Lois Morrell and John Russell Hayes Poetry Awards
2026 Awards
Judged by Chet'la Sebree
Lois Morrell Poetry (1st Place)
Erin Picken '27
John Russell Hayes Poetry (2nd Place)
Shreeya Jhaver '29
John Russell Hayes Poetry (3rd Place)
Elijah Santos '26
2025 Awards
Judged by Rahul Mehta
Lois Morrell Poetry (1st Place)
Alexandra Carpenter '25
John Russell Hayes Poetry (2nd Place)
Anya Chu '27
John Russell Hayes Poetry (3rd Place)
Abe Porschet '25
2024 Awards
Judged by John Freeman
Lois Morrell Poetry (1st Place)
Natalie Fraser '24
John Russell Hayes Poetry (2nd Place)
Hannah Zhang '26
John Russell Hayes Poetry (3rd Place)
Ella Harrigan '25
2023 Awards
Judged by Fatimah Asghar
Lois Morrell Poetry (1st Place)
Nina Zhuo '24
John Russell Hayes Poetry (2nd Place)
Jhanique Lovejoy '23
John Russell Hayes Poetry (3rd Place)
Anoushka Subbaiah '24
2022 Awards
Judged by Monica Sok
Lois Morrell Award (1st Place)
Liya Chang '24 for the unspeakable thing in the fruit grove which wept, all through the night, like a stone
John Russell Hayes Award (2nd Place)
Rachel Lapides '23 for New Years
John Russell Hayes Award (3rd Place)
Tiffany Wong Jones '23 for Poaching
2021 Awards
Judged by Mary Jean Chan '12
Lois Morrell Award (1st Place)
Anoushka Subbaiah '24 for Self-Portrait as Appetite
John Russell Hayes Award (2nd Place)
Reuben Gelley Newman '21 for Litany
John Russell Hayes Award (3rd Place)
Ryan Oet '24 for boys on the basketball court
John Russell Hayes Award (Commendation)
Devyani Mahajan '23 for little red dot
Rachel Lapides '22 for Sabbath at Langone
2020 Awards
Judged by poet Daisy Fried '89
Lois Morrell Award (1st Place)
Nicole Liu '21 for Bastard Eggs, Monsoon
John Russell Hayes Award (2nd Place)
Alex Kingsley '20 for lag, scars, sweater, beauty, just to clarify
John Russell Hayes Award (3rd Place)
Tolga Atabas '23 for translation of Traitor by Nazim Hikmet and The Awaited by Nacip Fazli Kisakurek
2019 Awards
Judged by poet Thomas Devaney
Lois Morrel Award (1st place), Renn Tan '20, for the idiot’s guide to worshipping your ancestors
