The 2020 W&M Student Literary Awards
The W&M Student Literary Awards are an annual contest recognizing achievement in student writing, sponsored by the Creative Writing program and the Department of English. The awards are open to all William & Mary students. Independent judges decide winners and runners-up in each of five categories: Group of Poems, Short Fiction, Single Poem, Creative Nonfiction and Drama/Screenwriting. More information is available in the first video below.
Because the Creative Writing program cannot hold an in-person awards ceremony this year, we have instead arranged this series of videos. Our congratulations to all of this year’s winners and runners-up! And thank you to all the student writers who so kindly shared their work.
Awards Overview & Concord Traveling Scholarship
An overview of the Student Literary Awards process, plus the announcement of this year's recipient of the Concord Traveling Scholarship.
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The Goronwy Owen Prize in Poetry
Recognizing student achievement in a collection of poems.
Judge: Christine Stroud
Announcer: Hermine Pinson
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The Glenwood Clark Prize in Fiction
Recognizing student achievement in short fiction.
Judge: Belle Boggs
Announcer: Brian Castleberry
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The Academy of American Poets Prize
Recognizing student achievement in a single poem.
Judge: Mathias Svalina
Announcer: Jon Pineda
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The Tiberius Gracchus Jones Prize for Nonfiction
Recognizing student achievement in creative nonfiction.
Judge: Rachel Monroe
Announcer: Tom Batten
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The Howard Scammon Prize for Drama
Recognizing student achievement in screenwriting, playwriting and episodic work.
Judge: Almitra Corey
Announcer: Andrew Blossom
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