The Dunham Awards in Fiction & Poetry
Congratulations to the 2024 Winners:
| The Portia Dunham Prize in Fiction winner is Alexis Yang. |
| The George R. Dunham Poetry Prize winner is Maya LePique. |
Recent Winners:
| 2023 | The Portia Dunham Prize in Fiction | Erin Chun |
| 2023 | The George R. Dunham Poetry Prize | Luciana Carvo |
| 2022 | The Portia Dunham Fiction Prize | Juliana Reidman |
| 2022 | The George R. Dunham Poetry Prize | Samantha Flatt |
| 2021 | The Portia Dunham Fiction Prize | Calista Requijo |
| 2021 | The George R. Dunham Poetry Prize | Samantha Boucher |
| 2020 | The Portia Dunham Fiction Prize | Ethan Knox |
| 2020 | The George R. Dunham Poetry Prize | Daphne B Knapp |
| 2019 | The Portia Dunham Fiction Prize | Michael Blood |
| 2019 | The George R. Dunham Poetry Prize | Roman Wallfisch |
| 2018 | The Portia Dunham Award in Fiction | Jonathan Gelernter |
| 2018 | The George R. Dunham Poetry Prize | Rachel Lee |
About The Prizes:
The Portia Dunham Award in fiction is presented to a graduating CW undergraduate student whose work in fiction has been selected by the Creative Writing faculty. One award per year with a monetary prize of $350.
The George R. Dunham Award in poetry is presented to a graduating CW undergraduate student whose work in poetry has been selected by the Creative Writing faculty. One award per year with the monetary prize of $350.
About The Donors:
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Portia Dunham’s love of learning began at Chapel Hill in Waltham and Girls’ Latin School in Boston and was sustained through her volunteer work for the Foundation of SUNY Binghamton. Her devotion to public service can be traced to her training as a nurse at Boston Children’s Hospital. Before moving to Binghamton she was active with the Westchester Children’s Association and the Westchester Mental Health Association and afterwards served as president of both the Broome County Mental Health Association and the Lourdes Hospital Auxiliary and as chairman of the Citizens Advisory Group for the New York State Association for Mental Health. |
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George R. Dunham’s love of learning began at the Boston Latin School and Harvard University and ended in retirement taking language courses at SUNY Binghamton. In 1927 he was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal, first presented in 1792 under a bequest in Franklin's will to endow annual scholarship awards for top graduating high school students in Boston. He was general manager of the WNBF radio and television stations in Binghamton, president of the New York State Broadcasters Association, and active in community organizations like the Binghamton Symphony, Tri-Cities Opera, Broome County Red Cross Blood Bank, Binghamton General Hospital, and the SUNY Foundation. |
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