Emerging Writers Contest Winners
2017-2018 Winners
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Category: Academic | Judged by Mike Palmquist; author of The Bedford Researcher.
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1st Place: Hannah Helwig
Article: “Language and Identity: How Music Affects Language and Communication”. In Mary Behrman’s class. -
2nd Place: Nicolas Franco-Roldan
Article: “Language: The Amicable Monster in Arrival”. In Mary Kay McBrayer’s class.
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3rd Place: Amber Stokes
Article: “Age of Failure”. In Becky Kraegel’s class.
Finalist, Joshua Tryon — Article: “Grant Tenure to Tenure”. In Patrice Brown’s class.
Finalist, Rebecca Filler — Article: “The Sophistical Tongue Trap”. In Constance Briggs’s class.
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Category: Creative Non-Fiction | Judged by Lise Funderburg; author of Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk about Race and Identity.
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1st Place: Morgan Widner
Article: “My Mom: Modern Day Superwoman”. In Melissa Keith’s class. -
2nd Place: Natalie Dayvault
Article: “The Food Nazi”. In MJ Severson’s class. -
3rd Place: Camilla Stegall
Article: “Baking”. In Rochelle Harris’s class.
Finalist, Mary Sims — Article: “The Importance of Word Choice”. In Christine Ghattas's class.
Finalist, Rebecca Filler — Article: “The Horror Behind My Love for Reading and Writing”. In Constance Briggs’s class.
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Category: Short Essay | Judged by Jonathan Alexander; author of Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing.
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1st Place: Katherine Beckner
Article: “Managing Millenial Workers: A Multigenerational Approach”. In Amelia Lewis’s class.
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2nd Place: Mary Sims
Article: “Habit Formation and Deconstruciton: A Study in Behavioral Psychology” . In Christine Ghattas's class.
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3rd Place: Mandi Rocker
Article: “Martin Luther King Jr. Rhetorical Analysis”. In Denise White’s class.
Finalist, Ty'a Oliver — Article: “Judgement Kills: A Rhetorical Analysis of an Anti-Racial Profiling Visual”. In Sarah Creel's class.
Finalist, Rebecca Filler — Article: “Millenials Are Killing This, This, and This -- Or Are They?”. In Amelia Lewis’s class.
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Spring Semester 2017 Awards Ceremony Winners
Academic Category
1st--Riley Anttila “Federal Mandate Requiring HAI Reporting in Nursing Homes”
2nd--Vanessa Stancil “Flat Scream TV: An Analysis of Death in News and Entertainment Media”
3rd--Courtney Jones “Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools: Unnecessary, Harmful, and Ineffective”
Finalist--Juliana Rafla “The College Experience: A Testimony to College Campus Sexual Assault Survivors”
Finalist--Maryam Zargahi “Body Language: An Effective and Ambiguous Communication Tool”
Rhetorical Analysis Category
1st--Alyssa Sullivan “A Not-So-Ugly American's Transformation: The Beauty of a Kind Christmas Act”
2nd--Savannah Martin "’The Eco-Gastronomic Mirror.’" A Rhetorical Analysis.”
3rd--Perrin Smith “Losing Faith or Gaining Knowledge”
Finalist--Justo Elortondo “Faithful Alimentation”
Finalist--Zachary Mnich “A Real Ad for a Virtual Sport”
Creative Non-Fiction Category
1st--Anna Gerbsch "My Monster"
2nd--Mackenzie Wright "Copper Shell"
3rd--Milea Griffin "Everybody Makes Mistakes"
Finalist--Katie Carlson "The Hand-Me-Down House"
Finalist--Courtney Jones "Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Whose Life Story Inspired My Own"
Your Essay Could be Worth Something!
Cash. Prizes. Publication.
If you were enrolled in English 1101 or English 1102 during January-December 2017, you can have your essay read by local and national judges. You may even win cash, prizes, & publication!
Rhetorical Analysis
- close reading of a text
- maximum length 6 double-spaced pages
Academic Essays
- research-based and critical essays
- maximum-length 10 double-spaced pages
Creative Non-Fiction
- personal essays, memoirs, travel writing
- maximum-length 10 double-spaced pages
Choose your favorite category or submit one to all! Email essays as Word file attachments
to emergingwriterscontest@gmail.com
DEADLINE: Be looking for the contest deadling in February of 2018.
Winners announced during the English Department Spring Festival in April 2018 and
winning essays will be published in the 2017 edition of the Emerging Writers text.
Past Awards Ceremony Events