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Dick Shahan CU Boulder Undergraduate Writing Competition

Created by English alumnus Dick Shahan in 2014, the writing competition gives all CU Boulder English majors and minors a chance to use their imaginations and demonstrate their writing skills in a variety of genres.

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Award Recipients

  • 2024-25 award recipients: Ashley Launer and Maddie Rudolph
  • 2023-24 award recipients: Mia George and Ava Morgan
    • ​Read Ava's
  • 2022-23 award recipients: Isabella Burgess and David Fussell II
  • 2021-22 award recipients: Maria Correa; Max Todd; Hannah Richardson
  • 2020-21 award recipients: Maria Correa; Arpiar Grigorian; Alessandro Villain
  • 2019-20 award recipient: Shayna Silverman
  • Spring 2018 award recipient: Kathryn Herbert
  • 2016-17 award recipient: Sean Girodo
  • 2015-16 award recipient: Bailey Walker

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