First Place
Joanne C. Leow ’03
“Dear Mama”
Joanne Leow is Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. She has published articles on Asian Anglophone literature in various academic journals. Her creative writing has appeared in Brick, Ricepaper, Catapult, The Goose, among others. Her book manuscript “Counter-Cartographies” examines the intersections of authoritarianism, urban space, and contemporary Singaporean cultural production. Her SSHRC-funded project, “Intertidal Polyphonies” (intertidal.usask.ca) is a transmedial resource of interviews, short films, field recordings, and other research on the coastlines of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Vancouver.

Second Place
Katharine J. Smyth ’03
“James Joyce’s Trieste”
Katharine Smyth is a writer based in Brooklyn. She has worked for The Paris Review and taught at Columbia University, where she received her MFA in nonfiction. Her essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Elle, The New York Times, Literary Hub, and The Paris Review, among other publications. Her first book, All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf, was published by Crown in 2019 and named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.

Honorable Mentions
Molly J. Geidel ’03
“The Way In: Six Short Pieces about the Deaf Community in America”

Alexandra T.L. Blair ’03
“Forming the Pomegranate”

Martha B. Lackritz ’03
“Making Headlines”