Long Beach City College

2020 Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing Recipients

The Creative Writing Program at Long Beach City College is pleased to present the Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing. The award is given annually to one or more creative writing students whose work shows outstanding merit in the genre of either poetry or prose fiction. This award was established by the friends and family of Donald Drury, who died in 1989, to honor his distinguished career as a teacher of creative writing. The guidelines of the award were set by the friends and family of Donald Drury who funded the competition under the auspices of the Drury Award, Long Beach City College Foundation.

2018 Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing Recipients

2019 Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing Recipients

Fiction

Daniel Lamphear 

"Rose Park"

2016 Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing Recipients

Poetry 

Kaitlyn Mannogain

"How to Bake French Bread"

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2017 Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing Recipients

2021 Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing Recipients

2022 Donald Drury Award in Creative Writing Recipients

Fiction

Vuthy Huot 

"The Safe Room"

Fiction

Ann Burdette

"The Death of Freedom"

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