The McKinney Writing Contest is Rensselaer's writing competition for undergraduate and graduate students. All enrolled students are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities that the competition affords.
2020 Annual McKinney Contest Guest Speaker: Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad (an Oprah’s Book Club selection and winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize), The Nickel Boys, The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and one collection of essays, The Colossus of New York. He was named New York’s 11th State Author in 2018. Mr. Whitehead will read from his work and answer audience questions at the McKinney ceremony on April 13, 2020.
Colson Whitehead’s reviews, essays, and fiction have appeared in a number of publications, such as the New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Harper’s and Granta. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, the Dos Passos Prize, a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for John Henry Days.
He has taught at the University of Houston, Columbia University, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, New York University, Princeton University, Wesleyan University, and has been a Writer-in-Residence at Vassar College, the University of Richmond, and the University of Wyoming. He lives in New York City.
Competition Details
- You may win one or more of the prizes across a range of different categories.
- Prizes are $300 for first prize, $175 for second prize, and $75 for third prize. However, some prizes may not be awarded at the discretion of the judges depending on the quality of the submissions. Occasionally, when the quality of entries warrants it, honorable mentions will be awarded. If you win a prize, you may put the prize on your resumé, which has been known to increase employment prospects.
- You will also enjoy the experience of receiving your prize from a well-known writer/speaker at the awards ceremony on April 13, 2020.
- You have the opportunity to be considered for publication in the university's magazine, Statler & Waldorf. Even if you do not win a prize, you will gain practice in writing that will help you to develop a valued capability in your respective profession.
- Start the process now by looking at the submission guidelines.
Categories for Submission
A short story, a novel or chapter from a novel, a one-act play, or a full-length play or screenplay.
A group of poems or a single poem from each entrant.
An essay (can include a paper written for a class) or a work of creative nonfiction.
This category asks for any artistic visualization using words as a dominant element to convey a story, message, or experience. Fiction, drama, poetry, creative nonfiction, and essays using electronic mixed media are encouraged, as are all forms of visual communication that emphasize words in 2-d, 3-d, or 4-d.
Examples include interactive narratives, motion graphics, audio-visual art, games, animations, net art, storybooks, comics, and writing that incorporates photographs or illustrations—handmade art or prints may be scanned and submitted as a digital file.
Winners
UNDERGRADUATE POETRY
First Prize
• Hazelle Lerum, Science and Technology Studies, for "grandma's in charge of the guts"
Second Prize
• LaKissa Martin, Civil Engineering, for "Warrior's Land"
Third Prize
• Joseph Vidal, Physics, for "Silver Shoe"
• Sage Freter, Civil Engineering, for "Quiet Noises"
Fourth Prize (TIE)
• Tabitha Earls, Economics and HASS, for "I Want"
• Zacharia Spurier, Bioinformatics, for "Xq28-The Gene"
• Portia Yin, Computer Science and Communication, for "Schoolhouse Haunt"
GRADUATE POETRY
First Prize
• Jamie Steele, Science and Technology Studies, for "What being am I if not a mother?"
Second Prize
• Tessabella Magliochetti, Biomedical Engineering, for "Planted"
Third Prize
• Jaden Wright, Industrial Engineering, for "Annie 411"
UNDERGRADUATE FICTION AND DRAMA
First Prize
• Jay Franklin, Computer Science, for "Jigsaw"
Second Prize
• Maria Salmon, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences and Communication, for "orange n white"
Third Prize
Four writers who collaborated:
• James Laks, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences
• Dan Gay, Computer Science
• Corwin Ruggiero, Electronic Arts and
• Dylan Bockelman, Games and Simulation Arts and Science,
for "Lovely, Lovely Larceny"
Fourth Prize
Four writers who collaborated:
• Brad Baker, Chemical Engineering
• Lucy Belden, Electronic Media Arts and Communication
• Michael Murphy, Mechanical Engineering and
• Lauren Tabeau, Computers and Systems Engineering
for "Safety and Sabotage"
GRADUATE FICTION AND DRAMA
The judges made no awards.
UNDERGRADUATE ESSAY / CREATIVE NONFICTION
First Prize
• Lisa Knuckey, Electrical Engineering, for "What is Small?"
Second Prize
• Alexa Orosz, Electronic Media Arts and Communication and Computer Science, for "Workout Plan"
Third Prize
• Tiffany Szeto, Biology and Psychological Science, for "Lemonaid"
Fourth Prize (TIE)
• Christina van Hal, Mathematics, for "Have Fun"
• Logan Witt, Electronic Media Arts and Communication and Psychological Science, for "Peanuts"
GRADUATE ESSAY / CREATIVE NONFICTION
First Prize
• Lauren Gasior, Geology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, for "Sunflower"
Second Prize
• Allison Bannister, Communication and Rhetoric, for "A Fairytale Box of Thermochromic Fragments: Comics Materiality, Theory and Praxis"
Third Prize
• Jessie House, Psychological Science, for "A Wednesday in July"
UNDERGRADUATE ELECTRONIC MEDIA
First Prize
• Ziqing Wnag, Computer Science and Electronic Arts, for "The Truth"
Second Prize (TIE)
• Julia Krawiec, Electronic Arts and Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences, for "The Witch's Demon"
• Haruka Liu, Architecture, "Noontime CatLassRoom"
GRADUATE ELECTRONIC MEDIA
First Prize
• Igraine Perkinson, HASS and Electronic Arts, for "Texto"
UNDERGRADUATE POETRY
First Prize
• Hazelle Lerum, Science, Technology and Society, for “Seven Attempts”
Second Prize
• Zachariah Spurrier, Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, for “Test 3”
Third Prize
• Zoe Westwater, Mechanical Engineering, for “Holy Grain”
HONORABLE MENTIONS
• Ankit Juneja, Biology, for “Exploration 4”
• Ezekiel Sherbourne, Chemistry, for “Seaside”
• Cody Seipp, Architecture, for “You Up”
GRADUATE POETRY
First Prize
• Angela Beallor, Electronic Arts, for “Celebration”
HONORABLE MENTION
• Ainsley Pinkowitz, Materials Science and Engineering, for “Grief”
UNDERGRADUATE SHORT FICTION AND DRAMA
First Prize [TIE]
• Jacob Kaplan, Computer Science, for “Molvakia”
and for “In An Airport”:
• Wailana Chan, Electrical Engineering,
• Kirk Melhuish, Electronic Arts
• Sam Suite, Computer Science and GSAS
• Clay Tilton, Civil Engineering
• Eileen Yao, Computer Science
Second Prize
• Maeve Tucker, Civil Engineering, for “Weekend Plans”
Third Prize [TIE]
• Ellis D. Tammelleo, Civil Engineering, for “The Reserve”
and
• Gabriel Gray, GSAS, for “The Assistant”
UNDERGRADUATE ESSAY AND CREATIVE NONFICTION
First Prize
• Dylan Jones, Physics, for “Long Live the Crownless King”
Second Prize
• Zachary Short, Philosophy, for “Fallen Silence”
Third Prize
• Zoe Westwater, Mechanical Engineering, for “#006”
GRADUATE ESSAY AND CREATIVE NONFICTION
First Prize
• Stephanie Jennings, Communication & Media, for “Abject Play”
Second Prize
• Robb Conrad Lauzon, Communication & Media, for “Debating Space”
Third Prize
• Lorelei Wagner, Communication & Media, for “Sound Bytes of Multimodal Composition”
UNDERGRADUATE ELECTRONIC MEDIA
First Prize
• Alex Zylka, DIS (Science andTechnology Studies), for “Light, suddenly in the dark”
Second Prize
• Rachel E. Mailhot, GSAS, for “An Awkward Conversation”
GRADUATE ELECTRONIC MEDIA
First Prize
• Angela Beallor, Electronic Arts, for “Eclipsed: Parts I & II (excerpt of a work in progress)”
Second Prize
• Dan Ng Wei hao, Electronic Arts, for “Body Language”
Third Prize
• Allison Bannister, Communication and Media, for “Ghost Room”
Undergraduate Essay and Creative Nonfiction
First Prize
Zachariah Spurrier, Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, for “Paper Cuts”
Second Prize (Tie)
Elizabeth Hwang, Industrial and Management Engineering, for “Morning Wind”
Jade Forman, Electrical Engineering, for “The Impossible Pedestal”
Third Prize (Tie)
Arslan Sheikh, Biochemistry/Biophysics, for “On Eid Morning”
Jenna Shulman, Chemical Engineering, for “The Modern Eugenics Wars: An International Debate of the Morality Behind Genetic Engineering”
Honorable Mention
Wailana Chan, Electrical Engineering, for “A Jar Called Hope”
Graduate Essay and Creative Nonfiction
First Prize
Lorelei Wagner, Communication and Media, for “Multisensory Rhetoric: Toward an Understanding of Embodied Meaning-making”
Second Prize
Can Mekik, Cognitive Science, for “Cognitive Science: A Terse Characterization”
Third Prize
Robb Conrad Lauzon, Communication and Media, for “War Photographs as Exemplars of Transcendent Identification”
Undergraduate Short Fiction and Drama
First Prize (Tie)
Talina Bastille, Biology, for “No Vacancy”
Claire Thomas, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences, for “Choose Your Own Adventure”
Second Prize (Tie)
Sarah Bertis, Architecture, for “Seeking”
Connor Giles, Chemical Engineering, for “Earth Seed”
Third Prize (Tie)
Cameron Kee, Biology, for “Maybe Goodbye”
Julia Fantacone, Computer Science, for “Echo Chamber”
Honorable Mentions
Sean Concannon, Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication, for “Tech Support”
Caitlyn Egan, Computer Science and Business Management, for “Man’s Best Friend”
James Hopkins, Game and Simulation Arts and Sciences, for “The Brazilian”
Graduate Short Fiction and Drama
First Prize
Ni Ni, Industrial and System Engineering, for “The Life of Her”
Undergraduate Electronic Media
No prizes were awarded in this category.
Graduate Electronic Media
First Prize
Diana Alvarez, Electronic Arts, for “Sonifying Nepantia”
Second Prize
Matt O’Hare, Electronic Arts, for “Hologram Dialogue (Skeletons)”
Third Prize
Kathleen McDermott, Arts, for “I Thought It Would Be Funny (An Epitaph, an Apology)”
Undergraduate Poetry
First Prize
Molly Kerwick, Physics, for “White ©”
Second Prize
Noah Tebben, Information Technology and Web Science and Business Management, for “Homefried”
Third Prize
Joerene Aviles, Biomedical Engineering, for “1 A.M. Ramblings”
Graduate Poetry
First Prize
Ainsley Pinkowitz, Materials Engineering, for “Investigating the Divergence of Science and Love”
Second Prize
Robb Conrad Lauzon, Communication and Media, for “Soulbot: Search for Contentment (Tracks 1 – 6)”
Third Prize
Nicole Mowder, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, for “Cumulonimbus”
Graduate Poetry:
$300 First Prize
Ainsley Pinkowitz
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Title: "It was easier to love before I met other humans"
No other prizes were given.
Undergraduate Poetry:
$300 First Prize
Zachariah Spurrier
Major: Physics
Title: "titles"
$175 Second Prize
Nicole Mowder
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Title: "We May Shatter"
$75 Third Prize—A Tie
Casey Fong
Major: Biochemistry-Biophysics
Title: "This In-Between, Two-Headed Thing"
Nicholas Boni
Major: Physics
Title: "Fixing a Hole"
Graduate Fiction/ Drama:
$300 First Prize
David Banks
Major: Science and Technology Studies
Title: “Platinum”
$175 Second Prize
David Carabis
Major: Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Title: “The Witching Game”
$75 Third Prize
Simon Ellis
Major: Computer Science
Title: “The Great Egg Race”
Undergraduate Fiction/ Drama:
$300 First Prize
Gabriella Rollo
Major: Biochemistry-Biophysics
Title: “Meeting the Parents”
$175 Second Prize
Claire Thomas
Major: Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences
Title: “A Fairy Tale”
$75 Third Prize—A Tie
Nicholas Boni
Major: Physics
Title: “We Used to do Cakes”
Christina Papini
Major: Biochemistry-Biophysics
Title: “Home-Style Breakfast”
Graduate Essay:
$300 First Prize
Candice Lanius
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: “Finding Rhetorical Agency in the Data Science Machine: Understanding Emerging Climate Change Arguments from Automated Data Modeling”
$175 Second Prize
J. Parkman Carter
Major: Architectural Sciences
Title: “Hearing vs. Listening”
$75 Third Prize
Robb Lauzon
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: “Ambience as Social Construction at a Troy Restaurant: The Ethnography of Material Rhetoric”
Undergraduate Essay:
$300 First Prize
Nicolaas Verbeek
Major: Computer Science
Title: “Style as Substance: Visual Elements in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou”
$175 Second Prize
Laura Antoniello
Major: Computer Science
Title: “Captain America”
$75 Third Prize
Rafael Ramos
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Title: “3D Bioprinting: A novel approach to tissue fabrication for implementation in vivo”
Graduate Electronic Media:
$300 First Prize
Stephanie Jennings
Communication and Media
Title: “Going Outside”
No other prizes were awarded in this category.
Undergraduate Electronic Media:
$300 First Prize
Nicholas Boni
Major: Physics
Title: “Fifteen Years Later”
$175 Second Prize
Demetrius Green
Major: Civil Engineering
Title: “Let the Rain Fall”
$75 Third Prize
Rajas Nagpurkar
Major: Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences
Title: “A Disorganized Collection of Writings”
Undergraduate Fiction/ Drama
$300 First Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama (Tie)
Doug Norton
Major: Computer Science
Title: "Wind and Snow”
Ryan Scaringe
Major: Business and Management
Title: (Screenplay) “Eden-Esta”
$175 Second Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Nolan Feola
Major: Biology
Title: “A Sequential Symphony”
$75 Third Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Brian Kaszuba
Major: Biology
Title: “Thank God Nutella is Sticky”
Honorable Mentions
Francesca Huber
Major: Computer Science
Title: “Hunger”
Gabriella Rollo
Major: Biochemistry/Biophysics
Title: “Home Again”
Sara Wartofsky
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Title: “House Gremlins”
Graduate Fiction/ Drama
$300 First Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Simon Ellis
Major: Computer Science
Title: “I Feel Like I Could Run Forever”
$175 Second Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Britney Summit-Gil
Major: Communication & Rhetoric
Title: “Tell her, Sue”
$75 Third Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Jacqueline Bowler
Major: Communication & Rhetoric
Title: “Tamaryn’s House”
Undergraduate Poetry
$300 First Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Madison Wyatt
Major: Physics
Title: (Collection) Shadows From Behind
$175 Second Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Deborah Winograd
Major: Biology
Title: (Collection) Showers and Sifting
$75 Third Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Conner Riel
Major: Computer Science
Title: (Collection) Various Poetic Works
Graduate Poetry
$300 First Prize Graduate Poetry
Ainsley Pinkowitz
Major: Materials Engineering
Title: (Collection) I Try Not to Spend Too Much Time on the Internet
$175 Second Prize Graduate Poetry
Jacqueline Bowler
Major: Communication & Rhetoric
Title: (Collection) A Collection of Poems
$75 Third Prize Graduate Poetry
Britney Summit-Gil
Major: Communication & Rhetoric
Title: (Collection) Selected Poetry
Undergraduate Essay
$300 First Prize Undergraduate Essay
Graham Ramsey
Major: Information Technology and Web Science
Title: “The Bamboozled American Effect”
$175 Second Prize Undergraduate Essay
Kathryn McGuire
Major: Computer Science
Title: “Window-Sized City”
$75 Third Prize Undergraduate Essay
Andrew Rainville
Major: Business and Management
Title: “A Great Oft-Forgotten”
Graduate Essay
$300 First Prize Graduate Essay
Robb Conrad Lauzon
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: “’Good Night, Planet Earth. Good Night, Humanity’: A Eulogy for a Lunar Rover”
$175 Second Prize Graduate Essay
Candice Lanius
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: “The Path of Least Resistance: An exploration of non-human agency in a workplace survey”
$75 Third Prize Graduate Essay
Simon Ellis
Major: Computer Science
Title: “What if Watson Got Board?: Using cognitive computing to play highly-complex tabletop games”
Undergraduate Electronic Media
$300 First Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Brendan Bequette
Major: Electrical Engineering
Title: “Rensselaer Autonomous Roving Vehicle”
$175 Second Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Eric Chin
Major: Architecture
Title: “Affinity”
$75 Third Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Abigail Agosto
Major: Nuclear Engineering
Title: Catcher in the Rye Trailer”
Graduate Electronic Media
$300 First Prize Graduate Electronic Media
Arun Ghandi
Major: Electrical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Title: “Perception”
$175 Second Prize Graduate Electronic Media
Stephanie Jennings
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: (vine game) “Inevitable”
$75 Third Prize Graduate Electronic Media
Simon Ellis
Major: Computer Science
Title: (game) “The Hall of the Fount of Artois”
Fiction/Drama
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Branson Gerst
Major: Chemical Engineering
Title: "In Service to Cannibals"
$175.00 Second Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Jony Rozon
Major: Physics and Applied Physics
Title: "Nick Gogan’s Bed"
$75.00 Third Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
David Gardiner
Major: Mechanical Engineering; Electrical; and Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Mechanical Engineering
Title: "The Black Waitress"
Graduate
$300.00 First Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Simon Ellis
Major: Computer Science
Title: "The Legends We Make Ourselves"
$175.00 Second Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Anthony Maiorana
Major: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Title: “Bitter Summer"
$75.00 Third Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Marco Fernando Navarro
Major: Communication and Media
Title: "The Neck of Jesus"
Poetry
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Jonah Duch
Major: Materials Engineering
Title: Poems: 2013 – 2014 (collection)
$175.00 Second Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Mary Dalton
Major: Electrical Engineering
Title: Broken Dolls (collection)
$75.00 Co-Third Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Bridget Cohen
Major: Information Technology and Web Science
Title: Orange Pop (collection)
$75.00 Co-Third Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Brandon Win
Major: Psychology and Biology
Title: Friday Night (collection)
Graduate
$300.00 First Prize Graduate Poetry
Jedediyah Williams
Major: Computer Science
Title: "Cindy" (within the collection An Outside Joke)
$175.00 Second Prize Graduate Poetry
Adam Daskalakis
Major: Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Title: "An Ode to Melancholy Manifesto”
* No Third Prize was awarded
Essay
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Essay
Nico Rappoli
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Title: "Jaws—A Horror Film Adaptation"
$175.00 Co-Second Prize Undergraduate Essay
Elizabeth Anderson
Major: Sustainability Studies
Title: "The Legacy of Ian McHarg: GIS and Urban Planning"
$175.00 Co-Second Prize Undergraduate Essay
Kihwan Kim
Major: Electrical Engineering and Electrical Computer and System Engineering
Title: "February 12th of 2011"
$75.00 Third Prize Undergraduate Essay
Christina Bush
Major: Biology
Title: "Who Saved Whom?"
Graduate
$300.00 First Prize Graduate Essay
Jason Coley
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: "Critical Discourse Analysis of the NRA’s Response to Sandy Hook"
$175.00 Second Prize Graduate Essay
Ben Schneiderman
Major: Architecture
Title: "Choice of Nightmares: Psychoanalysis Meets Conrad and Kafka"
$75.00 Third Prize Graduate Essay
Elizabeth Anderson
Major: Sustainability Studies
Title: "The Legacy of Ian McHarg: GIS and Urban Planning"
Electronic Media Arts and Communication
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Frank Appio
Major: Electronic Media Arts and Communicaiton
Title: "No Symbols for Cymbals”
$175.00 Second Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Nathan Fullerton
Major: Electronic Media Arts and Communication
Title: "Feedback"
$75.00 Third Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Chan Wei Sheng Jonathan (Jonathan Chan)
Major: Communication
Title: “The Half and Half Man”
Graduate
No prizes awarded in Graduate Electronic Media
Fiction/Drama
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Briana Lydon
Major: Biochemistry/ Biophysics
Title: "Please Leave a Message"
$175.00 Second Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Katherine Mezic
Major: Chemistry
Title: "October Chills"
$75.00 Third Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Reilly Cooper
Major: Biology
Title: "Saving Harrison"
Graduate
$300.00 First Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Simon Ellis
Major: Computer Science
Title: "A Night in the Life"
$175.00 Second Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Marco Fernando Navarro
Major: Commmunication and Rhetoric
Title: "Swimming in Snow"
$75.00 Third Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
James Knoll
Major: Civil Engineering
Title: "The Invasion"
Poetry
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Hadiyah Audil
Major: Biology
Title: "The Sunrise Ruby" (collection of 3 poems)
$175.00 Co-Second Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Gregory Hock
Major: Materials Engineering
Title: "The Story Everyone Knows" (collection of 5 poems)
$175.00 Co-Second Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Amanda Levine
Major: Chemical Engineering
Title: "What Lester Said" (collection of 6 poems)
$75.00 Third Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Ainsley Pinkowitz
Major: Materials Engineering
Title: "Can You Describe What He Was Wearing?"
Graduate
$300.00 First Prize Graduate Poetry
Jonah Duch
Major: Materials Engineering
Title: "Recent Poems" (collection of 6 poems)
$175.00 Second Prize Graduate Poetry
Michael Rancourt
Major: Commmunication and Rhetoric
Title: "a treasure of ruin" (collection of 6 poems)
$75.00 Co-Third Prize Graduate Poetry
Lisa Litterio
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: "Privileged Women of Troy" (collection of 3 poems)
$75.00 Co-Third Prize Graduate Poetry
Simon Ellis
Major: Computer Science
Title: A collection of nine poems
Essay
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Essay
Gibran Esquenazi
Major: Materials Engineering
Title: "Redefining Strength"
$175.00 Co-Second Prize Undergraduate Essay
Ainsley Pinkowitz
Major: Materials Engineering
Title: "Nipple"
$175.00 Co-Second Prize Undergraduate Essay
Evan Mistur
Major: Philosophy
Title: "The Man Who Hated Women: Analyzing the 'Natural outlawry of womankind' in The Man Who Loved Children"
$75.00 Third Prize Undergraduate Essay
Anna Hughes
Major: Physics
Title: "Nietsche's Feminine Ideal in Beyond Good and Evil and at RPI"
Graduate
$300.00 First Prize Graduate Essay
Michael Rancourt
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: "Addressing the Gender Divide: Critical Discourse Analysis of Call of Duty: Black Ops on XBOX Live"
$175.00 Second Prize Graduate Essay
Jason Coley
Major: Communication and Rhetoric
Title: "Taking the Beachhead: Memory Maintenance at Arlington West"
No Third Prize Awarded in Graduate Essay
Electronic and Other Mixed Media Using Language
Undergraduate
$300.00 First Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Nathan Fullerton
Major: Electronic Media Arts and Communication
Title: "Frenemies"
$175.00 Second Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Yiwei Zhou
Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Title: "Global Warming or Global Governance?"
No Third Prize awarded in Undergraduate Electronic Media
Graduate
No prizes awarded in Graduate Electronic Media
Acknowledgements
- Vollmer W. Fries Lecture Series
- Mary A. Earl McKinney Endowment
- Rensselaer Union
- The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- The Department of Communication and Media
- Friends of Folsom Library
- The New York State Writers Institute