Hopwood writing awards presented to 32

May 21, 2009
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ANN ARBOR—Thirty-two University of Michigan students have received writing prizes in the Hopwood Contest and other contests administered by the Hopwood Awards Program.

With the prizes, the legacy of Avery Hopwood, a 1905 U-M graduate and the most successful Broadway playwright of the 1920s, continues to grow.

Winners from Michigan, listed by home town:

Ann Arbor: Hannah Ensor, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Undergraduate Poetry Award, $9,000, and The Paul and Sonia Handleman Poetry Award, $2,600.

Bradford Kammin, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Novel Award, $10,500, and The Geoffrey James Gosling Prize, $750.

Lowen Liu, The Hopwood Graduate Short Fiction Award, $3,000.

Rebecca Porte, The Hopwood Graduate Nonfiction Award, $6,000.

Sara Schaff, The Hopwood Drama Award, $5,500.

Jessica Young, The Meader Family Award, $2,800.

Bloomfield Hills: John Willoughby, The Hopwood Undergraduate Nonfiction Award, $3,000.

Farmington: Paul Haapaniemi, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Screenplay Award, $4,500, and The Kasdan Scholarship in Creative Writing, $7,400.

Flint: Eric Harburn, The Leonard and Eileen Newman Prize in Dramatic Writing, $1,000.

Grand Rapids: Catherine R. Smyka, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Drama Award, 3,000, and The Dennis McIntyre Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Playwriting, $3,300.

Laurium: Brian Alkire, The Arthur Miller Award of the University of Michigan Club of New York Scholarship Fund, $2,000 tuition credit.

Lathrup Village: Ariel Kennedy, The Hopwood Undergraduate Poetry Award, $3,000.

Northville: Megan Cummins, double winner, The Hopwood Undergraduate Short Fiction Award, $9,500 and The Robert F. Haugh Prize, $2,500.

Rochester Hills: Brendt Rioux, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Screenplay Award, $7,500, and The Naomi Saferstein Literary Award $1,100.

Royal Oak: Timothy Hedges, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Graduate Nonfiction Award, $6,000, and The John Wagner Prize, $1,000.

Perry Janes, The Hopwood Undergraduate Poetry Award, $4,500.

St. Joseph: Joshua Buursma (double winner), The Hopwood Award Theodore Roethke Prize, $5,000 and The Meader Family Award, $2,800.

West Bloomfield: Amanda Adelson, Hopwood Screenplay Award, $7,000.

Catherine Shubert, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Undergraduate Nonfiction Award, $8,000, and The Helen J. Daniels Prize, $3,000.

Winners from outside Michigan, listed by home town:

Brentwood, Tenn.: Kyle Booten, The Hopwood Graduate Poetry Award, $6000.

Burlingame, Calif.: Megan Tucker, The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing Prize in Fiction, $1,000.

Cleveland, Ohio: Kimberly Jacobson, The Hopwood Screenplay Award, $4,500.

Columbus, Ohio: Shira Handler, The Hopwood Graduate Short Fiction Award, $6,000

Hamilton, Ga.: Sara Beth Ferguson, triple winner, The Hopwood Drama Award, $4,000, The Hopwood Graduate Poetry Award, $6,000, and The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize, $1,000.

Holland, Pa.: Brian Short, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Graduate Short Fiction Award, $6,000 and The Andrea Beauchamp Prize, $1,000.

Houston: Sheera Talpaz, The Hopwood Graduate Poetry Award, $5,000.

Larchmont, N.Y.: Seth Moore, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Drama Award, $4,000 and The Dennis McIntyre Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Playwriting, $3,300.

Madisonville, Ky.: Jessie Roy, DOUBLE WINNER, The Hopwood Undergraduate Short Fiction Award, $9,500 and The Stanley S. Schwartz Prize, $500.

New Haven, Conn.: Emily McLaughlin, The Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing, $3,250.

New York, N.Y.: Juliet Fara, The Hopwood Graduate Nonfiction Award, $3,500

Paramus, N.J.: Jeremy Borovitz, The Hopwood Undergraduate Nonfiction Award, $8,000.

Raleigh, N.C.: Dana Kletter, The Hopwood Novel Award, $8,500.

For more on the Hopwood program, visit:

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/hopwood/default.asp

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