Program for Writing & Rhetoric

Occasions 2012

Prize winners and publications coming soon.

Occasions 2011

Lower-Division Prize Winners

• Kara Bongiovanni, Argument Category
  "Hanging in the Balance: The Future of Manned Spaceflight"
• Anna Jensen, Personal Narrative Category
  "Liberty and Loss"
• Zach Siegel, Inquiry Category
  "Modern Iran: An Examination of the Foundations of Hostile Foreign Policy"
• Rachel Stuckey, Analysis Category
  "Correcting Misrepresentation: On Progressive Representations of Childhood in Female and Queer-Authored Avant-Garde Cinema "

Uppder-Division Prize Winners

• Wade Holland, Business Writing Prize
  "Biomimicry: The Answers May Be Right in Front of Us"
• Djavan Nascimento, Upper-Division Creative Nonfiction Prize
  "Cold Felt and a Warm Autumn Night"
• Amara Seng, Upper-Division Arts & Sciences Prize
  "From Hand to Hoof: Antibiotic Use in Livestock and Antibiotic Resistance in Humans"
• Ian Milligan, Mackison Prize
  "Preventing Drug-Resistant Bacteria Through the Regulation of Antibiotic Use in Agriculture"

Occasions 2010

Lower-Division Prize Winners

• Sara Falk-Mann, Analysis Category
  "Dove Devolution"
• Kelsey Lindsey, Argument Category
  "Harry Potter and Christianity: Treacherous Duo or Surprising Partners?"
• Amanda Lubeck, Analysis Category, Second
  "Teen Pregnancy in Hollywood: Nine Months of Deception"
• Mariana Rodriguez, Personal Narrative Category
  "Blonde is a Primary Color"
• Samantha Wellington, Inquiry Category
  "Deinstitutionalization and the Current State of Mental Health Care"

Uppder-Division Prize Winners

• Peter Bowlin, Mackison Prize
  "Computer Engineering Major"
• Tyler Dodge, Business Writing Prize
  "A New Green GM: How to Sell Cars Again"
• Brian Sheldon, Upper-Division Arts & Sciences Prize
  "The Nature of Redemption and the Limits of Pessimism in King Lear "