David R. Russell Poetry Awards

First Place - Beau Rice

Second Place - K. O'Toole
 

Runner-Up - Osman Ahmed
 

SMU Fiction Awards

First Place - Lindsay Golder,  "³Raspberry Jam Pie²"

Second Place - Rob Bralver, "And So"

Runner-Up:- Ching-Ying (Sunny) Huang, "Let Go of Their Hands"
 

Margaret Terry Crooks Award for Outstanding Creative Writing Student: Rob Bralver

Lon Tinkle Prize for Outstanding English Major in Creative Writing: Preston Christian Taylor

The Creative Writing Program of SMU's Department of English annually sponsors a contest for writers of prose fiction, plays, and poetry. Open to all regularly enrolled undergraduate students at SMU, the prizes are as follows:

• David R. Russell Poetry Prize. First Place: $200; Second Place: $100. Judged by a published poet with a national reputation, selected by SMU faculty.

• SMU Fiction Award. First Place: $200; Second Place: $100. Judged by a published fiction writer with a national reputation, selected by SMU faculty.

• Margaret Terry Crooks Award for Most Outstanding Creative Writing Student. Awards $200. Not open to submission; chosen by SMU faculty.

• Lon Tinkle Scholarship Prize also awarded by faculty and not open to submission.

• *showcase selections are by SMU creative wrioting faculty.

Cash awards vary according to funds available.