Student Prizes

Joyce Carol Oates Award

This prize was established in 2014 in the name of Joyce Carol Oates, Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus; Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus. The prize is awarded annually to a promising young fiction writer or, in exceptional circumstances, a poet.

This award is by faculty nomination only.

Current Winner

Ngan Chiem ’23
Mel Hornyak ’23

Past Winners

2022

Sydney Mia Peng ’22

2021

Hamzah Hashem ’21

2020

Jacob D. Wheeler ’20

2019

Paul J. Schorin ’19

2018

Katherine R. Frain ’18

2017

Samantha X. Cody ’17
Anna M. Windemuth ’17

2016

Katharine S. Boyer ’16