We Celebrate Writing

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

Faculty, the Writing Studio is always here for you and your students, but now it’s the time of the academic year when the Writing Studio needs your help: It’s nomination season! Between now and January we are calling for faculty to Nominate student writing for this spring’s annual Undergraduate… 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

After the wonderful Undergraduate Writing Symposium last week, we are excited to announce that the full event schedule and presenter program is now available online for the quickly approaching Undergraduate Creative Writing Symposium and Arts Showcase on Thursday, April 13. This event, a collaboration between the Writing Studio… 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

Join us on Thursday, March 31, for the Writing Studio’s 14th annual celebration of Vanderbilt undergraduates’ achievements as writers. 14th annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium When: Thursday, March 31, 3:00-6:00 PM followed by a reception for participants Where: The Commons Center Multipurpose Room Who: Full schedule of presenters available… 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

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