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, who is chosen by the visiting poet from anonymous submissions and reads alongside them at the Offen reading. Any UChicago student, undergraduate or graduate, is eligible to submit. The selected student will also receive a $300 prize.
Past Offen & Student Poets
2024
Offen Poet: Ari Banias
Student Poet: Hanxue Jiang
2023
Offen Poet: Erika L. Sánchez
Student Poet: Michael Sun
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