Yale Daily News

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. “That […]

September 28, 2025

The Yale Daily News Magazine is thrilled to publish the winners of the 2025 Wallace Prize, which was awarded this past April. The Wallace Prize recognizes previously […]

September 28, 2025

This piece received second place in the nonfiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. You are a child in Lima, Peru, and like any child, […]

September 28, 2025

This piece received first place in the nonfiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. I am nine years old walking across the living room with […]

September 28, 2025

This piece received an honorable mention in the nonfiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. Whenever anyone gets hired at McDonald’s, they’re usually told that […]

September 28, 2025

This piece received an honorable mention in the nonfiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. On a Saturday this fall, Catherine Cazes-Wiley took the train […]

September 28, 2025

This piece was runner-up in the fiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. I saw him first on MacArthur Avenue, running with his neon-green short-shorts […]

September 28, 2025

This piece was a joint winner in the fiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. Pale steam floated up through the grate onto the sidewalk. […]

September 28, 2025

This piece was a joint winner in the fiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. The girls had a garden, but they preferred the woods. […]

September 28, 2025

This piece received third place in the nonfiction category of the 2025 Wallace Prize. When I was nineteen it was my simple pleasure to walk […]

September 28, 2025

Read the winners of the 2024 Wallace Prize on the YDN website or in our digital issue.   Maude Lechner is a senior in Berkeley […]

May 8, 2024