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Essay Contest


2011/2012 Essay Contest Winners


Category I
Abigail Schmidt
“Descriptivism: The Overlooked and Undervalued Language of Success”

James Knippen's English 1310: First-Year English I


Category II
Kate Schoech
“Peace, Love & Wall: A Visual Argument of the John Lennon Wall"
Elizabeth Threadgill's English 1320: First-Year English II
English 1320


Category III
Samantha Hankins
“Interdimensional Aspirations: Flatland as a Journey of the Mind”
Dr. Rebecca Bell-Metereau
English 3301: Critical Theory and Practice for English Majors


Category IV
Cheyenne Riggs
“Noble Savages and Futuristic Injuns: Reading the Colonialist Representations of Native Americans in Dances with Wolves and Avatar
Dr. Octavio Pimentel
Eng 5399: Thesis B.


2012/2013 Essay Contest

Deadline: Noon, March 7, 2013

 

Essays written during the 2012-2013 academic year qualify for this contest.  Please attach one entry form to each submission.  Each submission needs to contain two copies of your essay. Do not include your name or any other personal identification information on your submission.  We will randomize your submissions and coordinate them with this form.  Judges will only see the unidentified essays.  You may enter two submissions, but they must fall within the same category and must have separate cover forms.  Entries will be collected at the Writing Center. The four $100 prize winners will be notified in April 2013.