2007-2008 Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes Student Winners

Boit Manuscript Prize

Category: Drama  
1st prize: Allison Berke '08, mathematics and biology, for Disatisfaction
2nd prize: Mariam Shaikh '08, brain and cognitive sciences, for The Man in the Mirror
Honorable Mention: Sarah Dupuis-Kornreich '10, writing for Public Relations

Category: Essay
Honorable Mention: Sarah Dupuis-Kornreich '10, writing, for Turn On, Turn Up: Three Essays on Pop Culture
Honorable Mention: Sharon Cochenour '10, architecture, for From There to Here

Category: Fiction
1st prize: Michael Obilade '08, brain and cognitive sciences, for Roseblood
2nd prize: Samantha Weiss '08, chemical engineering and writing, for Viastrin Dust
Honorable Mention: Gillian Conahan '10, physics, for Codominion

Category: Poetry
1st prize: Zachary Smith 08, biology, for Waiting For My Socks to Stink: Walking and Working Poems
2nd prize: Renee Reder '10, architecture, for Senses-Spirit

Ellen King Prize for Freshman Writing

!st prize: Emma Rosen '11, undecided for Running on Empty, essay
2nd prize: Adrianna L. Tam '11, undeclared, for The Pursuit of Happiness, essay
Honorable Mention: Irina Kholodenko '11, undecided, for Four Poems, poetry  

Prize for Writing Science Fiction

1st prize: Samantha Weiss '08, chemical engineering and writing, for Creator's Café
2nd prize: Dan Levine '08, aeronautics and astronautics, for The Expense of Spirit
Honorable Mention: Gillian Conahan '10, physics, for No One Needs to Know

The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize    

Category: Essay
1st prize: Katie Sievert '09, electrical engineering and computer science, for Rhythms of Return
2nd prize: Nina Mann '08, chemical engineering, for On Huahogs, Waterfire, and Coffeemilk: What's Big in a Little State
Third prize: Elizabeth Finn '09, chemical engineering, for Almost Famous
Honorable Mention: Tony Valderrama '11, electrical engineering and computer science, for Nonin

Category: Poetry
1st prize: Sarah Dupuis-Kornreich '10, writing, for The Ghost: A Collection of Poems
2nd prize: Dan Levine, '08, aeronautics and astronautics, for Range   

Category: Short Story
1st prize: Anneke Schwob '10, biology, for Danny O'Malley is Dead
2nd prize: Samantha Weiss '08, chemical engineering and writing, for Simulated in Black and White
3rd prize: Molly Jabas '08, brain and cognitive science and writing, for The Tree Lot
Honorable Mention: Alison Berke '08, mathematics and biology, for The Cardinal

S. Klein Prize

for Science Writing
1st prize: Lissa Harris Graduate, science writing, for Heredity Blues
2nd prize: Allyson T. Collins Graduate, science writing for Insight from Outcasts

for Technical Writing
1st prize: C. Carter Jernigan and Behram Mistree '08, electrical engineering and computer science, for
Gaydar: Facebook Friendships Expose Sexual Orientation
2nd prize: Shuo Han '09, biology, for A Game of Switches: Epigenetic Regulation of Variegating Cell Wall Genes

DeWitt Wallace Prize for Science Writing for the Public

1st prize: Lisa Song '08, environmental science, for The Unteneable City
2nd prize: Natania Antler '09, physics, for Eyes Upward
Honorable Mention: Scott Berdahl '08, geology, for An Emergent New Perspective
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Finn '09, chemical engineering, for Oh, Deer!

The Vera List Prize for Writing on the Visual Arts

1st prize: Eric Schmiedl 09, comparative media studies, for The Use of Narrative in Advertising Photography
2nd prize: Mihai Duduta '10, materials science and engineering and chemistry, for Frank Ghery, Starchitect or Master of Spin?