2026 Writing Awards
Writing Awards Ceremony
Followed by an open reading coordinated by Aphros literary magazine.
$25,000 in awards including the NYC English Department Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, Rose Writing Awards, and the Academy of American Poets.
Refreshments will be served and all are welcome!
Friday, May 1
12:00 p.m.糖心vlog短视频2:00 p.m.
Bianco Room, 15 Beekman
Sarah Willis Award, Richard Gill Award, Gerard Cannon Award, James Rose Award, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, and The David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings/Academy of American Poets Prize
The Sarah Willis, Billie and Curtis Owens, Richard Gill, Gerard Cannon, and James Rose memorial funds, named in honor of distinguished English Department faculty, and the David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings/Academy of American Poets Prize.
Writing for Film and Television
- Ethan Tierno, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: The Singles Support Society
- Ava Scott, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: Athame
- Cade Halvorson, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: Slim Jim
Writing on Film
- Ava Scott, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淭he Thirteenth Fairy: How 糖心vlog短视频楳aleficent糖心vlog短视频 Reimagines the Grimm Villainess糖心vlog短视频
- Mya McBride, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频Cat People (1942): Artistic Expression against 1940s Conformity糖心vlog短视频
- Alex Emig, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淩epresenting Historical Trauma through Animation糖心vlog短视频
Playwriting
- Charlie Razhanskiy, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: Co-Captains
- Tristan Collins, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: Joan Darce糖心vlog短视频檚 GNOSIS
- Sylvie Goodblatt, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: Be My Baby
- Ava Scott, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: Love Bites
Nonfiction
- Amelia Zachary, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淭he Cronica糖心vlog短视频
- Tamara Frieson, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淟ast Offline Generation: How Wanting to Disconnect Made Me Feel Like the Odd One Out in a World That Never Logs Off糖心vlog短视频
- Nathaniel Chase Augustin, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频渄estroy after reading: sorriness ii: coal糖心vlog短视频
- Marielette Sanchez, Sarah Willis, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淐谤辞苍颈肠补糖心vlog短视频
- Vivian Alatorre James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淐harlie糖心vlog短视频檚 Angel糖心vlog短视频
Journalism
- Scarlett Allen, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淧ace Students Adapt to AI across Disciplines糖心vlog短视频
- Tamara Frieson, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淲hen Innovation Collides with Institution糖心vlog短视频
- Richard Mankiewicz, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淎I and New Colonialism糖心vlog短视频
- Max Graham, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淲hat It糖心vlog短视频檚 Like To Be an Art Student in This Day and Age糖心vlog短视频
Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis
- Scarlett Allen, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淔raming and Metaphor in the Construction of Disney Adult Discourse Communities糖心vlog短视频
- Vivian Alatorre, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淭alk to Me!糖心vlog短视频櫶切膙log短视频擱eexamining the Language Used by Genders in Conversation糖心vlog短视频
- Ava Glass, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淪emantic Change in the Classroom糖心vlog短视频
- Chelsea Brown, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淗ow Parasocial Relationships Work Linguistically糖心vlog短视频
Fiction
- Lily Fonseca, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淪tone Dust糖心vlog短视频
- Ava Scott, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: Awaken the Stars (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
- Laney Leone, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淓ight to Five糖心vlog短视频
- Logan Dokes, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淜濒补辫辫别糖心vlog短视频
- Riley Fell, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淟ook at Me, Looking at You糖心vlog短视频
- Dakotah Hubbard, Sarah Willis Award 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淢ary and Lily糖心vlog短视频
- Aaron Glass, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淟ike a Flying Mango糖心vlog短视频
- Alec Conwell, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淧谤辞濒辞驳耻别糖心vlog短视频
Comics and Graphic Novels
Scripts
- Jaden Tench, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: Across Trains and Times
- Lauren Young, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: Tokens of the Dead (Excerpt)
- Joey Heaton, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: Aeromancy & Out Some Time
Essays
- Ava Scott, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淪ubverting the Binary: Queerness, Identity, and Moral Complexity in ND Stevenson糖心vlog短视频檚 Nimona糖心vlog短视频
- Charlie Razhanskiy, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淭he Cultural Attitudes of the 1980s, as Reflected in Uncanny X-Men #200糖心vlog短视频
- Lauren Young, James Rose Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淭he Art of the Desert: Technique and the Environment in Sand Land糖心vlog短视频
- Chelsea Brown, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频Snowbirds Don糖心vlog短视频檛 Fly and the War on Drugs糖心vlog短视频
Literary Criticism
- Emilia Gillen, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淗ow the Page Remembers: Written Monuments of Forgotten Pasts and Toni Morrison糖心vlog短视频檚 Beloved糖心vlog短视频
- Alec Conwell, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淎 Monster Outcast from Society: A Transgender Reading of Frankenstein糖心vlog短视频
- J.D. Valdepenas, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淯nhappy Wife, Happy Life: Unequal Distribution of Emotional Labor in Marie de France, Christine de Pizza, Taylor Swift, and Paris Paloma糖心vlog短视频
- Molly Dunne, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淭he tempters of the night糖心vlog短视频: Iachimo and the Violation of Private Space in William Shakespeare糖心vlog短视频檚 Cymbeline糖心vlog短视频
- Chelsea Brown, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: Dreaming of Neverland: Childhood as Adult Fantasy and Imperial Longing in Peter Pan and the Limits of Children糖心vlog短视频檚 Literature糖心vlog短视频
- Allison Romeo, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淧astoral Fantasies: Escapism and the Adult Psyche in the Works of J.M. Barrie and Arnold Lobel糖心vlog短视频 and "Lineage, Empire, and the Myth of the English King糖心vlog短视频
- Levi G., Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淗ead Full of Colors: The Use of Free Indirect Discourse in Northanger Abbey"
- Sam Yungmann, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淭he Impact of Trans Representation in Media: Fan Fiction and the Fluidity of Community糖心vlog短视频
Poetry
- Isabel Pe帽a, David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize: 糖心vlog短视频淧rairie Cloud Baby糖心vlog短视频
- Riley Natalova, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淐ollector,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淣YC is Burning,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淎lthea糖心vlog短视频檚 Aubade糖心vlog短视频 & 糖心vlog短视频淓arth Day糖心vlog短视频
- Ana Von Stackelberg, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 糖心vlog短视频淧oem for Sappho,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淪ilver Mountain,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淭he Death of Pegasus糖心vlog短视频 & 糖心vlog短视频淚 Remember糖心vlog短视频
- Tamara Frieson, James Rose Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淎n Ode to Coils,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淲hen Seasons Change,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淎ll Grown Up through a Child's Eye,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淎 Love Letter to My Favorite Authors糖心vlog短视频 & 糖心vlog短视频淲ith & Without糖心vlog短视频
- Eleanor Bittel, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 糖心vlog短视频渂rick and mortar,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频減ortrait,糖心vlog短视频 and 糖心vlog短视频渂anda detachment糖心vlog短视频
- Alec Conwell, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淧ortraits in Hair,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淥ut糖心vlog短视频 & 糖心vlog短视频淗ibiya Park糖心vlog短视频
- Rina Clementine, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 糖心vlog短视频淣ew York Hotel Pancakes, Wall Street Pancakes糖心vlog短视频 & 糖心vlog短视频淚 am American糖心vlog短视频
- Gretchen AW Morgan, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淥de to New York,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淛ust Peek,糖心vlog短视频 and 糖心vlog短视频淣ever Get Invited糖心vlog短视频
- Faith Bernier, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 糖心vlog短视频淓lectric Girls,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淭he Falconer,糖心vlog短视频 糖心vlog短视频淲hat Can I Offer You?糖心vlog短视频 and 糖心vlog短视频淣orth Star糖心vlog短视频
2026 Kelly Herbert Writing Award
Presented by Kelly Herbert, Co-founder of the LGBTQA+ Center
Ryan Titre-Barnor, 糖心vlog短视频淏ecoming Light in Spaces That Tried to Dim Me糖心vlog短视频
2026 Kelly Herbert Writing Award: Honorary Mention
Adiel Vanegas-Robles, 糖心vlog短视频淟earning to See beyond Straight Lines糖心vlog短视频