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Diane M. Donatio Writing Awards Past Winners

The 2022 Donatio Writing Award winners were:

  • First Prize: Sasha Davis
  • Second Prize: Hycainth Tauriac
  • Third Prize: Maya LaClaire
  • Honorable Mention: Ariana Varnum

The 2021 Donatio Writing Award winners were:

  • First Prize: Kathy Ngo
  • Second Prize: Alysandrah Ireland
  • Third Prize: Daybue Hackney
  • Honorable Mention: Sinclair Samuels

The 2019 Donatio Writing Award winners were:

  • First Prize: Angela Hayes
  • Second Prize: Colleen Egan
  • Third Prize: Cierra Freitas
  • Honorable Mention: Sandra Brown, Lauren Hughes

2019 Donatio Writing Award


The 2018 Donatio Writing Award winners were:

  • First Prize: Josh Slawsby
  • Second Prize: Morgan Trumbull
  • Third Prize: Emmanuella Jean-Louis
  • Honorable Mention: Daniel Comastra

The 2017 Donatio Writing Award winners were:

 2017 Donatio Writing Award Winners

  • First Prize: Candace Rosado
  • Second Prize: Ashley Owembabazi
  • Third Prize: Cody Martorilli
  • Honorable Mention: Christina Tomasik


The 2016 Donatio Writing Award winners were:

  • First Prize (tie): Lee Clark & Diana Milkey
  • Third Prize: Holly Chernick
  • Honorable Mention: Michel Pinard
 2016 Donatio Writing Award Winners

The 2015 winners were:

  • First Prize: Rebecca Llanes “Coed Sports: The Best Solution”
  • Second Prize: Jose Delgado “Better Together”
  • Third Prize: Newton Jordao “The Embarrassment”
  • Honorable Mentions:
    • Daniel Sordello “Content B, Experience A+”
    • Shannon Motz “Disability is NOT an Inability”
    • Jordan Blackwell “The Rise of Netflix”
    • Meghan Burgess “The R-Word”
 2015 Donatio Writing Award Winners