Writing Award Winners
Awards submission periods runfrom 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 Resources page.
1st Place: Charles Deutser
1st Place: Grace Oltersdorf
2nd Place: Luke Ahern
1st Place: Jacob Johnson
2nd Place: Aimee Kennedy
3rd Place: Sophie Whipple
1st Place: Sophie Whipple
2nd Place: Isabelle Entin
HM: Grace Atencio
1st Place: Olivia Bianchi
2nd Place:Chloe Els
3rd Place: Eva Basa
1st Place: Chloe Arroyo
2nd Place: Molly Dever
3rd Place: Luke Tracy
Fall 2024: Quinten Krikava “The Irreversible Nature of All Things”
Spring 2025: Tristan Hueniken “Motorsport Sustainability”
1st Place: Riley Lafreniere
1st Place: Zoe Katres
1st Place: Daniel Sagasti
1st Place: Sophie Whipple
2nd Place: Patrick Pethybridge
3rd Place: Analycia Smith
1st Place: Macy Mohlenkamp- A Family of Withering Bodies - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
2nd Place: Madeline Flanagan- The Stigma Surrounding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
Honorable Mention:Jackson Evanow - Animators or Animals? Working Conditions in Japan's Animation Studios - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
1st Place: Maya Merta- Please return to Ms. Smile - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
2nd Place: Alan Kerdman- Framing for Electability - Instructor: Eric Burger
1st Place: Jake Warnecke- Not My Emergency - Instructor: Eric Burger
2nd Place: Andrew Hillyer- Introspective Lessons of an Infantry Squad Leader - Instructor: Jason Lagapa
3rd Place: Henry Hess- Cracked Helmets and College Applications - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
1st Place: Chloe Wolfram- - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
2nd Place: Jonah Schwartz- UFC Fighter Pay, Is it Fair? - Instructor: Nathan Pieplow
1st Place: Molly Egan - The Oxymoronic Authenticity of Performativity in Wilderness Travel - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
2nd Place:Emy Gunn - Is ItReally Making You Feel Better? An Examination of Cognitive Dissonance Among College Students - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
3rd Place: Sebastion Melancon- Speaking with the Leaves - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
1st Place: James "Turner" Land- Cigarettes - Instructor: Eric Burger
2nd Place: Cade Yoshioka - Walk the Margins - Instructor: Eric Burger
3rd Place: Cecilia Rosedale- News, the Workplace, and Women - Instructor: Eric Burger
Summer 2023: Joanna Parker “The Rhetorical Life of Beethoven”
Fall 2023: Luke Calvin- From Sport to Concern - Instructor: Christine Macdonald
Spring 2024: Mackenzie Davis "The Doomsday Clock”
1st Place: Alex Barry- Dry Dock and Bus to Show Collaboration Proposal
1st Place: Isabella Brown- Do You Want to Start a Bakery?
1st Place: Meghan Robertson -
1st Place: Nathaniel Stein- Public Enemy - Instructor: Tracy Ferrell
2nd Place: Anonymous- Equality in our Schools - Instructor: Andrea Feldman
3rd Place: Macy Baker- The oneAbout Gender Stereotyping and Lack of Diversity: Gender and Diversity Portrayals in Sitcoms in the 1990s and 2000s - Instructor: Tracy Ferrell
1st Place: Mohamad Eiman Mohamad Rezwan- Assessing the Sustainability of Folktales in Malaysia in the 21st Century - Instructor: Andrea Feldman
1st Place: Nico HaBa - No Longer My Story: The College Essay and Privilege
2nd Place: Finn Cruit- 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 Schon- 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 Beauprez- 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?
Summer 2022: Ethan Miles “Relinquishing the Grip of Copyright on Creative Growth”
Fall 2022: Jim Grady- The Effect of Scientific Popularizations on Polyps
Spring 2023: Sophie Woods “Unintended Effects: The Ethics of Implementing Energy Projects in Developing Countries”
1st Place: Jim Grady, Regan Fenske, Josh Miller, & Kevin Pipich- Assessment of Academic Services for Mechanical Engineering Student
1st Place: Benjamin Chastain- Access for the Everyman | Unlocking Private Closures of America's Public Lands
1st Place: María Correa González
2nd Place: Taylor Henderson
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:Xyon Zhang- Graduation: International Parenthood and Education
Spring 2022: Abigail Rindfuss “Astronaut Attire: The feats, failures, and future of spacesuit technology”