upstate medical university center for bioethics and humanities

Literature & Medicine – Writing Awards

The Bruce Dearing Writing Award (Upstate Students, Faculty, & Staff)

Winners of the 2008
Bruce Dearing Writing Awards

Student Category

Tied - First Place Poetry:
Andrea Shaw, MS IV – Not Ready to Die
Katherine Leonard, CON -
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Clinical Experience
Tied - First Place Fiction:
Adam Stern, MS II - Faulty Armor
Dominick Maggio, MS I - The Fitzroy River Turtle
Honorable Mention: Elsa Capria, CON - A Good Day

Faculty/Employee

First Place Poetry:
Joan Cofrancesco - Goya & Object to be Destroyed
First Place Fiction:
Lisa Oliver - When These Things Happen

These pieces will appear in the eighth issue of The Healing Muse in October 2008.

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 November through March! Winners announced in April.

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 10 pages.
Mail submission to:
Deirdre Neilen
Center for Bioethics and Humanities
725 Irving Ave., Suite 406
Syracuse, NY 13210
For more information call 315-464-5404

6th Annual SUNY Upstate Medical Alumni Writing Contest

2008 Theme – My Patient, My Teacher: Stories from Medical Practice

Physicians undergo the rigors of medical education and then spend their professional live continuing to learn the latest techniques and discoveries in medicine. With this knowledge, they attempt to heal their patients and show them how to lead healthier lives. Sometimes, however, the tables are turned, and physicians find themselves learning from their patients. This kind of experience can also be deeply rewarding to the physician who finds in this encounter a revelatory reminder of why he or she went into medicine in the first place.

Contest

Write a short essay describing a patient who deepened your appreciation of medicne's extraordinary reach. Capture for your readers the excitement and joy such a patient brings to you and how that joy is then reflected back into your practice.

Deadlines & Guidelines

250-750 words, MS Word, double spaced, numbered pages, title page with name, contact info and Upstate class year by April 15, 2008.
Winner will be announed in June and receive recognition at the Medical Alumni Weekend 2008. All entries will be considered for publication in The Healing Muse, SUNY Upstate Medical University's literary arts journal.

Send Submissions to:

MAWA 2008
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Center for Bioethics & Humanities
725 Irving Ave., Suite 406
Syracuse, NY 13210