Seven English Majors Win 2022 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize

Congratulations to our English majors and minors for being awarded.

Seven English majors and five Creative Writing minors won the 2022 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize.

The writing contest is open to all University of Maryland, College Park undergraduate students. First place winners receive $200; second place $150, and third place $75.

Prose Awards     

Final Judge: Meredith Hale
First Round Judge: Alice Yanhong Lu
1st Place: Robert Wolle for “Heaven and Earth Will Pass Away”, Creative Writing minor
2nd Place: Isabella Hofman for “Car Issues”
3rd  Place: Lesley Porterfield for “Godiva”, English major

Finalists:

Cassandra Rochmis for “Circus Music”, English major
Katie Worden for “Cherry”, English major
Kelsie Oshinsky for “The Forest”, Creative Writing minor
Laura Mazudie Ndjonko for “The Sterile Onion”, Creative Writing minor
Michelle Sung for “Little Inferno”, Creative Writing minor

Poetry Awards   

Final Judge: Tafisha Edwards
First Round Judge: Megan Conley
1st  Place: Celia Cook for “I killed a deer tonight”, English major
2nd  Place:  Marjorie Antonio for “proof of existence”
3rd  Place:  Maya Long for “fading in/prequel to anew”, Creative Writing minor

Finalists:

Matthew Castellanos for “Mayflies”, English major
Cecilia Cook for “I killed a deer tonight”, English major
Miranda Donovan for “508 Tulip Road” and “She Who Crushes a Serpent”, Creative Writing minor
Natalie Keane for “Salt and Open Air”, English major
 

Please mark Wednesday, May 11, at 7 pm in your calendar to attend Litfest at Ulrich Recital Hall; prizewinners will be honored and read excerpts of their winning works.