Sweetland and the English Department Writing Program offer prizes for student writers in LSA. Sweetland’s prizes include: the Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio, the Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing, and the Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing. Instructors nominate student writing for each of the prizes. These prizes are awarded annually in the winter term.
First-Year Writing Prizes
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Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Sharon Kwan, “Cardcaptor Sakura’s Life-Changing Guidance”
Nominated by Ali Shapiro, ARTDES 129: Matters of Taste
Audrey Tieman, “Ratatouille the TikTok Musical”
Nominated by Elisabeth Fertig, COMPLIT 141: Great Performances
Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Chaewon Kim, “Liberty Renewed—Not Just Artistically”
Nominated by Scott Beal, WRITING 120
Yuyang Rao, “Is the development of hydroelectric power in accordance with the principles of sustainable development?”
Nominated by Shuwen Li, WRITING 120
Excellence in the Practice of Writing
Genta Gollopeni, “Remix to the Letter to Your Younger Self”
Nominated by Simone Sessolo, WRITING 100
William McGraw, “Gene Therapy: What You Need to Know”
Nominated by Jimmy Brancho, WRITING 100
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
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Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Puneet Dhatt, “A Review of Titin: The Titans of Human Muscle”
Nominated by Nicholas Garza, CHEM 353: Introduction to Biochemical Research Techniques and Scientific Writing
Kateryna Karpoff, “TGF-β1: Unraveling the Applications of a Versatile Cytokine”
Nominated by Nicholas Garza, CHEM 353: Introduction to Biochemical Research Techniques and Scientific Writing
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Angelina Little, “Research Proposal: Reevaluating the Economic Imperative to Learn”
Nominated by Nancy Burns and Ben Goehring (GSI), POLSCI 381: Political Science Research Design
Sahil Tolia, “The Social Brain Hypothesis: An Evolutionary Explanation for Our Big Brains”
Nominated by Andrew Bernard, ANTHRBIO 368: Primate Social Behavior
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Leah Marks, “A Review of PLA’s Sustainability as the Future of Bioplastics”
Nominated by Jimmy Brancho, WRITING 400: Advanced Rhetoric and Research, Writing and Research in the Sciences
Julia Van Goor, “A Handful of Walnuts”
Nominated by Jamien Delp, ENG 325: Art of the Essay