Miriam McFall Starlin
Poetry Award
Each year the Department of Creative Writing at the University of Oregon awards the Miriam McFall Starlin Poetry Award to an outstanding student of poetry. This recognition honors a promising first-year poet with a $5,000 stipend, offering the freedom to pursue writing in the summer between the first and second years in the MFA program. The award was established in 1997 by the late Glenn Starlin as a gift to his wife, Miriam.
Miriam Starlin has been reading and writing poetry her entire life, beginning as a girl after her bedtime—using a flashlight under the covers. Her first volume of poems, Wait a Minute, was published in 2006.
Application Process
- Poetry prize for a promising first-year poet. The Starlin prize gives a summer stipend to the recipient as he or she complete the first year in the program. All first-year poetry students in good standing are eligible for this award.
- Submission deadline in late Winter term.
Selection & Award
The award is distributed the following Summer term and is paid through Student Accounts (balances due may be subtracted from the award amount).
Recipients
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
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| Michelle Peñaloza |
Nikki Zielinski |
Drea Brown |
Erika Mueller |