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Creative Medical Writing and Art Contest: 2025 Prize Recipients

May 01, 2025

And the Winners are …

2025 Program for Humanities in Medicine Health Professions

Creative Medical Writing and Art Contest

POETRY

1st Place - Terri Motraghi, Yale School of Nursing 2026: You, Departed

2nd Place - Alina Martel, Yale School of Medicine 2028: Birds

3rd Place (tie) - Katie Parker, Yale Physician Assistant Online Program 2026: Blood is on me

3rd Place (tie) - Kelly Dunn, Yale Physician Associate Program 2025: Sugaring In Branford

Honorable Mention - Jake Villanova, Yale School of Medicine 2027: KIAA1530

PROSE

1st Place - Emily Miller, Yale School of Nursing 2027: Prelude

2nd Place - Kelly Dunn, Yale Physician Associate Program 2025: Nine Things Just for Me

3rd Place - Julia Chiemi, Yale School of Medicine 2027: Man or Bear

Honorable Mention - Meera S. Nair, Yale School of Medicine 2028: Returning

Honorable Mention - Grace Lesser, Yale School of Nursing 2025: The Blind Man and The Elephant

Honorable Mention - Morgan Brinker, Yale School of Medicine 2026: Black (white) Coat

ART

1st Place (tie) - Kelly Dunn, Yale Physician Associate Program 2025: Food is Medicine

1st Place (tie) - Grace Wang, Yale School of Medicine 2025: Reading Room

2nd Place - Grace Wang, Yale School of Medicine 2025: Haven

3rd Place - Elise Rio, Yale School of Public Health 2025: Lost in Translation

Honorable Mention - Comfort Abuwa , Yale School of Medicine 2028: The First Incision