Morgan Award

The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2025 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2025 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Place Jiayu Huang “Red” (fiction)… Read More

Each year the Writing Studio conducts the competition for the Henrietta Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers. Established by William Morgan in memory of his wife, the award goes to the first-year student who submits the best sample of original writing. In Spring 2025, the… Read More

The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2024 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2024 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Place Ayse Keles “Exposing the… Read More

The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2023 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2023 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Place Megan McGrath “Conspiracy and… Read More

The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2022 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2022 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Prize Ainsley Gill… Read More

Each year the Writing Studio conducts the competition for the Henrietta Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers. Established by William Morgan in memory of his wife, the award goes to the first-year student who submits the best sample of original writing. In Spring 2022,… Read More

The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2021 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2021 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Prize Cameron Deal… Read More

Each year the Writing Studio conducts the competition for the Henrietta Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers. Established by William Morgan in memory of his wife, the award goes to the first-year student who submits the best sample of original writing. In Spring 2021,… Read More

Congratulations to the 2020 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers winners! Thanks to all who entered their writing! We want to offer a note of thanks, too, to all of the writers who chose to submit their pieces for consideration. This year the Morgan Award committee… Read More

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Thanks, too, to all who submitted their work for consideration. As always, the Morgan Award committee reviewed an impressive array of submissions from Vanderbilt’s first-year students and was honored by the… Read More