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Fall 2022

Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize in English

For the best essay on 20th-century literature in English by a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown.
Winner: Lucia Kan-Sperling
Prize: $800
Entry Title:  Ambient Poetics and the Sublime in Tan Lin's A Field Guide to American Painting

Rose Low Rome Prize

For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled Brown undergraduate.
1st place: Liliana Greyf
Prize: $175
Entry Title: Advice

2nd place: Evan Donnachie
Prize: $50
Entry Title: Poem for Lichens

Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize for Excellence in Real World Writing

Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction:  literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique.  Submission of a brief essay or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words.
Winner: Eliza Berman
Prize: $800
Entry Title:  Inertia

Arlene Rome Ten Eyck & Peter H. Ten Eyck Prize

For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled Brown undergraduate.
1st place: Karlos Bautista
Prize: $150
Entry Title:  Mont Blanc and the Shadowy Sublimity of the Mind

2nd place: Jack Walker
Prize: $50
Entry Title:  We of the World Gone Wild

David Rome Prize

For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled Brown undergraduate. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness.  
1st place: Dylan Ines
Prize: $150
Entry Title: Body

2nd place: Allison Change
Prize: $50
Entry Title:  The Water Lillies

Spring 2023

The Preston Gurney Literary Prize in Fiction

For the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (fiction) by a senior.

The Preston Gurney Literary Prize in Cultural Criticism

For the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism by a senior.

The Preston Gurney Literary Prize in Poetry

For the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry) by a senior.

Fall 2021

Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize in English

Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown for the best essay on 20th-century literature in English.
Prize: $800
Winner: Lily Lustig 
Entry Title: “Shame of Myself”: Narrative Erasure in Giovanni's Room

Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize for Excellence in Real World Writing

Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique.  Submission of brief essays or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words.
Prize: $800
Winner: Henry Block
Entry Title: Wicked Buckin' at the New England Rodeo

David Rome Prize

For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness.
Prize: $175
Winner: Zach Ngin
Entry Title: The Sea Uses Everything: Some Passages on Trinh T. Minh-ha

Rose Low Rome Prize

For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown.
Prize: $175
Winner: Faith Griffiths
Entry Title: Sonder Sestina

Arlene Rome Ten Eyck & Peter H. Ten Eyck Prize

For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown.
Prize: $175
Winner: Kian Braulik
Entry Title: Oculus as Möbius: An Articulation of Multiracial Feminist Solidarity

Fall 2020

Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize in English

Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown for the best essay on 20th-century literature in English.
Prize: $800
Winner: Paul Michaud

Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize for Excellence in Real World Writing

Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique.  Submission of brief essays or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words.
Prize: $800
Winner: Nicole Kim 

David Rome Prize

For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness.
Prize: $175
Winner: Adi Thatai

Rose Low Rome Prize

For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown.
Prize: $175
Winner: Iris Wright

Arlene Rome Ten Eyck & Peter H. Ten Eyck Prize

For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown.
Prize: $175
Winner: Benjamin Connor

Spring 2021

Preston Gurney Prize

Fiction: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism.
1st place: $1,000 Cal Turner
2nd place: $500 Audrey Kim

Poetry: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry).
1st place: $1,000 Olivia Carbone
2nd place: $500 Kathryn Kovarik

Cultural: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism.
1st place: $1,000 Nadia Wolff
2nd place: $500 Francesca Sabel

The Betsy Amanda Lehman '77 Memorial Award for Excellence in Journalism

Awarded to a Brown senior studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or professional publication who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and intellectual ability.

The portfolio may include selected publications and/or academic work in the study of journalism, including essays written for Brown classes and senior theses.

The Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction

Awarded to a full-time Brown junior or senior for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece.