View Jennifer van Alstyne’s CV.
1st Place, Website Blog for/by a Journalist, an Award for Excellence in Journalism from the San Diego Press Club for Art With Bob Pincus, 2026
Honorable Mention, Best Use of Social Media / Daily and Online Newspapers, an Award for Excellence in Journalism from the San Diego Press Club for 5 Critical Takes About Art in San Diego, a series of YouTube Shorts, 2026
2nd Place, Digital — Social Media Account, an Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists San Diego with Bob Pincus, Matthew Pincus, and Jennifer van Alstyne, view the YouTube channel, Art With Bob Pincus, 2026
Los Angeles Press Club’s Southern California Journalism Awards 2026, Finalist in L28. Visual Art / Design / Architecture Feature for “Famous San Diego Artists: The Paintings of Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson” by Bob Pincus, Matthew Pincus, and Jennifer van Alstyne, 2026
The Social Academic blog named #41 of the 80 Best Higher Education Blogs by Feedspot, 2026
Finalist for Outstanding Master’s Graduate Award at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018
Winner of the Anderson Award for Best Paper in Medieval Studies for “From Forest to Hall: Representations of Wood and Trees in Beowulf” from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette English Department, 2018
English Departmental Professional Writing, Social Media, and Recruitment Assistantship at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018
English Departmental Teaching Assistantship at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2017-2018
University of Louisiana Alumni Association Graduate Student Scholarship, 2016-2017
Graduate School Master’s Fellowship at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2016-2017
Jack Kerouac School Events Graduate Assistantship at Naropa University, 2014-2015
Jack Kerouac School Graduate Fellowship at Naropa University, 2013-2014
Merit Scholarship at Monmouth University, 2018-2013
Jane Freed Grant at Monmouth University Honors School, 2013
Honors School Award at Monmouth University, 2013
Creative Writing Awards
Glass: A Journal of Poetry recommended reading of 2017, for “Altars of Nonesuch”, 2017
Finalist for The Comstock Writers Group Chapbook Contest, for Pelt, 2016
Finalist for the Paper Nautilus Vella Chapbook Award, for Pelt, 2016
The Glenn Gould Foundation’s Aria of the Goldberg Variations Contest for “The Ear,” “Maestoso,” and “Theme”, 2015
Creative Writing Award, Monmouth University, 2013
Creative Writing Award, Monmouth University, 2012
Chautauqua Writer’s Festival Grant, 2012
