About the Writing Awards

Each year, the Department of English honors the best papers submitted by faculty at an awards banquet. Every class that requires writing has a category, from basic writing to graduate creative writing courses.

This year's banquet will be April 20, 2004, at 7 pm in the Stratton Cafeteria. Dr. Joe Survant, Kentucky's Poet Laureate and professor at Western Kentucky University, will be the featured speaker.

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2004 Winners

Basic Writing
Virginia Ann Allen for "The Night I'll Never Forget," Shannon Garland, Instructor

Developmental Composition
Beth Brosey for "How Far Have We Come?" Megan McHale, Instructor

English Composition 101
Christine Grider for "The Faith Schism," Dr. Sarah Tsaing, Instructor

English Composition 102
Jennifer Crisman for "The Truth, the Whole Truth, or Some of the Truth?" Shannon Garland, Instructor

Survey of World Literature I
Pamela Thaxton for "Schizophrenia: Paranoid Type Patient: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," Dr. Paula Kopacz, Instructor

Survey of World Literature II
Molly Dattilo for "Gulliver's and the Narrator's Hatred," Dr. Robert Milde, Instructor

Undergraduate American Literature
Nancy Crider for "Human and Other Animal Behavior in the Poetry of Marianne Moore," Dr. Harry Brown, Instructor

Undergraduate British Literature
Jason Newman for "The Hidden Soul of Harmony," Dr. Kerstin Warner, Instructor

Undergraduate Writing
Devin Klarer for "Greenhouse Skepticism," Dr. Sandra Hill, Instructor

Undergraduate Poetry
Adam Hisel for "Inside-Out," Dr. Christine Delea, Instructor

Undergraduate Fiction
Sarah McCartt for "Cecily's Calling," Dr. Young Smith, Instructor

Graduate Literature
Deana Nantz for "Perception, Reason, Spirituality, and Poetry: Emerson and Whitman Transcending Beyond the Imaginable," Dr. Harry Brown, Instructor

Graduate Poetry
Carol Ruppel for "Marriage Song," Dr. Christine Delea, Instructor

Graduate Fiction
Amie Gallion for "Granny," Dr. Charles Sweet, Instructor

Graduate Writing
Misty Hatton for "I Rite Purty Good: Student Perceptions of Writing," Dr. David Elias, Instructor

Miscellaneous Writing
Laura Abney for "A Timeless, Feminist Classic by Henrik Ibsen," Dr. Helen Bennett, Instructor

Madonna Marsden Awards
Beth Brosey
Amy Beach
Jason Newman
Megan McHale

Faculty Submission Instructions

Faculty may enter any paper written between March 31, 2003, and the Spring 2004 deadline. With a category for every course that requires writing, almost any paper written for an English course is eligible.

Entry forms are available from the closet between Martha Marcum's office and the student workers' room. Fill out the form, staple it to the paper, and put them both in the box near the entry forms. Instructors may enter two papers per category.

Instructors at the extended campus centers can mail papers to Dr. Marshall Myers. Please include the category and the address and phone number of the student.