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Leland Essay Contest

The Leland Essay Contest rewards the best writers in the Western Writing Program. All students in ENG 100, 180, and 280 are eligible to enter. Contest winners are published in Western Voices, which is used as a textbook in many composition courses. Winners in each course level get cash prizes:

• First place: $150
• Second place: $100
• Third place: $50

2013 Contest
For essays written in the Spring 2013 or Fall 2013 semesters

We have not yet started collecting essays for the 2013 contest.

2012 Winners

In February 2013, the following essays written in 2012 were selected as winners to be honored at E&J Awards Night in April 2013.

English 100, Introduction to Writing

• 1st: Kyaira Foster “Hope For Tomorrow” Instructor: Jacque Wilson-Jordan
• 2nd: Cassandra Estrada “A Monster” Instructor: Jacque Wilson-Jordan
• 3rd: Tyler Grimm “Grandpa” Instructor: Jacque Wilson-Jordan

English 180, College Writing I

• 1st: Ryan Ricketts “A Memory in the Woods” Instructor: Barbara Ashwood-Gegas
• 2nd: Stephanie Tafoya “’I H8 U’: The Cyberbullying Debate” Instructor: Timothy Helwig
• 3rd: Hillary Kelly “From His Finger to Mine” Instructor: Kristen Bradley

English 280, College Writing II

• 1st: Sean Kincaid “It’s Time to Abandon the Sinking Ship: Juvenille Justice Reform in America” Instructor: Timothy Helwig
• 2nd: Kelly Benignetti, Critical Analysis of “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” Instructor: Jacque Wilson-Jordan
• 3rd: Robert True “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” Instructor: Barbara Ashwood-Gegas

Cover of Western Voices 2012

 

 

 

Past Leland Essay Winners