Each year, Duke students are recognized and celebrated for their achievements in the arts throughout the academic year, with awards presented by Duke University’s arts departments and programs. View the 2025 winners below.
2025 Louis Sudler Prize
Nik Narain ‘25
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Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Visual Art Award
Isabelle Carey ‘25
Nancy Kaneb Art History Award
Marley O’Connor ‘25 and Oliver Hess ‘25
Sue and Lee Noel Prize in Visual Arts
Olivia “Noelle” Garrick ‘25
Visual Studies Initiative Award
Beatrice Kleeger ‘25 and Kayla Lihardo ‘25
Cinematic Arts Outstanding Filmmaker Award
Isabel Dudlyke ‘25
Center for Documentary Studies
Creative Writing Program
Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Fiction
Linda Garziera ‘28 and Emma Huang ‘25
Anne Flexner Memorial Award for NonFiction
Tanya Wan ‘28 and Jessica Lewin ‘27
Reynolds Price Fiction Award
Audie Waller ‘28
George P. Lucaci Creative Nonfiction Award
Tyler King ‘25
Academy of American Poets
Tyler King ‘25 and Matthew Chen ‘25
Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Poetry
Arielle Stern ‘25 and Adolya Moore ‘26
Terry Welby Tyler Award for Poetry
Mia Xie ‘26
Frances Pemberton Scholarship
Divine Ebisike ‘26
Margaret Rose Knight Sanford Scholarship
Gabi Carter ‘25 and Polyna Uzun ‘25
Dance Program
Julia Wray Memorial Dance Award
Kayla Lihardo ‘25
Clay Taliaferro Dance Award
Amare Swierc ‘27
Dance Writing Award
Ariana George ‘26
Department of Music
The Ann Marie Parsons Memorial Prize
Rushil Yerrabelli ‘25
The William Klenz Prize in Music Composition
Monthati Masebe (PhD ‘30)
The Julia Wilkinson Mueller Prize for Excellence in Music
Vicky Yang ‘25 and Melody Tzang ‘25
The Henry Schumann Music Prize
Vicky Yang ‘25 and Carlos Montes ‘25
The Paul Bryan Award
Carlos Montes ‘25, Ava Bailey ‘25, Jocelyn Reyes ‘25, and Anushri Saxena ‘25
The Ciompi Quartet Award in Chamber Music
Michael Cui, Myles Bell, Lewis Zhu, Alicia Yang, Sophia Urbom, Hannah Lee, Vicky Yang, Rosemary Buhrman, Anna Goldberg, Nina Moske, Elizabeth Kim, Helen Liu, Jing Liu, and Ellie Kang
Department of Theater Studies
Feldman Collaborators’ Award
Caroline Edmondson
Reynolds Price Award
Nik Narain
Dale B. J. Randall Award in Dramatic Literature
Reed Lessing
Alex Cohen Award
Nik Narain and Ondine Peck-Voll
Harold Brody Award for Excellence in Musical Theater
Alexandra Doss
John Clum Distinguished Theater Studies Graduate Award
Blaze Gambla and Khiyali Pillalamarri
Award for Excellence in Directing
Ondine Peck-Voll and Caroline Edmondson
Excellence in Acting Award
Sydney Maynor
Award for Excellence in Design or Theater Technolog
Harper de Andrade
