LITFEST - May 4

The Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House in coordination with Stylus, are pleased to announce the winners of the

2017 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize

a writing contest open to all University of Maryland, College Park undergraduate students.

First Place winners receive $150.00; 2^nd Place $100, and 3^rd place $50.00.

Thanks to all who submitted work to the contest! Many submissions were received. 

Prose Awards

           

Final Judge:                 Álvaro Enrigue

First Round Judge:     Jihan Asher

 1^st Place:                      Radhika Tyagi for “Courier” and “Papa and Webster”

2^nd Place:                     Warren Griffiths for “Amsterdam” 

3^rd Place:                      Alexandra Kindahl for “An Official Guide to Sending Glitter through the Mail”

Finalists in alphabetical order:

Rosie Brown for “Broken English”

Alexandria Carolan for “Lemmy”

Madison Garey for “A Mild Haunting”

Warren Griffiths for “The Jockey”

Meredith Hale for “Masks”

Jessica Morris for “Lunar”

Rosa Perez for “The Memory of You”

Poetry Awards         

Final Judge:                 Ocean Vuong

First Round Judge:     Marlena Chertock

1^st Place:                      Megan Conley for “The Great American Dream”

2^nd Place:                     Alice Yanhong Lu for “Document A-89”

3^rd Place:                      Madison Garey for “The Moon Is For Lesbians”

Finalists in alphabetical order: 

Alexis Bates for “Teenage Years: Found Poem From Memoir”

Jessica Cooper for “Epilogue (A Ghazal)” and “Plums”

Madison Garey for “Loudonville, OH”

Warren Griffiths for “prism”

Alice Yanhong Lu for “This is how you become American:”

Tara McCurry for “they/them”

Valeria Rivadeneira for “A Warmth of Your Own”

Please mark your calendars for the prizewinners’reading at Litfest

Thursday May 4, 8:00 pm in St. Mary’s Hall

Reading followed by Reception.

The 2017 issue of Stylus will also be unveiled!