Duke English is honored to announce the winners of the 2024 Creative Writing Contests. Annually, the department administers creative writing contests to recognize fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry works by English majors and non-major undergraduates.
Congratulations to this year's winners! Your creativity and passion for the art of creative writing are truly evident in your prize-winning submissions.
First prize: Audie Waller, 2028 for “Catherine”
First prize: Tanya Wan, 2028 for “On Ships that Pass in the Night”
Second prize: Jessica Lewin, 2027 for “Lombard Street”
First prize: Tyler King, 2025 for “Abecedarians”
First prize: Arielle Stern, 2025 for “Certain Confluence”
Second prize: Adolya Moore, 2026 for “white low tops & red lip gloss”
First prize: Mia Xie, 2026 for “The Ethics of Memory”
First prize: Tyler King, 2025 for “Double Theory of the Moon”
Honorable mention: Matthew Chen, 2026 for “The Feather of That Bird”
