ANN ARBOR—Ten students at the University of Michigan have won Hopwood Underclassmen Awards for creative writing, sharing M Hopwood program, 11 students received $4,475 in prize winnings. Funded by a bequest from U-M alumnus and Broadway playwright Avery Hopwood, the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards are presented three times annually, with the major competition in April. Winners, listed by hometown, are:

MICHIGAN: ANN ARBOR—Tasha Antonello, graduate student in English, graduate student in English and education, $500 for the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship; John Lofy, graduate student in English, $500 for the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship; Paisley Rekdal, graduate student in English, $175 for the Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize for ” New Year’s Parade in Chinatown” ; and Ian Twiss, graduate student in English, $500 for the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship. BLOOMFIELD HILLS—Katherine Stecko, sophomore in the School of Art, $150 in the Hopwood underclassmen poetry category for ” Verticality.” EAST LANSING—Laura Anderson, freshman in the Residential College, $200 in the Hopwood underclassmen fiction category for ” CSX” and $200 in the Hopwood underclassmen poetry category for ” 3 Women.” FARMINGTON HILLS—David Erik Nelson, freshman in the Residential College, $300 in the Hopwood underclassmen essay category for ” Concerning an Old Woman in Captivity.” GRAND RAPIDS—Matthew Ransford, sophomore in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, $150 in the Hopwood underclassmen poetry category for ” Fragments Between Wakes and Other Poems.” HOUGHTON—Melanie Kenny, freshman in the Residential College, $350 in the Hopwood underclassmen poetry category for ” Personal Mythology.” LANSING—Matthew Thorburn, senior in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, $500 for the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship. MIO—Joseph R. Groenke, freshman in the Residential College, $400 in the Hopwood underclassmen essay category for ” Education” and $100 for the Louise and George Piranian Scholarship. ROCHESTER HILLS—Mary Catherine Biddinger, senior in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, $100 for the Academy of American Poets Prize for ” Milk” ; and Laura Brown, freshman in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Faces.”

OUT-OF-STATE: MAINE: CAPE ELIZABETH—Tess Aldrich, sophomore in the Residential College, $350 in the Hopwood underclassmen fiction category for ” Sometimes She Wakes Up Laughing.” MARYLAND: ELKTON—Spencer Ryun Short, graduate student in English, $500 for the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship. MASSACHUSETTS: SPRINGFIELD—Lesley K. Carlin, graduate student in English, $500 for the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship and $100 for the Academy of American Poets Prize for ” The Lake.” NEW YORK: NEW YORK—Toby Leah Bochan, senior in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, $500 for the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship. OHIO: COLUMBUS—Julie Shell, freshman in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, $150 in the Hopwood underclassmen essay category for ” College Memoirs.” VIRGINIA: RICHMOND—Rebecca Hogan, sophomore in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, $500 in the Hopwood underclassmen fiction category for ” Far We Are, and Strong.”