Senior from Delaware wins nation s largest college literary prize Natalia Alamdari, Delaware News Journal
Headlines May 24, 2021
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Writing used to be something Justin Nash would do in secret.
In the sliver of time after school when he was the only person in his family’s Smyrna home, Nash would sit upstairs at his computer and type out his stories.
On Friday, the now 22-year-old was awarded the Sophie Kerr Prize, the nation’s largest undergraduate literary award worth $65,580.
Named after the Eastern Shore author, the Sophie Kerr Prize is awarded to a graduating senior each year at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. The prize money comes from the endowment Kerr left to the college in her will.
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