THE WINNERS

 


Rogin
"Hard to Swallow."
Rogin Kim
Best PSA (Also won for Best Production)

Rogin Kim is a writer/director/editor who resides in NYC. He has been working in film production and post-production for the past seven years and has written and directed numerous short films and comedy sketches that can be found on YouTube. He is currently a student in the MFA program at Columbia University's School of the Arts Film Division in Directing. He also really likes to BBQ.


Sarah


Diana

"The Kids are Listening. "
Sarah Kramer and Diana Lind (Collaboration)
Best Podcast

Sarah Kramer was born in New York City in 1981. After high school, she moved to Ohio to attend Oberlin College. After graduating with a B.A. in English she promptly moved back to New York and began to work for various media outlets. She has worked with the Radio Foundation, as a production assistant, and at the oral history project, StoryCorps, where she had the opportunity to interview people from all over the U.S. She is currently living in Morocco on a Fulbright Scholarship, conducting an oral history project about the memory of colonialism.

Diana Lind was born in New York City in 1981. She graduated from Cornell University (B.A., English), and Columbia University (M.F.A.) She is editor in chief of the Philadelphia-based urbanism magazine, Next American City. In her spare time, she writes fiction. She has taught creative writing at Columbia University’s summer session for high school students. In 2007, she was a finalist for the Iowa Review Award and a recipient of a fully funded residency at the Blue Mountain Center. "The Kids are Listening" is her first podcast creation.

RUNNERS UP:
The runner up prize for originality was awarded to Gregory Damis-Wulff for his PSA “Blinded Justice." Bryanne Cooke won the runner up prize for humor for her PSA “Big Brother." Thanks to everyone who entered!

 


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