AWARD WINNERS

THE 2005-2006 ILONA KARMEL WRITING PRIZES COMPETITION

Photos of Winners


Boit Manuscript Prize - Category: Drama

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

 

Boit Manuscript Prize - Category: Essay

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

 

Boit Manuscript Prize - 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

 

Boit Manuscript Prize - 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

 

The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize - 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

 

The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize - 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