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Outstanding Writing Awards announced

The College Writing Committee announced 15 students honored in the 2026 Outstanding Writing Awards.

The awardees will be celebrated at the 2026 Writing Gala to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, in the Dowd Gallery. 

Winners and honorable mentions by category are:

Collin Anderson Memorial Awards in Creative Writing

  • Poetry
  • Winner: Kirsten Brennan
  • Honorable Mention: Callie Pinnelli
  • Fiction
  • Winner: Kay Perry
  • Honorable Mention: Hunter Williams
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • Winner: Hunter Williams
  • Honorable Mention: Daphne Pufky
  • Multimodal/Digital Writing
  • Winner: Julia Strobel
  • Honorable Mention: Isabella DuBois

Writing Across the Curriculum Awards

  • Kathy Lattimore-First Year Writing
  • Winner: Kaylee Klymkow
  • Honorable Mention: Hailey Reilly
  • School of Arts and Sciences
  • Winner: Isabella DuBois
  • Honorable Mention: William Moretti
  • School of Professional Studies
  • Winner: Meghan Sainsbury
  • Graduate Student Writing
  • Winner: Colin Saldaris
  • Honorable Mention: Mamadou Diallo