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The Writing Prizes

1997 - 1998
ILONA KARMEL WRITING PRIZES

THE BOIT MANUSCRIPT PRIZE
Category: Drama
First Place: 'FOR YOU' by Andrew Jaime Wong, from Palo Alto, California - a Junior in Chemistry
Second Place: 'CAJA' by Joaquin S. Terrones, from Mexico City, Mexico - a Senior in Literature

Category: Short Story
First Place:
'RICE AND THREADS' by Pei Ye, from New York, New York - a Senior in Materials Science and Literature

THE LOUIS KAMPF PRIZE IN WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES (NON-FICTION)
First Place: 'A FIGURE IN STEAM AND SMOKE' by Rita Leung, from Danville, California, a Junior in Biology

THE ROBERT A. BOIT WRITING PRIZE

Category: Essay
First Place: 'OCASO' by Joaquin S. Terrones, from Mexico City - a Senior in Literature
Second Place: 'SEEP' by Helen Lee, from Parsippany, New Jersey - a Sophomore in Architecture
Third Place: 'EDUCATIONAL POVERTY AT MIT' by Lorraine E. Hertzog, from Lexington, South Carolina - a Junior in Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences

Category: Poetry
First Place: 'STEAMBOAT MASS' by Anna M. Dirks, from Des Moines, Iowa - a Junior in Humanities
Second Place: 'THE JUNIPER CIVILIZATION' by wesley Andres Watters, from Olympia, Washington State - a Junior in Physics & Mathematics

Category: Short Story
First Place:
'ARIZONA' by Sandra Y. Chung, from Birmingham, Alabama - a Senior in Mechanical Engineering
Second Place: 'CHILI' by Saurabh Asthana, from Cambridge, Massachusetts - a Sophomore in Biology
Third Place: 'THE ISLAND WAR' by Michael Coyle, from Roslyn Height, New York - a Senior in Computer Science
Honorable Mention: 'CUT-OFF' by Tzu-Mainn Chen, from Belle Mead, New Jersey - a Junior in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

THE S. KLEIN PRIZE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WRITING
First Place: 'ELUCIDATING THE MECHANISM BY WHICH PROTAMINE NEGATES HEPARIN'S ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECT ON SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS' by Carmen Renee Berg, from East Grand Forks, Minnesota - a Senior in Biology and Chemical Engineering
Second Place: 'ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE EXPOSURE' by Brigette A. Burnell, from Mansfield, Ohio - a Senior in Environmental Engineering Science

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