upstate medical university center for bioethics and humanities

Literature & Medicine – Writing Awards

The Bruce Dearing Writing Award (Upstate Students, Faculty, & Staff)

Winners of the 2011
Bruce Dearing Writing Awards

Student Category Prose

Antara Mitra, MPH-PHLT –
Apartment 5B
Zin Min Tun, MS III -
A Story of Communication Barriers: Language, Culture, and Education

Student Category Poetry

Andrea Hsue, MS IV -
Throughout Life
Basilia Nwankwo, MS III -
The Living

Faculty/Employee Prose

Elizabeth Carey -
Waiting Room
Amy Friedman, MD -
I Killed a Man with My Two Hands

Faculty/Employee Poetry:

Joan Cofrancesco -
Orthopedic Surgery
The Night Before Surgery
Haiku - Stretchers

This award is given in honor of Dr. Bruce Dearing, the first Professor of Medical Humanities at Upstate. The award celebrates the connections between the healing sciences and creative arts. Established in 1985, the Dearing Writing Award is presented annually for the best essay, short story, or poem in two categories: student and faculty/employee. All submissions to the contest also receive consideration for publication in CBH's journal, The Healing Muse.

Guidelines

Submissions accepted:
December 5 through March 11, 2012.
Winners announced and awards presented April 25.

Open to Upstate students, faculty/employees only!
Subject matter is open.
Student winners receive cash awards.
Faculty/employee winners receive gift certificates.
Submit 2 copies, double-spaced, one copy has title page with name, address and telephone number. Indicate college and class for students, department for faculty/employees. The second copy has title page only.
LIMIT: 1 entry per writer, maximum 2,500 words.
Mail submission to:
Deirdre Neilen
Center for Bioethics and Humanities
618 Irving Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
For more information call 315-464-5404