2024 Winners
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Nooneh Gyurjyan
2nd Place: Elizabeth Bunt
3rd Place: Sophia Patterson
Poetry
1st Place: Jade Meshew
2nd Place: Lani Lam
3rd Place: Yizel Solano Gonzalez
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Roxanne Demorest
2nd Place: Annabel Marshall
Honorable Mention: Angie Velarde
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
1st Place: Emily Granger
Honorable Mention: Isabella Wahbeh
Lois Ann Lattin Prize for Best Honors Theses
Critical Honors Thesis
Shane O'Connell
Esperanza Muñoz Hernandez
Honorable Mention: Cindy Nguyen
Creative Writing Honors Thesis
Andrew Thompson
Honorable Mention: Annabel Marshall
Lois Ann Lattin Prize for Outstanding Graduating Senior
Emily Granger
Lois Ann Lattin Prize for Outstanding Critical Essay
John Yarbrough
Honorable Mention: Annabel Marshall
Peter Hays Award - First Year Seminar
Madison Wong
Faculty Instructor: Heidi Moss-Erickson
Deirdre Hackett Awards
Dalia Barghouty
Sriharini Seshachalam
Jade Meshew
Alison Oses
Marilyn Ramirez
Steven Valenzuela
George Hegarty
Jack Hicks Literature of California Awards
Alison Maas and Grace Hayes
Kai Wilson
Damieka Thomas
Jack Hicks Award
Megan Campbell
Krista Hajjar and Jasmine Keorghlian
Evan Martinak
Rachel Wang
Kirsten Schuhmacher and Mikhaila Redovian
Emily Rich
Helen Duong
David Noel Miller Essay Prize
Melina Rodriguez
Elijah Two Bears
2023 Winners
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Jesse Saldivar
2nd Place: Reed Waters
3rd Place: Kiley Egan
Poetry
1st Place: Cami Rothmuller
2nd Place: Kiley Egan
3rd Place: Jesse Saldivar
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Coralie Border
2nd Place: Kiley Egan
Honorable Mentions: Natalie Anderson, Caitlin Leong
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Award for the Best Honors Undergraduate Critical Thesis
Adeeb Abassi
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
Cami Rothmuller
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Kiley Egan
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Kiley Egan
Peter Hays Writing Prize
Winner: Allison Lam
Faculty Instructor: Chengfei Liu
Dierdre Hackett Endowment for Graduate and Undergraduate Experiential Learning
Trevor Bashaw
Maria Martinez Castro
Elijah Two Bears
Professor Jack Hicks Award in English
Stacey Baran
Jeremy Freeman
Rosette Simityan
Katherine Rosen
Melissa French
Lani Lam
Natalie Robertson
Hans Wagner
2022 Winners
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Keerti Lakshmanan
2nd Place: Rafael Viscarra
3rd Place: Hope Koonin
Poetry
1st Place: Anna Kristina Moseidjord
2nd Place: Cmi Rothmuller
3rd Place: Jesse Saldivar
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
Fiction
1st Place: Faith Arnett
2nd Place: Jacob Anderson
3rd Place: Cyan Mcmillan
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Contest
Bailey Harrison
Elliot Gilbert Prize for the Best Honors Critical Thesis
Best Critical Honors Thesis
Anna Hayden
Best Creative Writing Honors Project
Anna Kristina Moseidjord
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
Outstanding Graduating Seniors
Fiona Davis & Eli Elster
Essay Prize Winner
Eli Martin
Peter Hays Writing Prize
Winner: Emilie Sung
Faculty Instructor: Maurice Pitesky
Gilbert Prize
Nonfiction
Jenavieve Hatch
Poetry
Kayleigh Norgord
Fiction
Catherine Niu
Miller Essay Prize
Augusta Funk
2021 Winners
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Teja Dusanapudi
2nd Place: Claire Volkmann
Elliot Gilbert Prize for the Best Honors Critical Thesis
2021 Elliot Gilbert Prize for the Best Honors Creative Writing Project
Elizabeth Mercado
Matthew Pimley
2020 Winners
2020 Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Lauren Hwang-Finkelman
2nd Place: Matthew Pimley
3rd Place (tie): Jakob Johnson & Nicolas Rago
Poetry
1st Place: Caitlyn Woodall
2nd Place: Anna Kristina Moseidjord
3rd Place (tie): Melanie Manuel & Luis Varela
Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Timothy Lalonde
2nd Place: Ian Sterns
3rd Place: Mikaela Dow
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Perrin Swanlund
2nd Place: Aimee LaGrandeur
Elliot Gilbert Prize for the Best Honors Critical Thesis
2019 Winners
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
Anthony DiCarlo
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Bailey Crocoll
2nd Place: Kaija Holland
3rd Place: Gabriel Mulcaire
Poetry
1st Place: Charlene Yang
2nd Place: Eman Abraham
3rd Place: Anna Kristina Moseidjord
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Cheyenne Wiseman
2nd Place: Bailey Crocoll
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Creative Writing Honors Project
Winner: Jennifer Thornton
Faculty Instructor: Greg Glazner
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Honors Undergraduate Critical Thesis
1st Place: Haley Spanier
Faculty Instructor: Mark Jerng
Honorable Mention: Emily Stack
Faculty Instructor: Gina Bloom
Peter Hays Writing Prize
Lisa Malins
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Maryna Imas
Honorable Mentions: Teja Dusaapudi, Emily Stack
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Megan West
Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize Finalists
Anthony DiCarlo
Ashley Kim
Jarrett Rogers
2018 Winners
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
1st Place: Kristin George Bagdanov
Honorable Mention: Namu Ju
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Kelsey Owen
2nd Place: Isaac Flores
Poetry
1st Place: Gabriella Buckner
2nd Place: Hosanna Rubio
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Dylan Hendrickson
Honorable Mentions: Cheyenne Wiseman, Brittany Wilson
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Creative Writing Honors Project
Kelsey Owen
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Honors Undergraduate Critical Thesis
Megan West
Honorable Mention: Emma Hoppough
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Jacqueline Gordon
2nd Place: Emily Stack
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Sofia Molodanof
Honorable Mentions: Amanda Shores, Marissa Trujillo
2017 Winners
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
1st Place: Jamil Jan Kochai
Honorable Mention: Aimee Lim
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Emily Masuda
Runner Up: Aimee Lim
2nd Runner Up: Alannah Clark
Poetry
1st Place: Robert Ohlstrom
Runner Up: Jordan Ranft
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Kelsey Owen
2nd Place: Loretta Pesola
3rd Place: Aimee Lim
Honorable Mentions: Daniel Langford, Janet Son
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Creative Writing Honors Project
Winner: Irina Haack
Faculty Instructor: Pam Houston
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Honors Undergraduate Critical Thesis
Winner: Lauren Rudewicz
Faculty Instructors: Seeta Chaganti, Anna Uhlig
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Emily Stack
2nd Place: Arianna Barzman-Grennan
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Emily Masuda
Ina Coolbrith Poetry Memorial Prize Finalists
Roy Magat
Arvind Reddy
2016 Winners
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
1st Place: Lauren Swift
Honorable Mention: Roy Magat
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Kelsey Owen
2nd Place: Denise Castro
3rd Place: Adrienne Bergen
Honorable Mentions: Michael Clogston, Amelia Fink, Gabriella Mercier, Anita Yu
Poetry
1st Place: Sydney Choi
2nd Place: Kevin Yotsoubanh
3rd place: Ian Dickerson
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Hannah Carroll
2nd Place: Jonathan Lee
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Creative Writing Honors Project
Courtney (Elfie) Nelson
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Honors Undergraduate Critical Thesis
Austin Lim
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Mason Harper
2nd Place: Brian Wright
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Austin Lim
Ina Coolbrith Poetry Memorial Prize Finalists
Ian Dickerson
Devon Houtz
Nicholas Tolfa
2015 Winners
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
Lissa Miller
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Aaron Paul & Kimberly Sims (tied)
2nd Place: Tammy Lee & Amanda Ong (tied)
Poetry
1st Place: Akira Kumamoto
2nd Place: Nawid Ahray
3rd Place: Sydney Choi
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Anita Yu & Emily Masuda (tied)
2nd Place: Nicholas Troughton
3rd Place: Iris Bloomfield
Honorable Mentions:
Mason Harper, Julia Baker
Elliot Gilbert Memorial Prize for the Best Honors Critical Thesis
Margaret Gonzalez
Elliot Gilbert Memorial Prize for Best Honors Creative Project
Emily Nicol
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Mitchell Snyder & Akira Kumamoto
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st place: Alannah Clark
2nd place: Brian Wright
Ina Coolbrith Poetry Memorial Prize
Finalists: Iris Bloomfield, Akira Kumamoto
Honorable Mention: Antony Fangary
2014 Winners
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
1st Place: Mary Katherine Nielsen
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Christina Fries
2nd Place: Joanna Ng
Honorable Mentions: Laurel Carney & Isabel Moniz (tied)
Poetry
1st Place: Ester Yun
2nd Place: Emily Nicol
Honorable Mentions: Joanna Ng, Isabel Moniz
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Christina Fries
2nd Place: Ian Koller
3rd Place: Jeffrey-Annguye Le
Honorable Mentions: Angela Parnay, Emily Masuda, Seychelle Steiner
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Annika Cunningham
2nd Place: Ben Kelly
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Annika Cunningham & Laurel Carney
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Creative Writing Honors Project
Christina Fries
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Honors Undergraduate Critical Thesis
Katelan Bowden
Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize Finalists
Sergio Aguilar, Wendah Alvarez, Ester Yun
2013 Winners
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize
1st Place: Ester Yun
Honorable Mentions: Peter Neeley, Matt Stalcup
Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing
Fiction
1st Place: Laurel Carney
2nd Place: Marisa Wohlschlaeger & Dominic Booth (tied)
Poetry
1st Place: Toshii Casey
2nd Place: Marisa Wohlschlaeger
Honorable Mention: Emily Nicol
Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction
1st Place: Chelsea Keane
2nd Place: Neha Palacherla
3rd Place: Christina Fries
Honorable Mentions: Akira Kumamoto, Ben House
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Creative Writing Honors Project
Samantha Mandell
Elliot Gilbert Award for the Best Honors Undergraduate Critical Thesis
Dominic Booth & Annika Cunningham (tied)
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize
1st Place: Jenna Christophersen
2nd Place: Annika Cunningham
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Claire Shalinsky
Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize Finalists
Sergio Aguilar, Neha Palacherla, Marisa Wohlschlaeger