Past Honorees

2010

Winner
Rachel Sobel
University of Washington (Seattle)
"The Dead Star, the Satirist, and the Soldier"
First Runner-up
Miah S. Saunders
High Point University
"Lilith"
Second Runner-up
Rebecca McNulty
The College of New Jersey
"Sister's Hands"
Third Runner-up
Rachel Halpern
Grinnell College
"Lucky Stiff"
Honorable Mention
Lara Donnelly
Wright State University
"Family Ties"
Honorable Mention
Eugenia Lily Yu
Princeton University
"An Aureate Earth"
Honorable Mention
Anthony Powers
Wright State University
"Left"
Honorable Mention
Rebecca McNulty
The College of New Jersey
"Scales for Ivan"

2009

Winner
Josh Eure
North Carolina State University
"We Were Real"
First Runner-up
Sarah Miller
Bard College at Simon's Rock
"The Best and Bittrest Kiss"
Second Runner-up
Maggie Morgan
North Carolina State University
"Suspended"
Honorable Mention
Rahul Kanakia
Stanford University
"Locked and Keyed"
Honorable Mention
Elena Gleason
Knox College
"Aeroplasty"
Honorable Mention
Lara Donnelly
Wright State University
"The Case of the Unassuming Book and the Very Soiled Trousers"

2008

Winner
Stephen Leech
University of South Florida
"Blank, White and Blue"
First Runner-up
Seth Dickinson
University of Chicago
"Hypocrite"
Second Runner-up
Jeremy Figgins
North Carolina State University
"An Acre in the Woods"
Third Runner-up
Rebekah White
University of Auckland
"Girl Wonder"
Honorable Mention
Kasey Orrell
North Carolina State University
"Fly True"
Honorable Mention
Sarah Miller
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
"Clockwork Angels"
Honorable Mention
Emily Tersoff
Bard College
"Stay With Me."

2007

Winner
Natty Bokenkamp
Stanford University
"The Uncanny Valley"
First Runner-up
Rahul Kanakia
Stanford University
"Money Is The Best Damn Thing There Is"
Second Runner-up
Natty Bokenkamp
Stanford University
"Cargo"
Third Runner-up
Rahul Kanakia
Stanford University
"The Silent Horde"
Honorable Mention
Stephen Leech
University of South Florida
"The Whale-Zeppelin Canard"
Honorable Mention
Eliza Blair
Swarthmore College
"Tangle"
Honorable Mention
Seth Dickinson
University of Chicago
"Claymore Three-Zulu"

2006

Winner
Meghan Sinoff
University of Florida
"Shift"
First Runner-up
Eliza Blair
Swarthmore College
"Silver Eyes"
Second Runner-up
Catherine Krahe
Illinois Wesleyan University
"Running After the Twilight Sirens"
Honorable Mention
Eliza Blair
Swarthmore College
"Beast"

2005

Winner
Anthony Ha
Stanford University
"Around the World"
First Runner-up
Eliza Blair
Swarthmore College
"Friends in Need"
Second Runner-up
Alice Kim
Stanford University
"Are You Getting All of This?"
Third Runner-up
Michail Velichansky
University of Maryland College Park
"Evelyn"
Honorable Mention
Catherine Krahe
Illinois Wesleyan University
"Undine"
Honorable Mention
Amelia Beamer
Michigan State University
"The First Stone"
Honorable Mention
Madeleine B. Sheldon-Dante
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Astep."

2004

Winner
Anthony Ha
Stanford University
"Orbiting"
First Runner-up
Barbara Wright
University of Houston
"Community"
Second Runner-up
Amelia Beamer
Michigan State University
"Assisted Living"
Honorable Mention
Austin Head-Jones
Brown University
"The Dark"
Honorable Mention
Michael Emmons
Northwestern University
"The Autumn Gardens"
Honorable Mention
Mathew Kirby
Utah State University
"The Relic Monger's Tale"
Honorable Mention
Michail Velichansky
University of Maryland College Park
"Games on the Children's Ward"

2003

Winner
Bryn Neuenschwander
Harvard University
"Calling Into Silence"
First Runner-up
Matthew Kirby
Utah State University
"A Book of Revelation"
Second Runner-up
Thomas Seay
The Georgia Institute of Technology
"Alone Again"
Honorable Mention
Bryn Neuenschwander
Harvard University
"The Legend of Anahata"
Honorable Mention
Karina Sumner-Smith
York University
"She is Elizabeth Lynn Rhodea"
Honorable Mention
Thomas Seay
The Georgia Institute of Technology
"Weathered Mountains"

2002

Winner
Lena DeTar
Macalaster College
"Making Waves"
First Runner-up
Thomas M. Seay
The Georgia Institute of Technology
"Self-Defense"
Second Runner-up
Lena DeTar
Macalaster College
"The Dying of the Light"
Honorable Mention
Gary Porter
St. Mary's University
"Judge and Jury"
Honorable Mention
Karina Sumner-Smith
York University
"Loving the Bomb"
Honorable Mention
Amy Beth Forbes
Michigan State University
"Fire Water"

2001

Winner
Mark Jacobsen
US Air Force Academy
"Conquering Europa"
First Runner-up
Lena DeTar
Macalester College
"Perfect Authentic Cadence"
Second Runner-up
Elan Ruskin
University of Pennsylvania
"Small Mercies"
Honorable Mention
Lena DeTar
"Obon Night"
Honorable Mention
Sarah Jane Elliott
Victoria University at the University of Toronto
"To Soothe the Savage Beast"

2000

Winner
Beth Adele Long
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
"Repeating Patterns"
First Runner-up
Mark Jacobsen
US Air Force Academy
"Farther Out and Farther Down"
Second Runner-up
Lena DeTar
Macalester College
"Fire and Ice"
Honorable Mention
Elan Ruskin
University of Pennsylvania
"The Dreamer's Guild"
Honorable Mention
Lena DeTar
"Clearing Up"

1999

Winner
Marissa Lingen
Gustavus Adolphus College
"In the Gardens and the Graves"
First Runner-up
Marri Champie
Boise State University
"The Mascarene Event"
Second Runner-up
Marri Champie
"The White Seal"
Honorable Mention
Aaron Fries
University of Colorado
"Through Your Metal Eyes"
Honorable Mention
Trent M. Walters
College of the Ozarks
"Driven Like the Snow"

1998

Winner
Emily Thornbury
Harvard University
"The Wormholes"
First Runner-up
Michael Channing Gupton
University of North Carolina at Asheville
"Dryad"
Second Runner-up
Marri Champie
Boise State University
"Old Bones"
Third Runner-up
Adam Perin
University of Cincinnati
"Silent Exemplar"
Honorable Mention
William Stacey Cochran
East Carolina University
"Within the Parallax"
Honorable Mention
A. Kaay Miller
University of Texas at El Paso
"Like Mad Cassandra"

1997

Winner
David Kirtley
Colby College
"Lest We Forget"
First Runner-up
Jerry W. Hughes, Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Paschen's Story"
Second Runner-up
Melissa Garber
Rutgers University
"The Hidden One"
Third Runner-up
David Kirtley
"I Think Therefore...?"

1996

Winner
Dylan Otto Krider
University of Arizona
"He Believed in Probability"
First Runner-up
Sara Taylor
Hollins College
"Dancing Distance"
Second Runner-up
Monica Eiland
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Metropolis 2000"
Third Runner-up
William McMahon
Columbia College, Chicago
"Rough Beast"
Honorable Mention
Raakesh Persaud
University of Toronto
"Upgrades and Breakdowns"
Honorable Mention
Michael Suskind
University of Pennsylvania
"Marsley: Jesus Christ of the Donors"
Honorable Mention
Chris Gattanella
University of Georgia
"Rupture"
Honorable Mention
Maurice G. Broaddus
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
"Kali's Danse Macabre"
Honorable Mention
Kevin Landry
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
"Who By His Own Hand"

1995

Winner
Shannon Fowler
University of California-San Diego
"The Cinderella Project"
First Runner-up
Monica Eiland
University of North Carolina
"Hansel's Statement to the Police"
Second Runner-up
Raakesh Persaud
University of Toronto
"Come Walk a Mile in My Shoes"
Honorable Mention
Chris Hepler
Johns Hopkins University
"This Thing of Darkness"
Honorable Mention
Chris Gattanella
University of Georgia
"Treaty Games"
Honorable Mention
Holly Day
University of Tampa
"Jesus Chris, Lord of Hosts, Meets L.A. County"

1994

Winner
Eric Choi
University of Toronto
"Dedication"
First Runner-up
Felicity Savage
Columbia University
"Roses in the Blood"
Finalists
Micole Sudberg
Yale University
"Calliope"
Finalists
Monica Eiland
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Saving Grace"
Honorable Mention
Marsheila Rockwell
Montana State University
"Auf Widershins"
Honorable Mention
Chris Gattanella
University of Georgia
"Knaragua's Rage"
Honorable Mention
Timalyne Lindquist-Frazier
Marlboro College
"Burning in the Montage"
Honorable Mention
Cory Doctorow
University of Waterloo
"The Adventures of Ma 'n Pa Frigidaire"
Honorable Mention
Kerry Jamieson
University of Tampa
"Unicorns in America"
Baird Searles Award - Best Writer 21 Years Old or Younger
Eric Choi
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