Hair Trigger 33 and Fictionary have been awarded a gold medalist certificate (not to be confused with Gold Crown, which won't be awarded till March), and a number of students have won awards for their stories. Awards are as follows:

Hair Trigger 33
Fiction: Experimental

• 1. Ryan Sinon (MFA alum): "Letters to a Statue"
• 2. Kate Stenger (undergrad): "The Ear"

• 1. Eric Hazen (undergrad) : "It's Done"
• 2. Bryan Strausbaugh (undergrad): "Beauty in This"
• 3. Sarah C. Hogan (undergrad): "Always Open"
• 4. Certificate of Merit--Josh Alletto (MFA alum and adjunct faculty): "The Way the Elephants Swing Their Trunks"Essays:

• 2. Maggie Ritchie (MFA candidate): "Raising Chickens"
• 3. Ashley Keenan (undergrad): "Seizures"
• Certificate of Merit-Erin Nederbo: "John"
• Certificate of Merit-Ilana Shabanov(MFA alum): "The Dance on Lombard Street"

• 1. Terrell Isselhard (undergrad): "The Pet Shop Tales: A Halfhearted Rejection of Existentialism"
• 2. Jason Edward Harrington (undergrad): "Red Light"

• 1. Nicolette Kittinger (MFA candidate): "Irvine Welsh: The Fictionary Interview"
• Certificate of Merit-Greg Baldino (undergrad): "Worth a Thousand Words: Audrey Niffenegger on the Marriage of Voice and Image"

• 3.    Steffan Coisson, designer for Columbia's Creative Services Department