Jaya S. Basu, an Indian American student of Washington College, Maryland’s premier liberal arts college, has won the prestigious Sophie Kerr Prize, the nation’s largest literary award for a college student. Basu was one of six finalists vying for the Prize, which in its 59th year totals $86,702, more than the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award combined. Her submitted portfolio contained poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and playwriting, and explo…
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