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Literature & Medicine – Writing Awards
The Bruce Dearing Writing Award (Upstate Students, Faculty, & Staff)
Winners of the 2013
Bruce Dearing Writing Awards
Student Category Poetry
First Prize
Danielle Schenone, MSI —
More Than the Sum
Honorable Mention
Makandiwana Shoniwa, GS —
Homecoming
Student Category Prose
First Prize
Timothy Vo, MSIII —
Bottle Rocket
Honorable Mention
Sephora Germain, MSIV —
The Funeral
Faculty/Employee Poetry
First Prize
Joan Cofrancesco —
Waiting Room
Honorable Mention
Ruth McKay, MA, LMFT —
An Everyday Thing
Faculty/Employee Prose
First Prize
Ann Botash, MD —
Whislting Willies Love Song
Honorable Mention
Lisa DeWilde, BS, RN —
Mitch
This award is given in honor of Dr. Bruce Dearing, the first Professor of Medical Humanities at Upstate. The award celebrates the connections between the healing sciences and creative arts. Established in 1985, the Dearing Writing Award is presented annually for the best essay, short story, or poem in two categories: student and faculty/employee. All submissions to the contest also receive consideration for publication in CBH's journal, The Healing Muse.
Guidelines
Submissions accepted annually.
December through March.
Open to Upstate students, faculty/employees only!
- Subject matter is open.
- Student winners receive cash awards.
- Faculty/employee winners receive gift certificates.
- Submit 2 copies, double-spaced, one copy has title page with name, address and telephone number. Indicate college and class for students, department for faculty/employees. The second copy has title page only.
- LIMIT: 1 entry per writer, maximum 2,500 words.
Mail submission to:
Deirdre Neilen
Center for Bioethics and Humanities
618 Irving Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
or email submission to: dorschel@upstate.edu
For more information call 315.464.5404