Won the prestigious "Hopwood Prize" for creative writing from the
University of Michigan's Hopwood Program. The prize is named after the
playwright
Avery Hopwood, a Michigan alumnus who left a bequest in his will
establishing the awards. The Hopwood Program at Michigan now
administers the Arthur Miller Award of the U-M Club of New York
Scholarship and the Kasdan Scholarship in Creative Writing, among other
award/scholarship programs.