2016 Undergraduate & Graduate Writing Awards
| Lehman—Fiction (Judge: Tom Williams ) | Nichols—Fiction (Judge: Imad Rahman) |
| 1. Abigail Houston, “The Foreigner” | 1. Angela Roman, “Would You, Could You?” |
| 2. Sydney Doyle, “StarChat” | 2. Kathryn Czekalski, “Vernon, North Georgia” |
| 3. Lauren Spinabelli, “First Kiss” | 3. Kaitlyn Nash, “It Was Theirs” |
| 4. Lauren Parrott, “Rooms” |
| Lehman—NON Fiction (Judge: Ebony Coletu) | Nichols—NON Fiction (Judge: Ebony Coletu) |
| 1. M. Jordan, “Stench” | 1. Elizabeth Hopta, “Sunday’s Raging Hurricane” |
| 2. Elizabeth Hopta, “Sex” | 2. Katerina Giordano, “The Sound of Us” |
| 3. Ashley Miller, “These Honored Dead” | 3. Leon Valsechi, “Resting His Eyes” |
| Lehman—Poetry (Judge: Kate Rosenberg) |
| 1. Devin Randall, “Oddity i” |
| 2. Caitlin Wolper, “Gold-dipped Roses are Too Ornamental” |
| 3. Angela Roman, “Boot Prints” |
| Cranage—Poetry (Judge: Kate Daniels) |
| 1. Caitlin Wolper, “Gold-dipped Roses are Too Ornamental” |
| 2. Kate Wright, “4 am Has a Funny Feeling” |
| 3. Katerina Giordano, “Arse Poetica” |
| Mihelcic—Poetry (Judge: Kate Daniels) |
| 1. Sydney Doyle, “Held Up” and “Deboning Trout” |
| 2. Kate Wright, “The Dirt” |
| 3. John Vallone, “Jellyfish Zen” and “Animals Eat” |
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Toby Thompson Prize for Literary Nonfiction (open to BA/MA students; Judges: Vicki Glembocki and Jason Cherkis) 1. Shannon Francis, “Three Days” |
| AAP/Steinberg Prize (Judge: Peter Cooley) |
| Winner: Shannon Francis, “The Wolf”
Runner-up: Sydney Doyle, “Siri: Google Abortion” |