First Place​
Malcom Burnley ’12
"The Diplomat and the Demagogue: When Richard Holbrooke Met Malcom X”
Malcolm Burnley is a longform journalist based in Philadelphia. He's a senior writer with The Fuller Project, where he reports on gender equity for a range of outlets. In 2019, he co-authored a TIME magazine cover story and in recent years has published work in The Atlantic, POLITICO, NPR, and more. He's the co-host of an upcoming season-long investigative podcast by iHeart Radio called The Missionary.

Second Place
Zachary N. Bornstein ’12
"Zack’s Snack Shack & The Cedar Box”
Zack Bornstein is an Emmy-nominated, Peabody-award winning, and WGA Award-winning writer & director from Saturday Night Live (NBC), Jimmy Kimmel Live(ABC), Alternativo(Comedy Central), The Good Cop (Netflix), Red Nose Day(NBC), New Years Eve (NBC), College Signing Day (Michelle Obama), Little Late with Lily Singh (NBC), etc. He has been published by The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Cavalier Literary Couture, Vulture, Paste, American Bystander, etc. Zack studied Neuroscience at Brown University ’12.