On May 8, 2008 the 2007-2008 Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes Competition, chaired by Mr. William Corbett, Director of Student Writing Activities, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, recognized the writing achievements of 28 students. The winners were chosen from 112 entries by 62 students in the categories of essay, drama, poetry, short story, fiction, science fiction, and scientific and technical writing.
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
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
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
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
1st 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
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
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
Nonino
1st prize: Sarah
Dupuis-Kornreich '10, writing, for
THE GHOST: A Collection of
Poems
2nd prize: Dan
Levine, '08, aeronautics and
astronautics, for Range
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,
chemical engineering and writing, for The Tree
Lot
Honorable Mention: Alison Berke '08,
mathematics and biology, for The
Cardinal
1st prize: Lissa Harris
Graduate, science writing, for
Heredity Blues
2nd prize: Allyson T. Collins Graduate,
science writing for Insight
from Outcasts
1st prize: C.
Carter Jernigan '08, 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
1st prize: Derrick S. Boone, Jr. '08, chemical engineering, Clemmons, NC - for Quanta from Heaven
2nd prize: Anna Wexler '07, brain and cognitive sciences and writing - for From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Profile of a Salesman
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?