Read the winners of the 2025 Wallace Prize on the News’ website or in our digital issue. You can find print issues distributed around campus.
Bluebelle Wednesday Carroll currently recommends “The Summer Book” by Tove Jansson, “This Is How It Always Is” by Laurie Frankel, and the Wikipedia page “Ambiguity (disambiguation).” She is a recent graduate of Jonathan Edwards College and majored in English and Creative Writing. She plans to write books that children might one day like to read.
Everett Yum is a junior in Trumbull College studying comparative literature. He is from New York City and writes fiction and creative nonfiction. He authors a Substack called Fifty-Fifty.
Eli Osei is a writer from Johannesburg.
Will Leggat is a recent graduate from Davenport originally from Brooklyn, New York. He majored in History and is glad to have recently gotten back into his writing habit.
Diego Del Aguila was born and raised in Lima, Peru. He is a senior in the Humanities program, where he studies philosophy and literature.
“The Pre-Raphaelites: A Series of Encounters”
Allie Gruber is an English major from… England. She is a senior in Pierson and takes pleasure in exclamations that begin with the word “How.” How lovely! How frightful! How devilish! She enjoys jamming out jazz tunes on the baritone sax and trying not to drown in water polo.
“Giving Grace to the Fry Cook”
Cameron Nye is a junior in Branford College majoring in Political Science. Hailing from Lancaster, PA, he is a staff reporter for the Yale Daily News Arts Desk, where he covers all things theater on campus. Cameron serves as co-head Branford College Aide and is also a campus tour guide. He is co-president of the Yale Handbell Ensemble, a member of the Yale Concert Band, and is involved with ASL at Yale.
“As Many Hats As Pleases The Maker”
Etai Smotrich-Barr is a second-semester senior from Ann Arbor, Michigan. In addition to writing, he enjoys making music and raising plants.