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COLUMBIA COLLEGE AWARDS:

Annual Citywide Undergraduate Poetry Festival:

The following B. A. Poetry students were selected to represent Columbia College at the Annual Citywide Undergraduate Poetry Festival

2011-2012: Jen Fitzgerald
2010-2011: Nick Narbutas
2009-2010: Abi Stokes
2008-2009: Richard Dugan
2007-2008: Jess Rose
2006-2007: Jen Watman
2005-2006: Jacob Saenz
2004-2005: Kimiko Ostrozovich
2003-2004: Natalie Hill
2002-2003: Ric Cleary
2001-2002: Sarah Pearl
2000-2001: Jennifer Grutzmacher
1999-2000: Ryan Kulefsky

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Citywide Electronic Chapbooks

The Citywide Electronic Chapbooks was created to showcase the work performed at the festival as a text that can be reviewed and revisited again and again. For more information about this please visit the MFA programs in Creative Writing – Poetry & Non-Fiction tumblr page here

2012 Citywide Echap

Annual Student Poetry Contest Winners:

2011-2012:
Elma Stuckey Poetry Award: Nick Narbutas (1st place); Kelly Bates (2nd place)
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: Davee Craine (Winner); Sara Peck (Honorable Mention)
Minds of Winter Readers: Laura Miller, Sarah Akers, Tara Boswell, Davee Craine, & Courtney Hitson
Allen & Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition: Ryann Wahl

2010-2011:
Elma Stuckey Poetry Award: Benicia Blue (1st place), Zachary Green (2nd place)
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: Ryann Wahl (Winner); Kelly Forsythe (Honorable Mention)
Minds of Winter Readers: Sarah Jedd, Zachary Green, Kayla Sargeson, Nathan Masters, & Jessica Dyer
Allen & Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition: Katherine Sanchez

2009-2010:
Elma Stuckey Poetry Award: Adam Lizakowski (1st place), Zachary Green (2nd place)
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: Stephen Danos (Winner); Yulya Mykhiel Deych (Honorable Mention)
Minds of Winter Readers: Louis Bardales, Thomas DeRoma, Kelly Forsythe, & Steve Smaczniak
Allen & Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition: Carl Aagesen

2008-2009:
Elma Stuckey Poetry Award: Abi Stokes (1st place), Colleen O’Connor (2nd place)
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: Andrew Terhune (Winner); Yulya Mykhiel Deych (Honorable Mention)
Minds of Winter Readers: Eric Unger, Natasha White, Chris Williams, & Yvette Thomas
Allen & Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition: Thomas Mowe

2007-2008:
Elma Stuckey Poetry Award: Jesse Crouse (1st place), Rachel Finkelstein (2nd place)
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: Kate Brady (Winner); Joe Eldridge (Honorable Mention)
Minds of Winter Readers: Kate Dougherty, Meghan Lee, Joe Bly, & Jesse Crouse
Allen & Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition: Russell Jaffe

2006-2007:
Elma Stuckey Poetry Award: Jen Watman (1st place), Rachel Finkelstein (2nd place)
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: Aaron Flanagan & Stephen Dvorak (Winners); Russell Jaffe & Daniela Olszewska (Honorable Mentions)
Ruth Lilly Nomination: Julie Rouse
Minds of Winter Readers: Aaron Flanagan, Ian Harris, Julie Rouse, & BJ Soloy
Allen & Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition: Brandi Homan

2005-2006:
Elma Stuckey Poetry Award: Donna Pecore (1st place), BJ Soloy (2nd place)
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: Lindsay Bell & Daren Thurman (Winners); Maggie Lopez & Nolan Chessman (Honorable Mentions)
Ruth Lilly Nomination: Becca Klaver
Allen & Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition: Danielle Aquiline

2004-2005:
Lannan Award, through the Academy of American Poets: John Franklin Dandridge & Angela Mullenhour (Winners); Marissa Spaulding & Marlon Esguerra (Honorable Mentions)

2000-2001:
Lannan Award: Greg Pokarney. Honorable Mention: Stefani Iryne, Elizabeth Andersen.