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Student Marshall Roy speaks with novelist Russell Banks at the Adamson Student Writing Awards reception.

The annual highlight of the Creative Writing Program is the Adamson Student Writing Awards. These awards are presented for student excellence in fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and non-fiction. Winners are selected by off-campus writers and are presented in a formal event featuring a distinguished visiting writer. The Adamson Awards are presented in honor of Pauline B. Adamson at the bequest of her husband, the late Clarence H. Adamson, as a testimonial to their marriage and her interest in the English Language and American Literature.

If you are a Carnegie Mellon student who wishes to submit their work, please see the submission guidelines.

To see a complete listing of past and present award recipients, please view the current program.

Other Awards presented to students include:

  • The Academy of American Poets Prize
  • The Carnegie Mellon University Press Prizes in Poetry and Fiction
  • The Hilary Masters Award in the Personal Essay
  • The Topol Award in Creative Writing/Fiction
  • The Donna Grear Memorial Award
  • The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center Artist in Residence for Creative Writing
  • The Margaret Smith Cushing Award
  • The Charles Dawe Publishing Award
  • The Gladys Schmitt Creative Writing Scholarship Award
  • Louisa Saul Rosenthal Margaret Morrison Carnegie College Scholarship (for a female undergraduate student in creative writing who is eligible for financial aid)
 

 



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