Over the history of the Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest, begun in 1997, work written by Yale students has received 50% (7 of 14) of 1st prizes and 32% (39 of 120) of all nonfiction awards (including prizes and honorable mentions). Note the clean sweep of 2009!
2009 Winner, 1st prize: Jialu Chen
2009 Winner, 2nd prize: Isaac Arnsdorf
2009 Winner, 3rd prize: Alice Baumgartner
2009 Honorable Mention: Laura Marie Gottesdiener
2009 Honorable Mention: Emily Appelbaum
2008 Winner, 3rd prize: Simon Tudiver
2008 Honorable Mention: Nicole Allan
2008 Honorable Mention: Kate Lund
2007 Winner, 1st prize: Jerry Guo
2007 Honorable Mention: Rebecca Watters
2006 Winner, 1st prize: Kent Garber
2005 Winner, 2nd prize: Adriane Quinlan
2005 Honorable Mention: Alexandra Suich
2005 Honorable Mention: Zvika Krieger
2005 Honorable Mention: James Kirchick
2004 Winner, 1st prize: Jeremy Kutner
2004 Honorable Mention: Sarah Stillman
2004 Honorable Mention: Rebecca Sanborn
2003 Honorable Mention: Rebecca Reider
2003 Honorable Mention: Paige Austin
2003 Honorable Mention: Maeve Herbert
2002 Winner, 2nd prize: Samantha Culp
2002 Honorable Mention: Leah Swann
2002 Honorable Mention: Lauren A. Keane
2002 Honorable Mention: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
2001 Winner, 1st prize: Jessica Cohen
2001 Winner, 2nd prize: Maeve Herbert
2001 Honorable Mention: Matthew Underwood
2001 Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Allison
2001 Honorable Mention: Samantha Rothman
2000 Winner, 3rd prize: Jennifer Osha
2000 Honorable Mention: Mark Urban
2000 Honorable Mention: Andrew Cowdery
1999 Winner, 3rd prize: Aisha Gayle
1999 Honorable Mention: Jada Yuan
1998 Winner, 2nd prize: Jamie James
1998 Honorable Mention: Eli Kintisch
1997 Winner, 1st prize: Pam McElwee
1997 Honorable Mention: Loren Brody
2008 Winner, 2nd prize: Heather Heldman
2006 Winner, 2nd prize: Amia Srinivasan
2005 Winner, 1st prize: Sarah Stillman
2008 Finalist: Xan White
2008 Finalist: Hugh Baran
2006 Winner, 1st prize: Sarah Stillman
2007 Winner, 1st prize: Nick Handler
2010 Finalist: Anthony Lydgate
2010 Semifinalist: Cory Finley
2010 Semifinalist: Matthew George
2010 Semifinalist: Kate Lund
2010 Semifinalist: Kristen Ng
2010 Semifinalist: Alison Weiner
2010 Semifinalist: Tessa Williams
2010 Semifinalist: Victor Zapana
2009 Finalist: Laura Gottesdiener
2009 Finalist: Jerry Guo
2009 Semifinalist: Alice Baumgartner
2009 Semifinalist: Anthony Lydgate
2009 Semifinalist: Aditi Ramakrishnan
2009 Semifinalist: Emma Sokoloff-Rubin
2009 Winner, 1st prize: Isaac Arnsdorf
2008 Winner, 1st prize in Entertainment Reporting: Alex Borinsky
2007 Winner, 1st prize in Feature Writing: Lily Rothman
