2026 Writing Award Winners
The Annabelle Bonner Medal
for short fiction that demonstrates technical skill and promise in the art of the short story or narrative
Ula Ekmecic
“The Fig”
The Lynch Pendergast Medal
Alexia Suarez
“Between Life and Death in Christina Rossetti’s Poetry”
The Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize
for the most outstanding poem or group of poems
Tati Zhang Su
“Postcards from the end of the world”
The Quicksall Medal
for the best essay on Shakespearean drama
No Quicksall Medal was awarded for 2026
The Bernard M. Wagner Medal
for excellence in writing in any genre except drama (fiction, nonfiction and poetry)
Alex Hamblet
“Boys will be Boys”