Class of 1870 Memorial Prizes

Established in 1921 by members of this class for awards for original compositions. Five awards to students who submit the best original works in categories of Creative Writing, Non-fiction, Poetry, Playwriting/Screenwriting, and Scholarship.

Year Category Recipient
2015 Academic/Scholarly Joe Pileski
  Creative Non-Fiction Billie Paulus
  Fiction Alex Cook
  Playwriting/Screenwriting Emma Buening
  Poetry Victoria Licata
2014 Academic/Scholarly Katalyn Kuivila
Creative Non-Fiction Hank Owings
Fiction Mariah Gese
Playwriting/Screenwriting Ryan Haddad
Poetry Gus Wood
2013 Academic/Scholarly Jennifer Eltringham
Creative Non-Fiction Madeline Shier
Fiction Mariah Gese
Playwriting/Screenwriting Shannon Dean
Poetry Natasha Franczyk
2012 Academic/Scholarly Will Pierce
Creative Non-Fiction Steffany King
Fiction Dana Moore
Playwriting/Screenwriting Jordan Ahmed
Poetry Megan Pinto
 2011     Academic/Scholarly Brittany Stojsavljevic '11
Creative Non-Fiction Stacy Snow '11
Fiction Mary Slebodnik '12
Playwriting/Screenwriting Chris Sponseller '11
Poetry Danielle Muzina '13
2010 Academic/Scholarly Bea Pantoja '10
Creative Non-Fiction Emily Katitus '10
Fiction Kate MacLam '11
Playwriting/Screenwriting Amber Cole '10
Poetry Martha Park '11
2009 Academic/Scholarly Amanda Zechiel '09
Creative Non-fiction Lauren Smith '09
Fiction 1st Marlon Frisby '09
Fiction 2nd Bea Pantoja '10
Playwriting/Screenwriting 1st Katherine Atkinson '09
Playwriting/Screenwriting 2nd Bryce Mathias '10
Poetry Josh Sulser '10
2008 Fiction Natalie Cunningham ’09
Poetry Alexandra Burdick ’08
Playwriting/Screenwriting Marlon Frisby ’09
Academic/Scholarly Michael Alcock ’08
Creative Non-fiction Li Chen ’11
2007 Fiction Nathan Truman ’08
Poetry Alena Frate ’09
Playwriting/Screenwriting Nathan Truman ’08
Academic/Scholarly Stephanie Bologeorges ’08
Creative Non-fiction Nitin Rai ’08
2006 Fiction Stefan Schubert ’06
Poetry Justina Ludvik ’06
Playwriting/Screenwriting Matt Saracusa ’06
Academic/Scholarly Cheslyn Lesick ’07
Creative Non-fiction Jerome Stenger ’07
2005 Fiction Melissa Yinger ’06
Poetry Yulia Strizheus ’06
Playwriting/Screenwriting Matt Saracusa ’06
Academic/Scholarly Elizabeth Stong ’06
Creative Non-fiction Austin Steinmetz ’05
2004 Fiction Zehra Handani ’04
Poetry Lara Hillard ’04
Playwriting/Screenwriting Kevin Collier ’04
Scholarship Chris Moore ’04
2003 Fiction Sean Kenemore ’03
Poetry Kunzang Dukpa ’03
Playwriting/Screenwriting Meher Mumtaz ’05
Non-Fiction Sean Kenemore '03
Katalyn Kuivila
Ryan Haddad
Hank Owings