2021 Essay Contest Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 English Department Essay Contest!
Essays from English 099
First Place: Words Unspoken by Vanessa Vang
Second Place: Trapped by Jordan Watts

Essays from English 110
Comparison/Contrast Essays
First Place: From Skirts to Scrubs by Jillian Green
Research Essays
First Place: Call-out Culture: Why the Ends Do Not Justify the Means by Tatum Merriam
Other Essays
First Place: “ . . . and the fans from thirty years ago send their hopes across their weary lungs”: Fragile Masculinity and Culture-Produced Gender Roles in “At Fifty” by Gwen Sirrine
Second Place: Drop-off by Darrin Door

Essays from English 111
Literary Criticism Essays
First Place: A Beacon of Light in a Yellow Coat by Tatum Merriam
Second Place: Discovering Your Place by Kirby Snow
Honorable Mention: “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan by Kathryn Puzevic
Honorable Mention: A Morning to Admire: Ted Hughes’ “The Horses” by Emma Temple
Essays from English 160
Research Essays
Considering the Nature of the Angel by Jonah Verhage

Essays from English 203 and 230
First Place: The Oppressive Objective of the “American Idea”: America’s Affidavit Prohibits Equality and Perpetuates White Privilege by Grace Hovda
Second Place: Sula: The Complexity of the Alternative by Chloe Nivala