For demonstration of excellence in creative writing
2026
Fiona Brooks
Parker Butcher
Joy Fei
Andrew Gangemi
Zulibeth Garcia
Arnav V. Reddy
Meredith Wiper
Gabriel Zadrozna
2025
Fiona Brooks
Joy Fei
Hwi-On Lee
Arnav V. Reddy
Molly McLaughlin
Parker Butcher
Jocelyn Hayes
Matthew Lehman
Anthony Wiles
Cora Donoghue
Beckett Lauterbach
Martin McIntosh
Meredith Wiper
2024
Cora Donoghue
Katherine Gordon
Hunter Lin
Martin McIntosh
Molly McLaughlin
Tiffany Mei
Lalah Saleem
Micaela Thomas
Carsten Torgeson
Anthony Wiles
Albert Wilhelmy
2023
Hunter Lin
Tiffany Mei
Sarvani Nori
Lalah Saleem
Micaela Thomas
A.J. Wiles
2022
Jordan Choi
Micah Klassen
Jose Koluder-Ramirez
Emily Kompier
Lydia Mandell
Paris Mather
Mishaal Omer
Mayle Sobieski
Carsten Torgeson
Maizy Windham
2021
Adriana Feliciano
Loudon Keihl
Eleanor Paskus
Jane Venezi
KnowEl WillHight
2020
Adam Benjamin
Nathan Nagvajara
Malcolm Neale
Sammy Sizemore
Yanqingyun Sun
2019
Cassandra Knaggs
Nam Lee
Paige Lilly
Caedmon Mills
Eamon Sheehan
2018
Christopher Cannon
Jack Dessert
Mark Hornyak
Avery Lesesne
Alyssa Scaggs
Roston Shore
2017
Lauren Dostal
Won Hee Kim
Nailah Matthews
Alex Myers
2016
Rye Carroll
Robyn Cheng
Baelee Roach
Jonathan Schaeffer
Michael Wu
2015
Sierra Blanton
Marielle Forrest
Brianna Torres
2014
Charles Burke
Michaela Epperson
Frances Harrison
Laura Hurst
Juheena Irshad
2013
Gabrielle Buffington
Chloe Gellert
Tyrone Madden
Anne Nickoloff
Michael Ransbottom
Katherine Sturniolo
2012
Adam Luhta
Joseph Rooney
Rita Sirianni
Elizabeth Huddleston
2011
Rachel Friedrick
Sarah Jawhari
Bethany Schmitkons
2010
Jon Backman
Lauren Geiser
Brennon Ham
2009
Claire Gainer
Sarah Mount
2008
Alejandro Abreu
Kayla Gatalica
John Rooney
2007
No award given
2006
James Stafford
Sean Santa
Mieon Han
2005
Kathleen Hildreth
Sakura Huey
Christopher Urban
2004
Kristen Conrad
Carolyn Hoffman
Damesha Martin
2003
To be announced
2002
Rachel Ward
Shaumir Acharya
Vinod Gundapaneni
Charles Onyett
2001
Joahua Baugher
Thomas Kondilas
2000
Erin Bittman
Courtney Bryant
Christina Duhig
David Pearl
Ahalya Viswanathan
Stephanie Thomas (Honorary)
Judith Wang (Honorary)