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English Department Essay Contest - Winning Entries

English Department Essay Contest

2023 - 2024

Every year the English Department showcases the talents of students who submit their work to the Winning Essays contest. This year, for the first time, the contest winners’ essays appear in an online format, making the submissions available to a wide audience. All of the essays, which reflect a range of genres, were written in English courses at KVCC. Congratulations to the talented student writers who have made this publication possible!

Acknowledgments

Faculty Coordinator

Caroline Whiting

Judges

Bill deDie

Ron Higginbotham

Keith Kroll

Winning Entries

Essays from English 099 []

First Place: "Unearthing Flat Earth" by Quinn Sahlgren
Second Place: "A Korean Urban Legend: Do Not Step on the Threshold!" By Hyunji Kim

Essays from English 110 and 160: Narrative []

First Place: "Locked Up in Memory" by Madelyn Miller
Second Place: "Choosing Sobriety" by Heather Katlun
Honorable Mention: "Sherman Lake: Creature of the Deep" by Abby Reisterer

Essays from English 110 and 160: Other []

First Place: "SpongeBob Squarepants: Kids’ TV Show Representing the Seven Deadly Sins?" by Lucy Glerum
Second Place: "How Much Better Can I Be?" By Jenna Ghazal
Honorable Mention: "The Homes that Built Me" by Hannah Vore

Essays from English 111: Literary Criticism []

First Place: "The Burden of Womanhood" by Emalee Castro
Second Place: "Hope and Perseverance" by Katherine Wolf

Essays from English 111: Personal Response []

First Place: "'Cathedral' in Actuality: Personal Encounters with Blind Students" by Emily Mott
Second Place: "A Twenty-One-Year-Long Gap Year" by Kimberly Walsh
Honorable Mention: "Triple-Chocolate Cheesecake" by Emalee Castro

Essays from English 203 and 210 []

First Place: "Pulled Apart" by Avi Stotz-Ghosh
Second Place: "The American Idea: American Writers and a History of Challenging Dogmatic Practices" by Dale Heckman