Verlaque among 6 students up for Washington College’s $74K Sophie Kerr Prize

Verlaque among 6 students up for Washington College’s $74K Sophie Kerr Prize

News release  Washington College, in Chestertown, Maryland, has named six students, including one from Santa Clarita, to its short list for the 2025 Sophie Kerr Prize, which is valued at just over $74,000 this year.   The list of six finalists includes Lucy Verlaque, an English major from Santa Clarita with minors in creative writing; journalism, editing and publishing; and gender studies.  Now in its 58th year, the prize continues to be the nat…