

Leonard L. Milberg '53 Secondary School Poetry Prize
The Program in Creative Writing is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 - 13 Leonard Milberg '53 Secondary School Poetry Prize. The jury consisted of members of the Princeton University Creative Writing faculty.
First Prize: $500
Second Prize: $250
Third Prize: $100
2013 Recipients:
First Place:
Hanel Baveja, When Coldstone Creamery first opened
Ann Arbor, MI
Second Place:
Yasmin Belkhyr, Rust
Astoria, NY
Third Place:
Ian Burnette, Bridges of Pittsburgh
Greenville, SC
2012 Honorable Mention:
Chloe Barran, Moose
Cambridge, MA
Kelsey Fischer, Squirrels
Highland, MI
Lauren Harris, America at Midnight: Black Unity
Bessemer, AL
Emma Herr, birthday and twin(ed)
Hoover, AL
Joshua Kimelman, Tik-Tak
Millburn, NJ
Beni Snow, A thunderhead of birds
Newton, MA
Irvin Tang, Winter Wonderland
Rego Park, NY
Kathleen Toppins, Regardez-moi
Tuscaloosa, AL
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The Creative Writing Faculty at Princeton University 2011-12 |
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Susan Wheeler, Director |
Christina Lazaridi |
James Richardson |
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* Theodore H. Holmes '51 Visiting Lecturer |
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Past winners who have gone on to become Princeton University students include:
Daisy Bassen ’98 - "Winning the prize made me aware of the Creative Writing program at Princeton and showed me how warm and encouraging it is to young poets."
Caitlin Crounse ’99 - “It confirmed my most cherished, outlandish suspicion: that I might actually be a poet.”
Jon Queally ’00 - “Winning this prize meant that there was the possibility that I had something of value to say.”
Efe Balikcioglu ’10 - “Receiving the prize encouraged me to pursue improving my talent in every aspect here at Princeton.”
Kat Kulke '17 - "Winning the prize gave me a new faith in myself as a writer and opened my eyes to the vibrant writing community at Princeton."
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