John J Frey, III, MD Writing Awards

2025

• Wait for Me (Maureen Goss)
• an accidental naturalist (Jon Temte, MD, PhD)
• I See You Everywhere, Amma and Promise No Wait Time (Vibhusha Kolli)

2024

• Night Shift (Samantha Barbour)
• Sip (Briana Krewson, DO, MPH)

2023

Poetry

• Loved (James Bigham, MD, MPH)
• Traveling by Night (Elizabeth Fleming, MD)
• Newborn Rounds (Magnolia Larson, DO)

Prose

• Up the Stream (Nyla Mathis)
• Weathering the Storm: Reflections on Identity and Progress in Academia (Kya Vaughn)

2022

Poetry

• The Pronouncement Exam (Melanie Biegler, DO)
• Before you (Maureen Goss, MPH)
• Pieces of Wood (Maggie Larson, DO)
• The Ride (Caitlin Regner, MD)
• a million (Jon Temte, MD, PhD)

Prose

• Vigil (Maddie Batzli)
• Regarding the Snow Peas (Aynsley Hartney)

2021

Poetry

• Resurrection (Caitlin Regner, MD )
• Etch-A-Sketch (Elizabeth Perry, MD)
• Not me (Magnolia Larson, DO)

Prose

• A Million Things to Say Before I Die (Markus Eckstein, MD)
• Homing (Maureen Goss)

2020

Prose

• Life is Now (Jonathan Rief, MD)
• A Newsletter (Cassandra Sundaram)
• Ode to a Clump (Maureen Goss)
• POA (Markus Eckstein, MD)
• The Lady in the Sunhat (Shelbey Hagen)
• Your Diagnosis—An Open Letter to My Dad (Samantha Gervais-LeClaire)

Poetry

• After the Virus (James Bigham, MD, MPH)
• before the plague (Jon Temte, MD, PhD)

2019

Prose

• Buried Treasure (Markus Eckstein)

Poetry

• Expressions of Love (Caitlin Regner, MD)
• One Block (Melissa Stiles, MD)
• Requiem for Sperry Chalet (Jon Temte, MD)
• Green eyed Boy (Susan Golz)
• When We Dance (Brenna Gibbons)
• FMS Haiku (Bill Schwab, MD)

2018

Prose

• Explanations for eating hot soup outside on a hot day (Cassandra Sundaram)

Poetry

• Dress Code (Ildi Martonffy, MD)
• On Totternhoe Beacon, Summer 2018 (Jennifer Edgoose, MD MPH)
• The Shell (Maggie Larson, DO)

2017

Prose

• Getting Drunk on Kefir and Other Ridiculous Ideas (Cassandra Sundaram)
• Picture Book Bandhs (Maureen Landsverk)
• Review: The Image of Blacks (Susan Golz)

Poetry

• History and physical (Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD)
• Hospital Haircut (Elizabeth Perry, MD)
• II Corinthians 9:12 (Ildi Martonffy, MD)

2016

Poetry

• Aging (Caitlin Regner, MD)
• Bookends (Melissa Stiles, MD)

Prose

• All the Lonely People (John Brill, MD, MPH)
• Visiting the home of a retired brushlands firefighter (Jon Temte, MD, PhD)
• Whomp, Whomp (Kevin Wyne, MPAS, MSc, PA-C)

2015

Prose

• Remembrances and Reflections: Global Health, Local Needs and One Very Special Patient (Cindy Haq, MD)
• The Catbird Seat (Jon Temte, MD, MS, PhD)

Poetry

• Diagnosis: MRI With and Without Contrast (Deb Schultz, MD)
• Sickle Cell (Parker Hoerz, MD)

2014

Prose

• Where Does Compassion Come From? (Cindy Haq, MD)
• Lost in Translation (Jonas Lee, MD)
• Memories of Maude (Susette Thompson, PA-C)

Poetry

• Timeless (Deborah Schultz, MD)
• Red Sky of Mourning (Ann Evensen, MD)