2023 Julian Clement Chase Prize Award Ceremony
Thu, 5 October, 2023
3:30pm - 5:45pm
Thursday, October 5th, 3:30 pm
The GW Museum and the Textile Museum
701 21st Street NW
This event is free and open to the public.
Hosted by Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Clarence Page
3:30 pm Opening Reception
4:00 pm Awards Ceremony
Albert H. Small Washingtonian Collection open for viewing at 3:30pm
For the first time, three Chase Prizes are awarded, honoring distinctive modes of writing and the cultivation of diverse relationships between GW undergraduates and DC communities. Each prize winner will share some of their beautiful work.
JCC Prize for Creative Writing in Washington
- Amira Al Amin, “Whatever’s Next?” short story.
- Honorable mention: Sasha Agarwal “Steadily,” and John Lowrance, "The Evangelist"
JCC Prize for Research Writing on the District of Columbia
- Julia H. Russo, "A Legacy of Disenfranchisement: Interrogating the Displacement of the Historical Black Foggy Bottom Community".
- Honorable Mention: Lauren Guzowski, "I Lost, But I Gained: DC Abortion Clinics, Self-help Feminism, and Making Space"
JCC Prize for Community Impact in the District of Columbia
- Bailey Moore, An Expanded Curriculum for Sisters Informing Healing Living and Empowering (SIHLE)
- Partner: Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC (PPMW)
The Julian Clement Chase Prizes are presented by the University Writing Program in collaboration with the Creative Writing program and the Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service.