English

2020-2021 Winners

In April 2021, winners of the 2020 Leland Composition Essay Contest were recognized by the English department in an online Awards Night ceremony. Click on the links to read each of the winning essays!

ENG 100

First Place: "Why aren’t officers held accountable for their actions?" by Peace Agbavito 
Second Place: "Music Memories" by Rivers Ashton
Third Place: "Joining the WIU Learning Community" by Blaize McGlasson 
Third Place: "Black Chicagoans Should Start Playing Hide & Seek With the Police" by Daylon Moore

ENG 180

First Place: "Expensive Textbooks: Are There Alternatives?" by Sydney Nicole Hollis
Second Place: "Social Media Impact on Adolescent Mental Health" by Kaitlyn Hilt
Second Place: "My Life Transformation" by Jennifer Hamlin
Third Place: "Analysis of Tylenol Ad in Real Simple" by Jaken Hicks

ENG 280

First Place: "Stop Worrying and Implement Radio Frequency Identification" by Arsalaan Raza 
Second Place: "Genres in the Life of a Musical Theatre Production at the Black Hills Playhouse" by John Warring
Third Place: "Watergate: Office of the President versus the Media and Congress" by Joshlyn C. Lomax

GH 101

First Place: "SFFA v Harvard: Rebuilding a Wall in Higher Education" by Likhitha Kancherla 
Second Place: "How Popular Media Represents Social Class, Ageism, and Sexuality: An Analysis of the Netflix Original Series Grace and Frankie" by Kaylee Agans 
Third Place: "Hidden Figures: The Hidden Stereotypes in A Successful Progressive Film" by Isabella Maxwell 

Multimodal

First Place: "Saving WIU Students from the Dangers of Stress" [infographic] by Yousif Nashir 
Second Place: "Stop Using Standardized Test Scores to Determine Students’ Futures" [flier] by Madison Boyer
Third Place: "Dangers of Ignoring Mental Health in College Students" [infographic] by Micaela Maldonado