2008

First Place
Robert A. Moor ’08
"Welcome to the Monkhouse”
Robert Moor is a writer living in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia. On Trails, his first book, was a New York Times bestseller and the recipient of the Saroyan Prize, the National Outdoor Book Award, and the Pacific Northwest Book Award. His true crime podcast, “Over My Dead Body, Joe Exotic”, has been downloaded more than 5 million times and is currently being made into a TV miniseries starting Kate McKinnon. He has one husband, no children, and no pets.

Second Place
Brittany G. Harwood ’09
“Write in This Space”
Britt Harwood is an attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid in Oakland, California. Her practice focuses on the intersection of mental health and the law. She provides client-centered, trauma-informed wraparound civil legal services to children and young adults who are homeless, in foster care, and justice system involved. Britt represents clients in administrative hearings, state court, and federal district court, and is a partner in Alameda County’s juvenile mental health court. Previously, Britt was a disability rights advocate for incarcerated and re-entering adults with mental disabilities. She also worked as a legal fellow in New Orleans, Louisiana defending individuals on death row. Britt received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2014 and is a member of the California Bar.

Honorable Mention
Stephen Salisbury '09
"Ghosts"
Stephen plays in the band Sun June and is pursuing a PhD in microbiology at UNC Chapel Hill.