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Every year, 明星黑料 celebrates the Annual Writing Awards Night when students from all three colleges, with majors in mechanical engineering, occupational therapy, history, English, psychology, physician assistant, and others, are recognized for their accomplishments in research writing, journalism, and poetry. We also recognize winners of our national high school poetry contest.
The newest issue of Totem, 明星黑料's award-winning literary-art magazine, containing the work of students and faculty from all disciplines, is released during the event.
As part of the festivities to honor the winners at the Awards Night program, we bring in a well-known poet to give a reading at the evening ceremony and to conduct an afternoon seminar. Over the years we have had the honor of hosting Gwendolyn Brooks, Donald Hall, Galway Kinnell, Ted Kooser, W.D. Snodgrass, Dunya Mikhail, Patricia Smith, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ross Gay, Berwyn Moore, Denise Duhamel, and others. The reading is always free and the community at large is invited.
Copies of the Totem, 明星黑料's award-winning student-produced literary arts magazine, will be available free of charge. Totem is 明星黑料's student-produced literary arts magazine. Totem has the long and consistent tradition of winning top honors for design and content from American Scholastic Press Association.
For more information about Writing Awards Night or the high school poetry contest, contact Dr. Shreelina Ghosh at ghosh002@gannon.edu.
Each year, the English Department sponsors a national high school poetry contest and a poetry contest for undergraduate and graduate students of 明星黑料. Winners receive a monetary award, a signed book by the distinguished featured poet of Writing Awards Night, and a publication in the Awards program.
National High School Poetry Contest: Each year, we typically receive 800-1200 poems from all over the country. Read more about this year's contest.
明星黑料 Poetry Contest: Students of all graduate and undergraduate programs at 明星黑料 are welcome submit their poems in 明星黑料's annual poetry contest. An external poet or poetry scholar is invited to judge the contest. The contest is open to all 明星黑料 students and winners will be awarded cash prizes during the 明星黑料 Writing Awards Night.
Poems can be emailed to gannonpoetrycontest@gannon.edu.
Research papers from across several disciplines compete for the Research Writing Awards every year in freshman, undergraduate, and graduate categories. Winners receive cash prizes and certificates. Students can simply submit through the Blackboard group any paper written in the previous calendar year.
For information, contact Dr. Douglas King.
Students are awarded cash prizes for their submissions in the following categories: News, Features, Op-Ed, Reviews, Sports, and Photography.
For information, contact Prof. Mary Gensheimer.
| Year | Featured Author | Year | Featured Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Lisel Mueller | 1989 | William Matthews |
| 1990 | Gwendolyn Brooks | 1991 | Donald Hall |
| 1992 | Lucille Clifton | 1993 | Galway Kinnell |
| 1994 | Sharon Olds | 1995 | W.D. Snodgrass |
| 1996 | Kelly Cherry | 1997 | Michael Harper |
| 1998 | A.R. Ammons | 1999 | Donald Hall |
| 2000 | David Citino | 2001 | Margaret Gibson |
| 2002 | Marilyn Nelson | 2003 | Miller Williams |
| 2004 | Adam Zagajewski | 2005 | Nancy Willard |
| 2006 | Rafael Campo | 2007 | Jerry Wemple |
| 2008 | Ted Kooser | 2009 | Li-Young Lee |
| 2010 | Billy Collins | 2011 | Cornelius Eady |
| 2012 | Aimee Nezhukumutathil | 2013 | George Bilgere |
| 2014 | Naomi Shihab Nye | 2015 | Patricia Smith |
| 2016 | Dunya Mikhail | 2017 | Ross Gay |
| 2018 | Berwyn Moore | 2019 | Denise Duhamel |
| 2020 | Allison Joseph | 2021 | Sherwin Bitsui |
| 2022 | Sean Dougherty | 2023 | Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris |
| 2024 | Lori Jakiela | 2025 | Rajiv Mohabir |
| 2026 | Matthew Shenoda |
Judge: Faylita Hicks
First place: “Autumn’s Promise”
by Amanda Sky
Graduate Student, Physical Assistant Science
Second place: “Matches in the Dark”
by Jayden Tolliver
Junior, Social Work major
Third place: “Where the Sky Breaks at Dusk”
by Juliana Romero
Sophomore, Business Administration major
Honorable Mentions:
“I was Yours”
by Alix Aquino
Junior, Biology Major
“Spaceman”
by Alyssa Baker
Freshman, Public Relations major
“A Symmetrical Society”
by Robert Deal
Sophomore, Math major
“drowning in october’s star sea”
by Cadence Hoover
Senior, Political Science major
“Our Unwilling Dance”
by Maeve McCormick
Sophomore, Writing major
“Another Day will Pass”
by Jennifer Perry
Sophomore, Social Work major
“Student”
by Alina Stiger
Junior, English major
Judge: Shipra Agarwal
First place: “The Crimson Archive; Missale Aeternum”
by Esther Ribeiro
Sophomore, Criminal Justice major
Second place: “Echoblind”
by Yaser Hadi
Sophomore, Pre-Med major
Third place: “The Dream of a Western Wind”
By Eric Bruno
Sophomore, Writing major
Honorable Mentions:
“Ein Lied”
by Joseph Dietz
Sophomore, Math major
Judge: Candace Walsh
First place: “Pain That Still Lingers”
by Kensy Akem Anjeh
Sophomore, Nursing major
Second place: “The Boy Who Cried”
by Luis Bernado Nhaca Junior
Freshman, Computer Science major
Third place: “In My Mother's Strength, I Found My Own”
by Sabina Acharya
Junior, Health Science major
Honorable Mentions:
“An Acquaintance of Death”
by Sophia Messenger
Senior, English Major
“Beyond Struggles: A Journey of Growth and Gratitude”
by Ahad Kamal Rongon
Sophomore, Business Studies major
“The Beauty Shop”
by Jessie Watkins
Sophomore, Political Science major
“A Place Called Home”
by Susmita Gurung
Sophomore, Nursing major
Aidai Tynbek kyzy
Senior, Legal Studies and Political Science major
First place: “Poem About Us”
by Hanna Han
Emma Willard School
Fort Lee, NJ
Second place: “My Mother’s Field Notes”
by Gita (Gigi) Ramaswamy
The Dana Hall School
Wellesley, MA
Third place: “To Be American”
by Uchenna Uduma
Egg Harbor Township High School
Egg Harbor, NJ
Honorable Mentions:
“Reheated Tea”
by Miley Gomes
The Beacon School
Jamaica, NY
“Hooky”
by Derek Jiu
St. John’s School
Houston, TX
“Her Marionettes”
by Chelsea Zhu
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
“how to wait for a diagnosis”
by Ariel Zhang
Harker High School
San Jose, CA
"Lily of the Valley"
by My’Raya Thomas
Erie, PA
First Place: “What Disappears with a Landscape: Environmental Justice and the Loss of Memory in Colombia”
by Juliana Romero
Sophomore, Economics
Second Place: “HB1547 and the Future of Plastic Reduction Policy in Pennsylvania”
by Christina Bullard
Senior, Biology and Freshwater & Marine Biology
Third Place: “Concrete Walls, Invisible Harm: Environmental Injustice Inside American Prison”
by Esther Ribeiro
Sophomore, Criminal Justice
Honorable Mention:
“Returning to Eden: Pope Francis and Paul Tillich's Approach to Environmental Ethics”
by Timothy Haklar
Junior, Political Science and Writing
1st Place: “How Paolini’s Series The Inheritance Cycle Promotes Environmental Views”
by Jashua Drabant
Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
2nd Place: “The Undeniable Role of Minority Contributions to the American Literary Canon”
by Jasiyah Slupski
Dual Enrollment
3rd Place: “Nutritionism and Big Food”
by Piper McClintic
Sophomore, Accounting
First Place: Protests in Nepal lead to resignation
by Max Rowley
Freshman, Journalism
Second Place: Government reopens, what that means for SNAP benefits
by Jessie Watkins
Sophomore, Journalism/Writing
First Place: The vibrant world of Khoi Huynh
by Haon Bao Nghi Nguyen
Junior, Journalism
Second Place: Laughter, chaos and charm
by Haon Bao Nghi Nguyen
Junior, Journalism
First Place: The odd history of 明星黑料’s Old Main
by Jordan Baird
Junior, Journalism
Second Place: Our West Bayfront’s Joel Travis
by Anna Malinowski
Senior, Public Relations
First Place: Is social media making us less social**?**
by Haon Bao Nghi Nguyen
Junior, Journalism
Second Place: What does Freedom of Speech really mean
by Amnella Agayev
Graduate, Strategic Communication
First Place: A Star in the Making
by Jaiden Howland
Sophomore, Journalism
Second Place: 明星黑料 women’s basketball snaps...
by Jaiden Howland
Sophomore, Journalism
