This is an annual writing competition for the best academic paper by a currently enrolled freshman or sophomore. The award for first place is for $1,000 and the award for second place is for $500.
How to apply
Students should email their essay as a pdf to Linda Evans. In order to have the judging be as fair as possible, we ask that student names do not appear anywhere in the essay. Students should include their name and their contact information in the body of the email.
Previous recipients
| 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Magen Eissenstat | "Readers as Cultural Writers: Narrative Conventions and the Work of Suniti Namjoshi" | |
| 2nd | Zichao Wang | "My Mother is a Fish" | |
| 2013 | |||
| 1st | Molly Jones | "A Stanley Kowalski Named Desire: The Powerhouse Performances in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'" | |
| 2nd | Doha Aboul-Fotouh | "Writing About Writing and Reading About Reading" | |
| 2012 | |||
| 1st | Jay Becton | "Interpretive Struggles and Donny Kerabatsos" | |
| 2nd | Susannah Eig | "From Hal to Henry: Our Humanly Harry" | |
| 2011 | |||
| 1st | Matt Vale | "A Lover's Discourse, Continued" | |
| 2nd | Jay Becton | "Intentionality in The Homecoming" | |
| 2010 | |||
| 1st | Neil Vanlandingham | "The Guilt in The Law, The Violence in Order" | |
| 2nd | Mary Allen | "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Making Your Story Heard" |
