Duke English is excited to announce our 2023 Creative Writing Contest and Scholarship awardees. Congratulations to the following students:
Camden Chin ’26 for “Value of a Dollar” and “Harold”
Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Fiction. Family members and friends of former English student Anne Flexner (1945) established the Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Creative Writing to recognize undergraduates for their work in fiction and poetry.
Emma Huang ’25 for “Equivalence”
Reynolds Price Award for Fiction. The Reynolds Price Fiction Award was established in memory of the distinguished novelist, essayist, poet, and public intellectual Reynolds Price, a graduate of Duke and professor in the English Department for over 50 years.
Maggie Wolfe ’24 first prize for “The Rise and Fall”
Nima Babajani-Feremi ’24 second prize co-winner for “After Rebirth”
Haoning Jiang ’23 second prize co-winner for “That Time I Pirated a Pixar Movie and Cried Like a Baby”
George P. Lucaci Award for Creative NonFiction. This award was created to encourage creative nonfiction writing and honor George P. Lucaci, a former Duke student who has actively supported undergraduate creative writing in the English Department for many years.
Tyler King ’25 first prize for “Texan Gospel”
Laura Boyle ’24 (Honorable Mention) for “Zoo of Self”
Academy of American Poets Prize. Founded in 1934 in New York City, the Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization advocating for American poets and poetry. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and foster contemporary poetry appreciation.
Dylan Haston ’23 co-winner for “The Will She Had: Grail Quest”
Lauren Garbett ’23 co-winner for “bright futures, brighter pasts”
Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Poetry. Family members and friends of former English student Anne Flexner (1945) established the Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Creative Writing to recognize undergraduates for their work in fiction and poetry.
Tina Xia ’23 co-winner for “Love for Sale
Marina Chen ’24 co-winner for “/&&*” (“stick and poke”)
Terry Welby Tyler, Jr. Award for Poetry. This award was established by the family of Terry Welby Tyler, Jr., who would have graduated with the class of 1997 to recognize and honor outstanding undergraduate poetry.
Edgar Salas ’23
William M. Blackburn Scholarship. Created in 1962 by students and friends of Professor William Blackburn (1899-1969), who established the creative writing initiative at Duke, this scholarship recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of creative writing.
Mina Jang ’23
Francis Pemberton Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior pursuing creative writing studies. It was created by the Trustees of The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation in memory and honor of Francis Pemberton's service to the Biddle Foundation.
Miranda Gershoni ’23
Margaret Rose Knight Sanford Scholarship. Given annually to a female student who demonstrates a particular promise in creative writing, this scholarship was established to recognize the untiring efforts of Margaret Rose Knight Sanford on behalf of Duke University.
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