{"id":549,"date":"2025-01-07T18:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T23:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians25thanniversary\/?page_id=549"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:36:41","slug":"previous-eacwa-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/awards\/elizabeth-alexander-creative-writing-award\/previous-eacwa-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous EACWA Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Previous EACWA Award Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Prose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Danielle Bradley – “Preserves<\/a>” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Danielle Bradley here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Paramita Vadhahong – “the dead sell the living”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Paramita Vadhahong here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mention<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dana Serea – “What Does It Mean to be a Woman in Afghanistan?<\/a>” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Dana Serea here<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mention<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi – “electrocardigram of a mother’s broken heart” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi here<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Maryam Ala Amjadi – “The Ice Seller of Hell<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Maryam Ala Amjadi here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Winniebell Xinyu Zong’s \u201cTranslations of Ba\u2019s Recipe for COVID Prevention\u201d will be published in Volume 24, Number 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Winnibell Xinyu Zong here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mention<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Amissa Miller\u2019s Honorable Mention, \u201cHeart like an Ocean\u201d is set to be published in a forthcoming issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mention<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shiv K\u2019s Honorable Mention, \u201cPride Was a Riot, But Mine Was Different\u201d will be published in a forthcoming issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yalie Kamara – \u201cAmerican Beech\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Yalie Kamara here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cece Roth-Eagle – \u201cMes del viento\/Month of wind<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Barbara Jane Reyes – \u201cDaughtersong Diaspore\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Barbara Jane Reyes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gwendolyn Maya Wallace – \u201cTo Forage\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Gwendolyn Maya Wallace here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Adrienne Perry – \u201cLamaze\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Dr. Perry here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Kang – \u201cIn Blocks of Light, She Calls Back\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read more about Dr. Kang here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Previous EACWA Award Winners 2025 Prose Danielle Bradley – “Preserves” Learn more about Danielle Bradley here Poetry Paramita Vadhahong – “the dead sell the living” Learn more about Paramita Vadhahong here Honorable Mention Dana Serea – “What Does It Mean to be a Woman in Afghanistan?” Learn more about Dana Serea here 2024 Prose Maryam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6381,"featured_media":0,"parent":259,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-blank","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-549","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3303,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/549\/revisions\/3303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}