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MCC Daily Tribune

English Philosophy Department Student Writing Contest Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 52nd Annual English/Philosophy Department Writing Contest.

Callan Award for Best Research Essay

  • 1st Place “The Art of Fashion as Sociopolitical Weaponry” by Emili Gibson
  • 2nd Place “Amplify the Situation: Library Finances and the Necessity for Advocacy” by Chase Leonard

Rice Award for Creative Non-Fiction Essay

  • 1st Place “Dress-Up” by Jay Green
  • 2nd Place “Still Pulling Flowers Out of His Bag: Public Libraries and Community” by Chase Leonard

Cooney Award for Literary Essay

  • 1st Place “To Defend the Hero’s Reward: Mythology and the Glory of Killing” by Elizabeth Tackitt
  • 2nd Place “Why mourn’st thou?”: Olivia’s Grief and Mourning in Twelfth Night leading to Unrequited Love” by Kathryn Hobbs

Cloos Susskind Award for Best Poem

  • 1st Place “Peace in Darkness” by Alexander Gramarye
  • 2nd Place “In the Backyard” by Jemeah Scott

Langlois Award for Short Fiction

  • 1st Place “Glossophobia” by Patricia Jane Donato
  • 2nd Place “The Drift” by Justine Alfano

McMurry Award for Philosophical Essay

  • 1st Place “Unbalanced Life: The Cult of Capital” by Elizabeth Tackitt
  • 2nd Place ““Assurance of Punishment” Argument Evaluation; The Careful Balance between Justice and Revenge” by Abigayle Kennedy

The winners will be honored at an awards reception on Thursday, May 4th, at 4:00pm in The Brighton Room.

Please join the committee in congratulating these gifted individuals.

James Senden
English/Philosophy
04/19/2023