musings inspired by the style of Sir Francis Bacon

Category: Poetry
1st prize: Zachary Smith '08, biology, Carlsbad, CA - for College Kid: Walking or Standing Still
2nd prize: Darlene Ferranti '06, brain and cognitive sciences, Wibraham, MA - for Moments Gone By
3rd prize: Sam Felton '06, mechanical engineering, Greenland, NH - for My Friends
Honorable Mention: Patricia Martinez '08, EAPS, San Leandro, CA - for Hindsight

Category: Short Story
1st prize: Nancy Hua '07, mathematics, Pittsburgh, PA - for Valley of Diamonds
2nd prize: Jean Choi '07, CMS, Windham, NH - for Inside Orange
3rd prize: Anicham Kumarasamy '07, mathematics, Edison, NJ - for Dorm Shopping with Amma
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Blum '06, EECS, Ringwood, NJ - for Work Shall Set You Free

 
S. Klein Prize for Scientific and Technical Writing

1st prize: Vijay Shilpiekandula, Graduate Student, Vijayawada, India - for Fabrication and Characterization
of Micron-sized Silicon Nitride Beams
1st prize: Sira Sriswasdi '08, mathematics, Washington D.C. - for An Improved Lower Bound for Moser's
Worm Problem
2nd prize: Sarah Nelson '06, biology, Lynnfield, MA - for Retinoic acid receptor binds putative retinoic acid
response elements in mouse and human Stra8

 
DeWitt Wallace Prize for Science Writing for the Public

1st prize: Uta Maeda '07, brain and cognitive sciences, Bel Aire, KS - for Chasing Away Monsters:
A Pill to Forget Painful Memories