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”