Every year, we award the Montserrat Writing Prize, a value of $300, to three students. The competition is open to all current Montserrat students. Submissions are limited to one piece of writing produced in a Montserrat seminar per student and may include essays, creative writing, film reviews, scientific reports, and reflections, to name a few. Current Montserrat students should submit their work by the last day of classes in the spring semester. Winners will be announced and prizes will be distributed at the beginning of the subsequent fall semester. We are thankful to an anonymous donor for the funds to support the prize. Questions should be addressed to the Director of Montserrat.

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Winning Papers from 2025

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A Fig Is More Than The Sum Of Its Seeds, Yana Giannoutsos

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Borscht, Nationalism, and Identity - A Soup Story, Logan Sherwin Kornilov

Winning Papers from 2022

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Emotional Geographies: Head, Heart, Time, and Place, Grace C. Conroy

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A Roman Diary, Sarah Yebin Park

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Need for Reform: The Prison System and Deaf Inmates, Catherine Pellini

Winning Papers from 2021

Mamfakinch, Annabel DeGroat

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The Phoenix, Fernanda Perez-Alvarez

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Sundae, Sarah Synan