Columbia University rejected Lipscomb's application in a letter written by Nobel prizewinner Prof. Harold Urey. One was sent to Nobel prizewinner Joshua Lederberg at Stanford University. The others were Nobel prizewinner Friedrich Hayek and well known economics author Henry Hazlitt. It was a Tropfest finalist in 2005 and a prizewinner at Germany's Ohne Kohle festival. He is a multiple prizewinner of prestigious violin competitions. The announced Kit Armstrong as WEMAG-Soloist prizewinner in 2014. He was a prizewinner in the 2000 International Sibelius Conducting Competition. Lancaster first came to prominence as a second prizewinner in the National Poetry Competition, 1979. He was a prizewinner at several competitions in Moscow, Paris, Genoa, and Montreal. In 1982 Robinson was a prizewinner at the Isle of Man Solo Competition. She was a prizewinner in the early years of the Munich ARD Violin Competition. Steven Spielberg's debut, "Duel", was the first prizewinner of the festival. The prizewinner commits to hold a number of radio lectures. It is most recognised for publishing the Booker Prizewinner "Life of Pi". The rim bears the name of the prizewinner.