Established in memory of poet and editor Ron Offen, the Ron Offen Poetry Prize brings one Chicago poet to campus each year for a public reading. The prize also accommodates one student reader, to be chosen by the visiting poet from anonymous submissions. Any UChicago student is eligible to submit.
Past Offen & Student Poets
2022
Offen Poet: Charif Shanahan
Student Poet: Sarah Hobin
2021
Offen Poet: Krista Franklin
Student Poet: Sarah Kim
2020
Offen Poet: Jennifer Nelson
Student Poet: Sophia YoungSun Rhee
2019
Offen Poet: Nate Marshall
Student Poets: Felix Lecocq and Urvi Kumbhat
2018
Offen Poet: Duriel E. Harris
Student Poet: Kirsten Ihns
2017
Offen Poet: Roger Reeves
Student Poet: Emily Yoon
2016
Offen Poet: Ed Roberson
Student Poet: Eli Rudavsky
2015
Offen Poet: Daniel Borzutzky
Student Poet: Tim DeMay
2014
Offen Poet: William Fuller
Student Poet: Dawn Herrera Helphand
2013
Offen Poet: Ilya Kaminsky
Student Poet: V. Joshua Adams