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May 17, 2009 4:52 pm US/Eastern

PA Poet Wins Largest Undergrad Literary Prize

CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) ― Aspiring Pennsylvania poet William Bruce, who uses the medium to explore the gray spaces where memory, opinion and perception interact, is the winner of this year's Sophie Kerr prize, the nation's largest undergraduate literary prize.

Bruce, who graduated Sunday from Washington College in Chestertown, Md., was selected from among 31 students who submitted writings at the Eastern Shore school and receives $68,814.

Bruce's submission included an essay on Barack Obama's inauguration and a nonfiction piece on Rwandan genocide.

The prize is given annually to the graduating senior who demonstrates the greatest "ability and promise for future fulfillment in the field of literary endeavor."

This year's prize is the largest in its history.

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