2015 University & College Poetry Prize Winners
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Julia Katrina Agulair Cariño

University of Virginia

Academy of American Poets Prize

Marissa Ahmadkhani

California Polytechnic State University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Alaa Al-Barkawi, “Wedding Daydream”

Westminster College

Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Prize

Alya Albert, “For Ma”

Pratt Institute

Academy of American Poets Prize

Roman Alcazar, “Reception of Conception”

Central Pennsylvania College

Geraldine G. Britcher Poetry Prize

Rawda Aljawhary, “Akhmatova Egypt”

Brandeis University

The Ramón Feliciano Poetry Prize

D. Allen, “Great Plains”

University of Minnesota

James Wright Prize in Poetry

Lisette Alonso, “Postcard From the Corner House”

University of Miami

Alfred Boas Poetry Prize

John Angelo Alonzo, “Warm Compress in April”

Cooper Union

Elizabeth Kray Prize

Anna Marie Anastasi, “penpal”

Fordham University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Cassandra Anouthay, “First Name Cassandra, Middle Name Remembrance”

Aquinas College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Ashely Baker, “Stationary”

Sweet Briar College

The Jean Taylor Meyer Memorial Poetry Prize

Yea Jee Bae, “3:27 AM”

Duke University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Elias Baez, “Sidereal Time”

Amherst College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Kristin George Bagdanov, “Lamb Body”

Colorado State University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Chauncey Baker, “The Sleepwalker’s Manifesto”

Washington & Lee University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Steven Bankert, “26 Cuts”

University of Delaware

Harold Taylor Prize

Anne Barngrover, “Midwestern Litany”

University of Missouri at Columbia

Academy of American Poets Prize

Jai Bashir, “Double Exposure”

University of Utah

Larry Levis Memorial Poetry Prize

Elle Bathory, “Noah’s Ark”

Indiana State University

The Madeline DeGaetano Memorial Poetry Prize

Bronte Billings, “Carved Bone”

Cleveland State University

Alberta Turner Poetry Prize

Benjamin Blackhurst, “Portraiture”

Brigham Young University

Ethel Lowry Handley Poetry Prize

Donovan Borger (undergraduate), “Rings”

SUNY Binghamton

Academy of American Poets Prize

Katy Boyer, “Dream of Wraith’s Daughter”

Randolph-Macon Woman’s College

Charles and Fanny Fay Wood Poetry Prize

Aozora Brockman, “Butchering”

Northwestern University

Jean Meyer Aloe Poetry Prize

Vina Brown

Northwest Indian College

The Betty and Norman Lockwood Poetry Prize

Ariana Brown, “Origins”

University of Texas at Austin

Andrew Julius Gutow Poetry Prize

Kaydra Bui, “dis(quiet)"

Bradley University

Sipple Poetry Prize

Christine Calella, “Out, Out, Damn Stone”

Lafayette College

Jean E. Corrie Poetry Prize

Blake N. Campbell, “Bioluminescence”

Emerson College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Melanie Canales

Wells College

Catharine B. De Pau Poetry Prize

Husayn Carnegie, “birthdaypoem: twentyfive”

University of California, Irvine

Academy of American Poets Prize

Maria Catherino, “For the Neighbor at Christmas”

Cornell College

Prize in Memory of Clyde and Jewell Bothwell Tull

Malik Charchour, “The Purple Ram”

Hartwick College

Anna Sonder Prize

Leila Chatti, “Ode to Ugly Things”

North Carolina State University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Jack Chelgren, “Laocoon”

University of Washington

Harold Taylor Prize

Julia Chille

Wellesley College

Nevin Prize

Hedgie Choi, “Rosa”

Yonsei University / Underwood International College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Helena Chung, “From a Theater”

Johns Hopkins University

The Laureen Rita Schipsi Poetry Prize

Phebe Ciemny, “There is a Staircase in the Mind Composed of No Steps”

George Mason University

The Joseph A. Lohman III Poetry Prize

Emily Rose Cole, "Premonition”

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (graduate)

Academy of American Poets Prize

Justin Colon-Rabinowitz, “Chuíto Molina”

Hofstra University

Nancy P. Schnader Award

Michaela Coplan, “Ancient Fragment on the Theory of Ruin Value”

Vassar College

Mary Rousmaniere Gordon Prize

Mary Cornelius

Augsburg College

John R. Mitchell Academy of American Poets Prize

Taylor Cornelius, “Bill Cody”

Kenyon College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Sarah Costello, “Visiting la Isla del Encanto”

George Washington University

A. E. Claeyssens, Jr. Poetry Prize

Quinton Couch, “Beware Havoc Alda”

Miami University (undergraduate)

Harris S. Abrahams Poetry Prize

Max Crinnin, “My Sverige”

SUNY Buffalo

The Academy of American Poets Prize

Kevin Crush, “Gentle Sway”

United States Naval Academy

Stuart Pitt Memorial Poetry Prize

Kristina Marie Darling, “Notes to a History of the Locket”

SUNY Buffalo

Dan Liberthson Poetry Prize

Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, “For the Journalists Who Write About Ukraine”

University of Pennsylvania

William Carlos Williams Prize

Chloe DiFillipis, “the accident”

New Jersey City University

The Walter Glospie Academy of American Poets Prize

Caroline Dehart, “Rorschach Test”

Rollins College

Arden Goettling / Academy of American Poets Prize

Cody Deitz, “Fireworks”

California State University, Northridge

George Dillon Memorial Award

Matthew DeMarco, “When my friend tells me that an ex-lover headbutted her nose until it busted,"

Columbia College Chicago

Eileen Lannan Poetry Prize

Christian Detisch, “The Little Way”

Virginia Commonwealth University

Catherine and Joan Byrne Poetry Prize

Theresa DiMascio, “Alien”

Washington University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Allyson Donato, “The Lovers of Valdaro”

Chatham College

The Laurie Mansell Reich Poetry Prize

Sarah Dravec, “If We Are Going to Disappear”

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts

Academy of American Poets Prize

Brittney Duncan, “One Hundred Eight Miles From a Hospital Bed”

University of Memphis

The Deborah L. Talbot Poetry Award

Valerie Dunn

Washington College

The Jude and Miriam Pfister Poetry Prize

Emily Duquette, “Odd Sister”

Old Dominion University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Ryler Dustin, “The Movement of Fields”

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Wilbur Gaffney Poetry Prize

Ronald Dzerigian, “Our California”

California State University, Fresno (graduate)

Ernesto Trejo Memorial Prize

Max Eberts, “Blue Jay and Sparrow”

University of Idaho

Academy of American Poets Prize

Kelly Egan, “Diaspora”

Saint Mary’s College of California

Russell & Yvonne Lannan Poetry Prize

Mica Evans, “Lessons in Forbearance”

Bennington College

The Green Prize for Poetry

William Fargason, “Sugar”

Florida State University (graduate)

Academy of American Poets Prize

Samantha Fazekas, “Breathing”

Loyola University Maryland

Academy of American Poets Prize

Jane Feldmann, “When you left”

Dickinson College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Mariele Fluegeman, “Triptych for the Odd Saint Out”

Centre College

Paul Cantrell Poetry Prize

Gil Franqui, “Homonyms”

Rollins College

Arden Goettling / Academy of American Poets Prize

Joshua Gill-Sutton

San Francisco State University (undergraduate)

Academy of American Poets Piri Thomas Poetry Prize

Caitlin Gilvary

Rutgers University

Enid Dame Memorial Poetry Prize

Macaulay Glynn

Keystone College

Edward M. Cameron IV Poetry Prize

Tyler Goldman, “Have You Ever Noticed The Way The Blind Seem To Think With Their Eyes”

University of Maryland, College Park

Prize in Memory of Anaïs Nin

Benjamin Goodman, “New John”

Princeton University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Kaiya Gordon, “Self Portrait (So Much Depends)"

Lewis & Clark College

Vern Rutsala Academy of American Poets Prize

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Adam Graaf, “Militaria”

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Harold Taylor Prize

Dean Granitsas, “Fire”

Muskingum College

Beulah Brooks Brown Award in Poetry

Nick Greer, “Gigantopithecus”

University of Arizona

Academy of American Poets Prize

Emily Gritzmachcer, ";Ingredients”

Oregon State University

Weaver Undergraduate Poetry Award

Kia Groom, “The Impulse Purchase”

University of New Orleans

Andrea Saunders Gereighty Poetry Award

Margaret Hass, “After Aeneas”

Skidmore College

Academy of American Poets Prize

R.M. Haines, “The Instructor”

University of North Texas

Paul R. Voertman Prize

Joseph Han, “For Sewol”

University of Hawai’i

Harold Taylor Prize

David Handsher, “A Woman Falls Into a Manhole While Texting”

The City College of San Francisco

The Felicia Farr Lemon Poetry Prize

Kevin Hargrave

University of Richmond

Academy of American Poets Prize

Julia Harris, “A Missing Face”

University of Notre Dame

The Billy Maich Award

Mikko Harvey, “The Critic Falls in Love”

Ohio State University

Arthur Rense Prize

Kelsey Hatch, “Excavations”

St. Lawrence University

James Ligon Price III Memorial Prize in Poetry

Madalena Henning, “Background Check”

Wesleyan University

Sarah Hannah Memorial Prize

Madeline Herrmann, “Three Odes to the Deep Atlantic”

Macalester College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Markeisha Hill, “Womanish”

Wesleyan University

Sarah Hannah Memorial Prize

Zoe Hitzig, “Pernkopf Atlas”

Harvard University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Allyson Hoffman, “Lingering in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park”

Hope College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Emily Hopkins, “Antitussive”

University of Pittsburgh

Academy of American Poets Prize

Su Hwang, “An Elegy”

University of Minnesota

James Wright Prize in Poetry

Kindall Jackson, “For Josie”

Sam Houston State University

The William C. Weathers Memorial Prize

Doug Janicke, “Absence of All Color”

Rockford University

Colleen Holmbeck Poetry Prize

Ariel Jones, “For S.”

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ruth Llewellyn Baird Prize

Ashley Jones, “Viewing a KKK Uniform at the Civil Rights Institute”

Florida International University

Christopher F. Kelly Award for Poetry

Margaret Lacey Jones, “Playing Liturgy:: terzanelle”

Dartmouth College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Sarah Joseph-Alexandre, “alternate realities (didn’t state)"

Miami-Dade Community College

Fred Shaw Poetry Prize

Beata Kasiarz, from “things look soft from a distance”

Brown University

Academy of American Poets Prize

Savannah Kater

Stetson University

The Holly M. Kimball Poetry Prize

Caroline Kenworthy, “To chlorophyll, refineries, coal, furnaces beneath early skyscrapers, fossils”

Sarah Lawrence College (undergraduate)

Harold Taylor Prize

Parveen Keynejad, “Grief at Golden Age”

Hunter College

Catalina Páez & Seumas MacManus Award

Ryan Kingsley, “Ceremony”

College of the Holy Cross

Dominick Lepore Poetry Award

Zoe Koenig, “burying the illness corpse”

Beloit College

Beloit Poetry Journal Prize

Abigail Koontz, “Taji, Iraq: 2004”

Messiah College

Carrie A. Guhl Poetry Prize

Emily Kramer, “Hiding Places”

Pennsylvania State Harrisburg

Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller Prize

Dana Kroos, “How to Understand Acoustics”

University of Houston

Brazos Bookstore/ Academy of American Poets Prize

Erica Kucharski, “A Perfect Miss”

Illinois Wesleyan University

Arthur W. Hinners & Louise Hinners Sipfle Prize

Benjamin Kuzava, “Introducing Death to Your Autistic Brother”

Central Michigan University

Eric Torgersen Poetry Prize

Kien Lam, “Big Bang Theory”

Indiana University

The Vera Meyer Strube Poetry Prize

Kathleen Langyher, “From Nothing to Nothing”

Naropa University

The Margaret Randall Academy of American Poets Prize

T.m. Lawson, “Songbird Cannibalism”

University of California, Los Angeles

Fred and Edith Herman Memorial Prize

Tucker Leighty-Phillips, “Your Heart is a Parking Meter”

Harrisburg Area Community College

Dale T. Guhl Memorial Prize

Nate Levine, “Beginnings”

University of Mary Washington

Academy of American Poets Prize

Allison Linville, “Which Is To Say”

University of Montana

Academy of American Poets Prize

Arielle Lipset, “Poppy”

Franklin & Marshall College

Academy of American Poets Prize

Rebecca Liu, “A Motet of Commons”

University of Texas at Austin

Andrew Julius Gutow Poetry Prize

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