The Margaret C. Annan Undergraduate Award in Writing is given annually to recognize excellence in creative writing by third-year students in the College. Recipients are selected by faculty from the University’s creative writing program and English department through a competitive application process.
Annan, who taught for many years at South Shore High School, received her PhB in 1928 and her AM in 1933 from the University. She died in June 1993. The award was established by her friends and former students.
“We feel that an award for writing is the proper way to honor a teacher who added so much to our intellectual lives,” said Judith Stein (AB’62, AM’64), a former student of Annan’s who helped establish the prize. “Because the Annan family had lived in Woodlawn since the turn of the century and the Annan clan attended the College of the University of Chicago, we thought the University would be an appropriate place to house the award.”
- Chung-Yu Chou, 2011
- Johannah King-Slutzky, 2011
- Rachel Miller, 2011
- Alexandra Geffen, 2010
- Valer Popa, 2010
- Mae Rice, 2010
- Morgan Myers, 2009
- Aidan Roche, 2009
- Hannah Walser, 2009
- James Plank, 2008
- Justin Schilke, 2008
- Claire Tolan, 2008
- Daniel Kimerling, 2007
- Allison Todd, 2007
- Charles Rice-Davis, 2006
- Jill Van Epps, 2006
- Jenna Coughlin, 2005
- Ling Ma, 2004
- Molly Schranz, 2004
- Anna Wainwright, 2004
- Abraham Frank, 2003
- Michelle Taransky, 2003
- Amy Biegelsen, 2002
- Charles H. Campbell, 2001
- Rachel Anne Dion, 2001
- Catherine Chung, 2000
- Ruth Welte, 1999
- Greg Byala, 1998
- Mira Lutgendorf, 1998
- Susan Burgess, 1997
- Kimberly Phillips, 1996
- Leah Kennedy Clarkson, 1995
- Gregory Vargo, 1994