A student from China has captured first place in Hollins University’s 60^th Annual Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest.

Claire Zhou of Dulwich College Suzhou in Suzhou, China, won the competition’s top prize for her poem, “Translation.” 她将获得350美元的现金奖励； publication in 货物, Hollins’ award-winning student literary magazine; ten copes of 货物; 通过创意写作创意人才奖提供的可再生奖学金，最高可达5,000美元，四年奖学金总额为20,000美元（如果她在霍林斯大学注册，则适用）； and free tuition and housing for the university’s 霍林夏创意写作课程 for rising ninth through 12^th grade students.

周的第二首诗获得了荣誉奖。

六名学生在今年的比赛中获得了第二名的荣誉。 Each will receive publication in 货物; 杂志两份； 通过创意写作创意人才奖提供的可再生奖学金，最高可达1,000美元，四年奖学金总额为4,000美元（如果他们在霍林斯大学注册，则适用）； 还有500美元的奖学金来申请霍林萨默大学

第二名获奖者包括：

Hannah Ahn
Marriotts Ridge High School
Marriottsville, MD
Title: “I Saw You in a Dead Deer by the Side of the Road”
(A second poem was a Finalist)

Sophia Hernandez
School Without Walls
Washington, DC
Title: “Urban Mythology”
(A second poem received Honorable Mention)

Fiona Jin
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, IL
Title: “Laterality”

Allison Kim
Fine Arts Center
Greenville, SC
Title: “Eulogy”
(A second poem received Honorable Mention)

Ela Kini
Hunter College High School
New York, NY
Title: “All-American Prayer to Highway Traffic”
(A second poem received Honorable Mention)

Melinda Wang
The Archer School for Girls
Los Angeles, CA
Title: “nǚ”
(A second poem received Honorable Mention)

南希·索普诗歌大赛为高中二年级或三年级、预科学校或在家上学的年轻女性提交的最佳诗歌颁发奖项。 今年，来自34个州、哥伦比亚特区和美国以外的两个国家（中国和泰国）的399名参赛者提交了参赛作品。 除了7名第一名和第二名的获奖者外，还有18名决赛选手。 96名学生获得了荣誉奖。

南茜·索普（Nancy Thorp）是霍林斯1960届的一名学生，她是一名年轻的诗人，作为一名本科生，她表现出了很大的希望。 1962年她去世后，她的家人创办了南希·索普诗歌比赛，以鼓励和表彰年轻诗人的作品。