The Alpha Delta Phi Foundation Undergraduate Literary Competition has announced the winners of the 2023 competition.
Award recipients receive their prize in the form of a donation in their name to a charitable organization of their choice who's mission is primarily literary or educational. To read/see the winning submissions, click here.
Daniel Pearl, Stanford 1985 Grand Prize Award
Sydney Pearson, Brunonian 2025*, Non-Fiction Entry “Murmurations”
Fiction
1 (Tie). Anna Dubey, Brunonian 2025*, “Makeup”
1 (Tie). Kate Isabel Foley, Ursinian 2023*, “Lost Soul”, “The Preacher’s Daughter”, and other works
2. Anna Dubey, Brunonian 2025*, “Generation”
3. Gabriel Ritter, Brunonian 2025*, “One Fair Day”
Non-Fiction
1. Janelle Barnett, Brunonian 2023*, “H 5678: Restricting Prescription Drug Price Increases”
2 (Tie). Janelle Barnett, Brunonian 2023*, “In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World”
2 (Tie). Anna Dubey, Brunonian 2025*, “Darwin as a Socratic Figure”
3. Janelle Barnett, Brunonian 2023*, “Trotula”
Poetry
1. San Kwon, Brunonian 2025*, “My Grandmother’s Kimchi and its 5 Stages of Love”, and other works
2 (Tie). Amalie Little, Middletown 2025*, “The Spaces Between”
2 (Tie). Amalie Little, Middletown 2025*, “Out of Tea”, and other works
3. Giordana Serretta Fiorentino, Brunonian 2024*, “Mondello”, and other works
Photography
1. Allison Indermuehle, Lavender Affiliate 2025*, “All we can do is dream”
2 (Tie). Neha Ahmed, Capital 2023*, “My JOY Series”
2 (Tie). Isaac Smith, Washington 2025, “Brotherhood in Film: A Series”
3. Allison Indermuehle, Lavender Affiliate 2025*, “Night Life in a Small Town”
STEM Writing
1. Anna Dubey, Brunonian 2025*, “Experimental Design: How does discarded human food affect coastal seabird community dynamics”
2. Angelina Reddy, Middletown 2025*, “Mars’ Polar Ice Caps: How They Compare and Their Implications for Future Research” and “How feasible is altering Mars’ environment to become habitable to human life”
3. Neha Ahmed, Capital 2023*, “Where are the people of color, women, and transgender people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?”
Music & Lyrics
1. Isaac Smith, Washington 2025, “Burning Flame”
2. Richard Liu, Lambda Phi 2023*, “Letting Go”
3. Kate Isabel Foley, Ursinian 2023*, “English Major’s Elegy”
Film
1. Angelina Reddy, Middletown 2025*, “Beauty in the Balance”
2. Kade McKenna, Adelpho 2025, “UPROOT”
3. Maddy Albanese, Lavender Affiliate 2025*, “Analogical Parallels Coloring” and other works
Visual Arts
No Award Given
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* Indicates membership in the Alpha Delta Phi Society. The Alpha Delta Phi Society, formed by a group of chapters that withdrew from the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity in 1992, is an independent and legally separate gender-inclusive organization not affiliated with the Fraternity.