2024

Winner

• Emma Kerkman
• Hamilton College
• "Lolo's Last Run"

First Runner-up

• Liam Betts
• Vanderbilt University
• "The Waves of Light"

(Tie) Second Runner-up

• Wren Chan
• Oberlin College
• "Red Roots"

(Tie) Second Runner-up

• Rona Wang
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• "My Mother's Daughter"

Honorable Mention

• Emma Kerkman
• Hamilton College
• "Kodak Gold"

Honorable Mention

• Dylan Halsted
• Goucher College
• "Armageddon.txt"

2023

Winner

• Sam Wilson
• Chapman University
• "blooming beating hearts"

First Runner-up

• Olivia Garcia
• Chapman University
• "Of the Known Universe"

Second Runner-up

• Rona Wang
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• "The Glass Foxkit"

Third Runner-up

• Simon Herz
• Swathmore College
• "The River People"

Honorable Mention

• Jazmin Collins
• Arcadia University
• "A Practical Guide to Housesitting for North American Witches"

Honorable Mention

• Jadyn Straigis
• Goucher College
• "The Ivory Peak Hotel"

Honorable Mention

• Emely Menjivar
• Chapman University
• "Blind Faith"

Honorable Mention

• Simon Herz
• Swarthmore College
• "Gone Up in Fog"

Honorable Mention

• William Romero
• Vanderbilt University
• "The Great Blue Heron of the Mississippi"

2022

Winner

• Jack Hawkins
• Vanderbilt University
• "Hellish Takeout"

First Runner-up

• Juliette Morazain
• Université de Montréal
• "Walk On"

Second Runner-up

• Getty Hesse
• University of Oklahoma
• "Teatro Anatomico"

Third Runner-up

• Jazmin Collins
• Arcadia University
• "From A Smile To A Smirk"

Honorable Mention

• Jake Mouallem
• University of Alberta
• "Been"

Honorable Mention

• Bree (Taylor) Meiklejohn
• University of Alberta
• "Our Own Image"

2021

Winner

• Jazmin Collins
• Arcadia University
• "My Gardening Journal"

First Runner-up

• Samuel Owens
• University of Chicago
• "The Piano Player"

Second Runner-up

• Jack Hawkins
• Vanderbilt University
• "Chronicler of a Dying World"

Honorable Mention

• Samuel Owns
• University of Chicago
• "Man's End"

2020

Winner

• Rona Wang
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• "Imitation Game"

First Runner-up

• Cyrus Lloyd
• Vanderbilt University
• "The Death of F209-5"

Second Runner-up

• (Tie) Kaley Mamo
• Columbia University
• "The Bendix Diner"

• (Tie) Wenmimareba Klobah Collins
• University of Puerto Rico - Rico Piedras Campus
• "Journey from Middle to Nowhere"

Third Runner-up

• Grace Yang
• Indiana University-Bloomington
• "Dragon Fall"

Honorable Mention

• Claire Spaulding
• Columbia University
• "Halfsies"

Honorable Mention

• Alexandra Rose Nagele
• University of Pennsylvania
• "Cell Culture"

Honorable Mention

• Moe Kirkpatrick
• University of British Columbia
• "Ode to Andromeda"

Honorable Mention

• C.E. McGill
• North Carolina State University
• "Things to Bring, Things to Burn, Things Best Left Behind"

Honorable Mention

• M.H. Chau
• Brown University
• "The Last Deer in Heaven"

2019

Winner

• Ana Maria Curtis
• Swarthmore College
• "Military Sunset"

First Runner-up

• Cody D. Campbell
• Oregon State University
• "Crossing Over"

Second Runner-up

• Wenmimareba Klobah Collins
• University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
• "Unexplained Phenomena"

Third Runner-up

• Joseph O'Connor
• Florida Gulf Coast University
• "Music in the Other Room"

Honorable Mention

• Emmalee Gagnon
• Arcadia University
• "Say Her Name"

Honorable Mention

• Josephine Su
• University of Alberta
• "The Gilding of the Stray"

Honorable Mention

• Claire Spaulding
• Columbia University
• "Baucis"

Honorable Mention

• Arthur Davis
• Swarthmore College
• "Gawain"

2018

Winner

• Arthur Davis
• Swarthmore College
• "Happy? Sad?"

First Runner-up

• Claire Spaulding
• Columbia University
• "Four Days to Opening Night"

Second Runner-up

• Rebecca Kuang
• Georgetown University
• "The Corpse Return"

Third Runner-up

• Brittney Hubley
• University of Alberta
• "Shitbucket"

Honorable Mention

• Garrison Kammer
• Bellevue College
• "Venus Return"

Honorable Mention

• Alexandra Barr
• University of Alberta
• "Flood Daughter"

Honorable Mention

• C.E. McGill
• North Carolina State University
• "Sapphire, Dagger, Hall"

2017

Winner

• Taimur Ahmad
• Princeton University
• "Noor"

First Runner-up

• Claire Spaulding
• Columbia University
• "The Food of Love"

Second Runner-up

• Alexandra Barr
• University of Alberta
• "Questions for Oretta"

Third Runner-up

• Pearl Lorentzen
• University of Alberta
• "Braidwood Rings"

Honorable Mention

• Taimur Ahmad
• Princeton University
• "Everyone is Split"

Honorable Mention

• Alina Sichevaya
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• "Everything, in Both Hands"

Honorable Mention

• Gian-Paul Bergeron
• Yale University
• "Protagonist"

Honorable Mention

• Marcella Haddad
• Arcadia University
• "Storm & Splinter"

Honorable Mention

• Sarah Goldman
• Bryn Mawr College
• "Ravenous Things"

2016

Winner

• Rani Banjarian
• Vanderbilt University
• "Lullabies in Arabic"

First Runner-up

• Eleanor Griggs
• Grinnell College
• "Nostos"

Second Runner-up

• Laura Davia
• Vanderbilt University
• "Get Out of Here"

Third Runner-up

• Eleanor Griggs
• Grinnell College
• "Wags"

Honorable Mention

• Taimur Ahmad
• Princeton University
• "Green Tunnels"

Honorable Mention

• Caighlan Smith
• Memorial University of Newfoundland
• "A Pest Most Fiendish"

Honorable Mention

• Karen Aston
• Kenyon College
• "Thieves Gold"

Honorable Mention

• Courtney Gilmore
• Columbia College Chicago
• "The Numbers Queen of Harlem"

2015

Winner

• Kayla Chronister
• Seattle Pacific University
• "How the Blood Spills"

First Runner-up

• Rich Larson
• University of Alberta
• "Bidding War"

Second Runner-up

• Jameyanne Fuller
• Kenyon College
• "Naming Angelo"

Third Runner-up

• Courtney Combs
• University of South Florida
• "#72 Days"

Honorable Mention

• Taimur Ahmad
• Princeton University
• "Everything Is Magic"

Honorable Mention

• Gwendolyn Karpierz
• Colorado State University
• "Embryos"

Honorable Mentions

• Rich Larson
• University of Alberta
• "The Delusive Cartographer"

Honorable Mentions

• Rich Larson
• University of Alberta
• "Edited"

Honorable Mentions

• Caighlan Smith
• Memorial University of Newfoundland
• "Greave

2014

Winner

• Rich Larson
• University of Alberta
• "Nostalgia Calculator"

First Runner-up

• Noam Altman-Kurosaki
• Princeton University
• "The Sons"

Second Runner-up

• Rich Larson
• University of Alberta
• "The King in the Cathedral"

Third Runner-up

• Jameyanne Fuller
• Kenyon College
• "The Year of Salted Skies"

Honorable Mention

• Taimur Ahmad
• Princeton University
• "Canyonlands"

Honorable Mention

• Jessica May Lin
• UC Berkeley
• "Lolita in the Light of Nitroglycerin"

Honorable Mention

• Alexandra Gurel
• Princeton University
• "The Fire in the Sky"

Honorable Mention

• Gwendolyn Karpierz
• Colorado State University
• "Autumn Drowning"

Honorable Mention

• Kayla Chronister
• Seattle Pacific University
• "Swans and Ravens"

2013

Winner

• Lara Donnelly
• Wright State University
• "To the Dogs"

First Runner-up

• Alexandra Gürel
• Princeton University
• "Fantasmas Maravilhosas"

Second Runner-up

• Rich Larson
• University of Alberta
• "Atrophy"

Third Runner-up

• Caitlin Higgins
• Cornell University
• "The Changeling"

Honorable Mention

• Rachel Lister
• High Point University
• "The Boundary Wall"

Honorable Mention

• Alissa Hartenbaum
• Georgia Tech University
• "The Boy in the Bell Tower"

Honorable Mention

• Therese Arkenberg
• Carroll University
• "The Astrologer's Telling"

Honorable Mention

• William Tarnell
• Vanderbilt University
• "Pig and Plume"

2012

Winner

• Rebekah Baldridge
• Newman University
• "Superposition"

First Runner-up

• Madeline Stevens
• Bennington College
• "Halcyon Days"

Second Runner-up

• Rachel Halpern
• Grinnell College
• "The Taste of Salt"

Third Runner-up

• Brit Mandelo
• University of Louisville
• "The Writ of Years"

Third Runner-up

• Anthony Powers
• Wright State University
• "Opus No. 4: Duet for Expressionism and Absinthe"

Third Runner-up

• Lara Donnelly
• Wright State University
• "The Case of the Smitten Magician"

Honorable Mention

• E. Lily Yu
• Princeton University
• "Ilse, Who Saw Clearly"

Honorable Mention

• Rebecca McNulty
• College of New Jersey
• "The Sister Kite"

2011

Winner

• Seth Dickinson
• University of Chicago
• “The Immaculate Conception of Private Ritter”

First Runner-up

• Amanda Olson
• St. Olaf College
• “Aunt Victoria”

Second Runner-up

• E. Lily Yu
• Princeton University
• “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees"

Third Runner-up

• Rachel Sobel
• University of Washington (Seattle)
• “In the Time of Drought"

Honorable Mention

• Rachel Halpern
• Grinnell College
• “A Clarity of Mind”

Honorable Mention

• Kendra Leigh Speedling
• University of Minnesota
• “Caveat”

Honorable Mention

• Sarah Brand
• Vanderbilt University
• “Perchance to Dream”

Honorable Mention

• Rebecca McNulty
• The College of New Jersey
• “The Little Man’s Call”

Honorable Mention

• Lara Donnelly
• Wright State University
• “The Case of the Wayward Sister"

Honorable Mention

• Tina Tseng
• UCLA
• “A Treatise on the Duality of Peace and Accomplishing a Rewarding Parent-Child Relationship Based upon Mutual Respect and Love"

Honorable Mention

• Miah Saunders
• High Point University
• “Death’s Lady"

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

• E. 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

• Jeannette Westwood
• 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

• Misha Lenau
• 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

• Misha Lenau
• 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 Christ, 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