William Plummer Potter Fiction Awards
2026 Awards
Judged by Angela Flournoy
- 1st Place: Maryam Abdulhussein '26 for The Weight of Birds
- 2nd Place: Tabitha Parker-Theiss '26 for Frances
- 3rd Place: Tolu Majekodunmi for Jayla’s Song
- Honorable Mentions: Dalton Mwangi '28 for Mama Wambui and Thanisha Chowdhury '28 for Marrowful
2025 Awards
Judged by Kia Corthron
- 1st Place: Bite Qiu '25 for A Dog’s Son
- 2nd Place: Robert Bonner '26 for Aliens
- 3rd Place: Dalton Mwangi '28 for Plastic Rice from China
- Honorable Mention: Mia Glass-Quicksall '25 for Earth Side
2024 Awards
Judged by Ru Freeman
- 1st Place: Fiona Stewart '24 for untitled
- 2nd Place: Ethan Sheppard '24 The Airstrip
- 3rd Place: Serena Yang '24 for Landfall
- Honorable Mentions: Finn Verdonk '26 for With the Prevailing Wind and Robert Bonner '26 for Another Life
2023 Awards
Judged by Rasheed Newson
- 1st Place: Michelle Schremp '25 for Gone to the Birds
- 2nd Place: Isabella Fan '25 for Ghost Money
- 3rd Place: Jake Rothman '23 for My Garden
- Honorable Mention: Maia Glass-Quicksall '25 for Matrilineal Curse
2022 Awards
Judged by Angie Cruz
- 1st Place: Bite Qiu '25 for The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
- 2nd Place: Zahara Martinez '23 for Resignation
- 3rd Place: Selma Wu '25 for Lieutenant's Daughter
Honorable Mention: Isabella Fan '25 for Ah! vous dirais-je, si je pouvais: Three variations of "Cinderella"
2021 Awards
Judged by author Sam J. Miller
- 1st Place: Hannah Watkins '21 for White Blanket
- 2nd Place: Omene Addeh '21 for Adanna and Emeka
- 3rd Place: Amal Haddad '22 for Body to Flame
2020 Awards
Judged by author Asali Solomon
- 1st Place: Clio Hamilton '22 for Persephone Redux
- 2nd Place: Grace Griego '22 for Robot Girl
- 3rd Place: Maya Kikuchi '20 for Momotaro
2019 Awards
- 1st Place: Connor Hodge '19 for Where Rivers of Delight Shall Ever Roll
- 2nd Place: Lucy Jones '20 for Dias Santos
- 3rd Place: Ana Maria Curtis '19 for A Quiet, Lonely Planet
2018 Awards
- 1st place: Maya Kikuchi, '20, for Deliverance
- 2nd place: Ana Maria Curtis, '19 for Siotaville, USA
- 3rd place: Lucy Jones, '20 for Faoilleach
