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 (A&S ’16G) and Adriana E. Ramírez (A&S ’09G) received the annual Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award as an Emerging Artist and Established Artist, respectively. 

The annual awards program honors an emerging and an established artist in the 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh region and is co-sponsored by the 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh Foundation and the Heinz Endowments. Each winner receives a prize of $15,000.

Barnett earned his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in poetry from 51��Ʒ��Ƶ in 2016, and currently serves as a faculty in the . He is the author of “The Drowning Boy’s Guide to Water,” winner of the Autumn House Press 2017 Rising Writer Contest. .

Ramírez earned her MFA degree in creative nonfiction writing from 51��Ʒ��Ƶ in 2009. She won the inaugural PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize in 2015 for her novella-length work of nonfiction, “Dead Boys,” and is soon publishing a full-length work of nonfiction. She’s also been honored for her slam poetry.

Barnett and Ramirez were recognized at an awards ceremony on Dec. 9 in downtown 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh.