Writing Award Winners
Awards submission periods runÌýfrom February of the previous year to March of the awarding year.
For more information on our writing awards, or to submit your work, please visit the PWR Student »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ page.
1st Place: Macy MohlenkampÌý- A Family of Withering Bodies - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
2nd Place: Madeline FlanaganÌý- The Stigma Surrounding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
Honorable Mention:ÌýJackson Evanow - Animators or Animals? Working Conditions in Japan's Animation Studios - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
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1st Place: Maya MertaÌý- Please return to Ms. Smile - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
2nd Place: Alan KerdmanÌý- Framing for Electability - Instructor: Eric Burger
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1st Place: Jake WarneckeÌý- Not My Emergency - Instructor: Eric Burger
2nd Place: Andrew HillyerÌý- Introspective Lessons of an Infantry Squad Leader - Instructor: Jason Lagapa
3rd Place: Henry HessÌý- Cracked Helmets and College Applications - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
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1st Place: Chloe WolframÌý- - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
2nd Place: Jonah SchwartzÌý- UFC Fighter Pay, Is it Fair? - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
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1st Place: Molly Egan - The Oxymoronic Authenticity of Performativity in Wilderness Travel - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
2nd Place:ÌýEmy Gunn - Is ItÌýReally Making You Feel Better? An Examination of Cognitive Dissonance Among College Students - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
3rd Place: Sebastion MelanconÌý- Speaking with the Leaves - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
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1st Place: James "Turner" LandÌý- Cigarettes - Instructor: Eric Burger
2nd Place: Cade Yoshioka - Walk the Margins - Instructor: Eric Burger
3rd Place: Cecilia RosedaleÌý- News, the Workplace, and Women - Instructor: Eric Burger
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Spring 2023: Luke CalvinÌý- From Sport to Concern - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
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1st Place: Alex BarryÌý- Dry Dock and Bus to Show Collaboration Proposal
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1st Place: Isabella BrownÌý- Do You Want to Start a Bakery?
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1st Place: Meghan Robertson -
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1st Place: Nathaniel SteinÌý- Public Enemy - Instructor: Tracy Ferrell
2nd Place: AnonymousÌý- Equality in our Schools - Instructor: Andrea Feldman
3rd Place: Macy BakerÌý- The oneÌýAbout Gender Stereotyping and Lack of Diversity: Gender and Diversity Portrayals in Sitcoms in the 1990s and 2000s - Instructor: Tracy Ferrell
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1st Place: Mohamad Eiman Mohamad RezwanÌý- Assessing the Sustainability of Folktales in Malaysia in the 21st Century - Instructor: Andrea Feldman
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1st Place: Nico HaBa - No Longer My Story: The College Essay and Privilege
2nd Place: Finn CruitÌý- Pseudoscience in My Life: How It's Affecting Our Response to Climate Change
3rd Place: Alexander Ashby - The First of Many
1st Place: Deelia Sherman - Painting the Town: How Graffiti Gives a Voice to the Voiceless
2nd Place: Casey Brengan - Whose Culture is it Anyway? Museum Artifact Repatriation and the Academic Spiral Over Cultural Property
3rd Place: Annika SchonÌý- The Dire Need for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
1st Place: Matthew Labay - Getting Some Air
2nd Place: Megan McLemore - The Show About Nothing
3rd Place: Leah Abrahamsson- Uneasiness, Dread and a Rapid Heartbeat
1st Place: Jacob BeauprezÌý- The Assay: Psilocybin Legalization in Colorado
2nd Place: Benjamin Lau - Faith and Diabetes: My Journey
3rd Place: Josh Taylor- Find Your Why
1st Place: Jasmine Blustein - So Long, CD's Wings - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
2nd Place: Jennifer Bockius - The Influence of Microgravity on Muscles in the Human Body - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
3rd Place: Miarabelle Riley - Unwriting a Myth: Wild Horses in the United States
1st Place (TIE): Camille LaRocca - A Mirror I Refuse to Look Into
1st Place(TIE): Emily Colgan - What is Megargel?
3rd Place: Vivian Luckiw - Are you better?
Fall 2022: Jim GradyÌý- The Effect of Scientific Popularizations on Polyps
Summer 2022: Ethan MilesÌý- Relinquishing the Grip of Copyright on Creative Growth
Spring 2022: Abigail RindfussÌý- Astronaut Attire
1st Place: Jim Grady, Regan Fenske, Josh Miller, & Kevin PipichÌý- Assessment of Academic Services for Mechanical Engineering Students
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1st Place: Benjamin ChastainÌý- Access for the Everyman | Unlocking Private Closures of America's Public Lands
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1st Place: MarÃa Correa González
2nd Place: Taylor Henderson
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1st Place:Anonymous - Becoming a "Straightforward Case": Transgender Assimilation and the False Self
2nd Place:Anonymous - Women, Life, Freedom: Women of Iran's Protests for a Life of Freedom
3rd Place:Emily Miller - Malcom the Movement
1st Place:ÌýXyon ZhangÌý- Graduation: International Parenthood and Education