Sweetland and the English Department Writing Program offer prizes for student writers in LSA. Sweetland’s prizes include: the Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing, and the Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing. These prizes are awarded annually in the winter term, and winning entries are published digitally to showcase excellence in writing across the College. Instructors nominate student writing for each of the prizes. Learn more about nominating a student.
2026 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Ruby McKillips, "Arthro-Pod(cast)"
Written for WRITING 160, Instructor: Cat Cassel
Ruotong (Riesle) Zhao, "The Cultural Interaction between Refined Cuisine and Aesthetic Space in the Jiangnan Region from the Mid-Qing to the Republican Era: An Archival Study of Suzhou Gardens, Huizhou Architecture, and Regional Cuisines"
Written for COMPLIT 122, Instructor: Srimati Ghosal
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
María García-Murguía, "Violence and its environmental impact: the nexus between organized crime and environmental degradation in Michoacan through the lens of avocados, limes, and monarch butterflies"
Written for AAS 322/ENVIRON 335, Instructor: Wenliang Han
Scott Gilbert, "Nouns that Appear to Modify Nouns"
Written for LING 315, Instructor: Doug Merchant
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Natural Sciences)
Sonia Schmidt, "Washoe, Koko, Kanzi: Who Wins?"
Written for ANTHRBIO 368, Instructor: Annie Santamaria
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Mecca Durhal, "Artist Statement"
Written for WRITING 400, Instructor: Angie Berkley
Darrin Zhou, "The New Wave"
Written for ENG 425, Instructor: Jeremiah Chamberlin
2010-2024 Writing Prize Winners
2025 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Feinberg Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Narrative Composition Winner
Corina Jing, "The Red Envelope"
Written for English 124: Academic Writing and Literature, Instructor: Madeline Hennessey
Analytic Composition Winner
Luca Pedroni, "Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa"
Written for English 125: Writing and Academic Inquiry, Instructor: Madeline Hennessey
Research-Based Composition Winner
Maximilian Thompson, "Childhood as a Concept: Shifting, Fluctuating, Evolving"
Written for English 125: Writing and Academic Inquiry, Instructor: Ryan McCarty
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Julia Kwan, "Were Cinderella's Slippers Glass or Gold?"
Written for COMPLIT 122, Instructor: Uluc Berkay
Xavier Prokurat, "Queer Lexicons: A Study of Gay Argots and Their Impact on Global Communities,"
Written for WRITING 160: Multilingual Writing, Instructor: Allie Piippo
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Bhaavna Yalavarthi, "The National School Lunch Program: An Analysis and Recommendations for Improvement"
Written for PUBHLTH 323: Food Security in the U.S., Instructor: Jennifer Garner
Lucy Petee, "Ask Moira Lee"
Written for COGSCI 302: Moral Psychology, Instructor: Mara Bollard
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Natural Sciences)
Lin Yang, "Do Chimpanzee Have an Economy?"
Written for ANTHRBIO 368/PSYCH 338: Intro to Primate Behavior, Instructor: Stacy Rosenbaum
Michelle Huang, "Death Through a Maternal Lens: The Effects of Social Bonds, Repercussions, and Benefits on Non-Human Primate Responses to Conspecific Death"
Written for ANTHRBIO 368/PSYCH 338: Intro to Primate Behavior, Instructor: Stacy Rosenbaum
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Anonymous, "Us—Remember"
Written for ENG 425: Advanced Essay Writing - The Lyric Essay - Acts of Strangeness, Instructor: David Ward
Idris Young, "H...Held in the Possible"
Written for ARTDES 399: Writing in Art and Design, Instructor: Jennifer Metsker
2024 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Feinberg Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Analytic Argument
Amatullah Hakim, “Persuasive Rhetoric in “Ebonics, King, and Oakland””
Written for ENG 125, Instructor: Mariya Zilberman
Narrative Argument
Neel Marathe, “Mother’s Tongue Mutilated”
Written for ENG 125, Instructor: Olivia Cheng
Research-based Argument
Adrian Ngan, “Religion in Public Education: Teaching for a Change”
Written for ENG 125, Instructor: Jonathan Holland
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Gabrielle Marsh, “Thailand and Tribulations”
Written for WRITING 160, Instructor: Allie Piippo
Ashley Wang, “I Keep Writing about Fish”
Written for LSWA 125, Instructor: Chris Crowder
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Anneliese Jackson, “Redefining Global E-Waste Management: How Can We Learn from Agbogbloshie?”
Written for AAS322/ENVIRON 335, Instructor: Omolade Adunbi and Ashley Jankowski
Nicholas Martens, “Plugging the [Brain] Drain”
Written for ECON 495, Instructor: Ana Reynoso
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Olivia Murphy, “Tepfirah Rushdan: an Unprecedented Appointment Gives Urban Agriculture in Detroit New Hope”
Written for ENVIRON 320, Instructor: Julie Halpert
Preston Parana, “Succinate Dehydrogenase: The Stylistic Interconnection of Aerobic Metabolism”
Written for CHEM 353, Instructor: Angeliz Soto Acevedo
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Hadley Fischer, “Graveyard”
Written for ENG 325, Instructor: John Buckley
Sophie Wolf, “Refusing Echo”
Written for ENG 425, Instructor: Kelly Hoffer
2023 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Feinberg Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Analytic Essay
Olivia Morreale, “‘Your Education is Your Power’: A Comparative Analysis of the Regulation of Information in The Handmaid’s Tale and Where the Crawdads Sing.”
Written for ENG 124, Instructor: Ani Bezirdzhyan
Narrative Essay
Ayah Chahine, “Beyond Eden.”
Written for ENG 125, Instructor: Ariel Kaplowitz Hahn
Research-based Essay
Alex Freiburger, “Fortune may not favor the brave: The dangerous combination of online gambling and cryptocurrency.”
Written for ENG 125, Instructor: Jon Holland
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Madeline Rea, "Podcast: Radio Waves vs Buggy Brains"
Written for WRITING 160, Instructor: Cat Cassel
Sara Wong, "Little Shop of Horrors and the Consequence of Choice"
Written for COMPLIT 141, Instructor: Aram Mrjoian
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Maia Muzumdar, "Moral Anger and Compassion"
Written for COGSCI 302, Instructor: Mara Bollard
Julia Reinach, “'Cops in School' - School Resource Officers and Perceptions of Fairness in the Criminal Justice System"
Written for SOC 310, Instructor: Fadilat Olasupo
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Ali Attar, "M2 Protein: The Henchman of Influenza A"
Written for CHEM 353, Instructor: Daisy Haas
Kathryn Hunter, "Land Rights on Mauna Kea"
Written for ASTRO 429, Instructor: Michael Meyer
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Abraham Zelchenko, "Parts Unknown: Sekandar and Secrecy in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh"
Written for MIDEAST 434, Instructor: Cameron Cross
Jayde Emery, "The Only White Man in the Room"
Written for AAS 393, Instructor: Scott Poulson-Bryant
2022 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Georgie Correa, Hating Being a Girl
Nominated by Ali Shapiro, ARTDES 129
Dane Wilson Page, Captive Audiences: The Effects of Performance on the Institutionalized
Nominated by Mari Stanev, CL 141 Great Performances
Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Muhammad Arif Bin Mohamad Ghazaly, Wristwatch in Modern Society: how this timepiece travel back through time, masking a problem of inequality
Nominated by Scott Beal, WRITING 120
An Hoang Nguyen, The Visits
Nominated by Scott Beal, WRITING 120
Excellence in the Practice of Writing
Colin Hunter, Remediation Project
Nominated by Allie Piippo, WRITING 100
Ngoc Nguyen, More Than Words Instagram Challenge
Nominated by Raymond McDaniel, WRITING 100
2022 First-Year Writing Prizebook (.pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Grey Weinstein, Thesis Proposal: Abolition, Mutual Aid, and the Policing of Transgender Communities
Nominated by Nancy Burns and Erin Cikanek, POLSCI 381
Ethan VanValkenburg, Maintaining Peace and Biodiversity in Colombia
Nominated by Omolade Adunbi, AAS 322/ENVIRON 355: Introduction to Environmental Politics: Race, Class and Gender
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Josephine Schmidt, The Grandmother Hypothesis
Nominated by Stacy Rosenbaum, ANTHRBIO 368
Ella Olesen, Growing Plants with Pee: It Works
Nominated by Emilia Askari, ENVIRON 320
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Anastasia Warner, Progress in Explainable AI for Deep Neural Nets
Nominated by Jimmy Brancho, WRITING 400: Writing and Research in the Sciences
Gabriel Consiglio, The Taste of Words Once Forgotten: Multi-Hyphenate Mediterraneanism and the Universal Language of the Kitchen
Nominated by Jennifer Metsker, ARTDES 399: Writing in Art and Design
2022 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (.pdf)
2021 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
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
2021 First-Year Writing Prizebook (.pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Angela Little, Research Proposal: Reevaluating the Economic Imperative to Learn
Nominated by Nancy Burns and GSI Ben Goehring, 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 (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 (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
2021 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (.pdf)
2020 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Grace Brown, An Open Letter to Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League: Concerning Your Editorial on the Equality Act
Nominated by Genta Nishku, COMPLIT 122
Jackson Mott, Life Sucks, And Then You Die
Nominated by Cat Cassel, LSWA 125
Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Hao Chen, Reasons for Digital Piracy Behavior and Strategies to Stop It
Nominated by Allison Piippo, WRITING 120
Kyungrae Lee, Do Not Take Anything Slightly
Nominated by Scott Beal, WRITING 120
Excellence in the Practice of Writing
Alyssa Huang, Huángruìxīn
Nominated by Gina Brandolino, WRITING 100
Dallas Witbeck, I am a Twig in a Nature of Drawing: The Story of Finding my Major
Nominated by Hannah Webster, WRITING 100
2020 First-Year Writing Prizebook (.pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Max Steinbaum, D.C. Dog Fight: Principle and Pragmatism of the Bush-era Supreme Court
Nominated by Jacob Walden, POLSCI 319: Politics of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Maryellen Zbrozek, The Plastic Problem: What are Scientists doing to Reduce their Environmental Footprint?
Nominated by Julie Halpert, ENVIRON 320: Environmental Journalism - Reporting about Science, Policy and Public Health
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Alice Sorel, Cerebral Organoids: Promising New Window into Neurodevelopment
Nominated by Jimmy Brancho, WRITING 400: Writing and Research in the Sciences
Franco Tavella, Gene editing for the 21st century: CRISPR/Cas9 and Prime Editing
Nominated by Qiong Yang, BIOPHYS 450/550: Intro to Biophysics Laboratory
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Jinan Abufarha, عنوان
Nominated by Christine Modey, WRITING 300: Seminar in Peer Writing Consultation
Davis Boos, A Second Exile: Mario Benedetti’s Absence in English
Nominated by Marlon James Sales, COMPLIT 322: Translated Wor(l)ds
2020 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (.pdf)
2019 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Kate Glad, Chuck Too Close
nominated by Duygu Ergun, CL122
Aditya Ravi, Lunchtime Epiphanies
nominated by Genta Nishku, CL122
Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Xuanwen Huang, Toyota Camry in China and the US: Same Name, Different Cars
nominated by Scott Beal, WRITING 120
Zhiyao Zhang, How Consuming Transgenic Food Would Affect Human Immune Systems?
nominated by Shuwen Li, WRITING 120
Excellence in the Practice of Writing
Michelle Karls, How to Succeed in Writing 100 Without Really Trying (Disclaimer: You Should Actually Try)
nominated by Stephanie Moody, WRITING 100
Anonymous, Who I Am and Who I Want to Be Cannot Connect
nominated by Gina Brandolino, WRITING 100
2019 First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Samantha Goldstein, Best Strategies to Increase Public Support for a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
nominated by Aloka Narayanan, PolSci 381
Henry Schnaidt, Colonialism and Environmental Discrimination in the Asia-Pacific: The US military in Guam and Okinawa
nominated by Omolade Adunbi, AAS322/Environ 335
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Tim Arvan, Climate Change Exacerbates Invasive Species Pressures on Michigan Prairies
nominated by Abby Potts, EEB372
Elizabeth Stanley, Current research on exoplanets and the search for habitable worlds
nominated by Jimmy Brancho, Writing 400
Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Verity Sturm, Tinker, Tailor, Author, Masochist: The Ishiguro Novel as a Field Experiment in Pain
nominated by Andrea Zemgulys, English 398
Kelly Wester, Bitchin' About the Kitchen: An Intersectional Review of Gender, Race, and Class in the Restaurant Industry
nominated by Supriya Nair, English 407
2019 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (pdf)
2018 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley/Granader Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Wisteria Deng, Six Reasons
nominated by Leslie Stainton, RC 100
Zofia Ferki, As Time Ticks By
nominated by Leslie Stainton, RC 100
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Pok Yu Chan, Snickers Got You Snickering
nominated by Scott Beal, WRITING 120
Dorcas Li, Hey, where are you?
nominated by Scott Beal, WRITING 120
Granader Family Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Rita Hathaway, The Spectrum Center: Enriching the Campus Experience
nominated by Simone Sessolo, WRITING 100
Ying-Hsuan Wu, Past/Future of My Home
nominated by Jimmy Brancho, WRITING 100
2018 First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Jessica Baer, Modern Sports as Pre-Modern in Media
nominated by Emma Waitzman (GSI) Andrei Markovits (Faculty), PolSci 368
Kyra Lyngklip, Polarization and Lobbying Influence of the Dodd-Frank Act
nominated by Eitan Paul (GSI) Nancy Burns (Faculty), PolSci 381
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Evan Hoopingarner, Unreliable inhaler access plagues Detroit's asthmatics
nominated by Emilia Askari, Environ 320
Deirdre McGovern, What We Learn from the Mouse
nominated by Andrew Bernard, Anthrbio 368
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Mateusz Borowiecki, Human Agency and Control in the Shadow of Enlightenment
nominated by Scott Spector, German 401
Caitlyn Zawideh, Mother of Exiles
nominated by Molly Beer, ENG 325
2018 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (pdf)
2017 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley/Granader Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Serena Scholz, The Helsinki Waste Closet Incident
nominated by Louis Cicciarelli, LHSP 125
Bailey Stein, Coins
nominated by Carol Tell, LHSP 125
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Xiaowei Ou, The Molecular Connection between Chemistry and Learning Astronomy
nominated by Shuwen Li, Writing 120
Fengyi Tong, Comparative Analysis of Two Print Advertisements
nominated by Scott Beal, Writing 120
Granader Family Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Stephanie Bloom, https://stephaniebloomwriting1002016.wordpress.com/
nominated by Gina Brandolino, Writing 100
Miles Honey, https://mileshoney.wordpress.com/
nominated by Julie Babcock, Writing 100
2017 First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Meredith Fox, Would You Know It If You Saw It?: Gender Differences in College Students' Ability to Identify Sexual Assault
nominated by Kimberly Hess, Sociology 310
Michael Gawlik, Chapter 1: The Characters
nominated by John Carson, History 499
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Natalie Andrasko, Refugees struggle rejoining medical field after resettlement
nominated by Emilia Askari, Environ 320
Hadley Tuthill, Uncovering Food Insecurity Among College Students, a Tricky Population
nominated by Julie Halpert, Environ 320
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Courtney Cook, 10 Months In Europe
nominated by Jaimien Delp, English 325: Art of the Essay
Claire Wood, On Nights Like These
nominated by John Rubadeau, English 425: Advanced Essay Writing
2017 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (pdf)
2016 Writing Prize Winners
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley/Granader Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Thomas Aiello, Challenging Media Representations of the Global Refugee Crisis
nominated by Robyn D'Avignon, History 195
Caroline Rothrock, Walking into Eternity along Sandymount Strand: Regarding the Importance of Walking in the Works of James Joyce
nominated by Karein Goertz, RC 100
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Hyunju Lee, What Can You Do on Your Own?
nominated by Scott Beal, Writing 120
Ran Ming, Females in STEM Need a Stronger Voice
nominated by Jing Xia, Writing 120
Granader Family Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Jaelyn Jennings, https://jaejenn.wordpress.com/
nominated by Gina Brandolino, Writing 100
Alexis Low, https://alexisclow.wordpress.com/
nominated by Julie Babcock, Writing 100
2016 First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Sonia Tagari, Drought in California as a Continuation of High Modernism,Utilitarianism and Social Inequality
nominated by Omolade Adunbi, AAS322/Environ 335
Nicole Vozar, A Comparison of Elite Egyptian and Roman Tombs
nominated by Robin Beck (Travis Williams GSI), ANTHRARC 386
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Ryan Levy, A Survey of Radioactivity Experiments
nominated by Hui Deng, Physics 441
Alexandra Peirce, How Universities are Trying to Prevent LGBTQ Sexual Assault
nominated by Julie Halpert, Environ 320
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Bethany Canning, Dying in America
nominated by Paul Barron, Writing 420
Wake Coulter, Freeway in the Garden
nominated by Jennifer Metsker, ARTDES 399
2016 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (pdf)
2015 Prizes
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley/Granader Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Anna Silver, The Force of Violence; The Power of Forgiveness
nominated by Carrie Wood, Great Books 191
Ardie Kamran, Keep Walking, Just Don’t Cry!
nominated by Scott Beal, LHSP 125
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Xiaoman Gan, Socializing is Not an Easy Thing
nominated by Scott Beal, Writing 120
Ziyan Yang, The Power of Attitude in Comparative Advertising
nominated by Lori Randall, Writing 120
Granader Family Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Akemi Tsutsumi, Akemi Tsutsumi’s E-Portfolio
nominated by Gina Brandolino, Writing 100
Kate Vogel, Kate’s Collection
nominated by Jennifer Metsker, Writing 100
2015 First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Anna Clinger, Tracking Seasonal Evolution of Subglacial Transport System at the Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska, USA
nominated Sarah Aciego, Earth 442: Earth Surface Processes and Soils
Katherine Dougan, Effect of variable reproductive output and connectivity on populations of a host fish and its bacterial symbiont, with implications for future climate change
nominated by Ingrid Hendy, Earth 333: The Inexhaustible Seas? Marine Resources
and Environmental Issues
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Grace Judge, Detroit Bankruptcy and Redistribution
nominated by Mika LaVaque-Manty, PolSci 381: Political Science Research Design
Erica Mirabitur, Sense and Sensitivity: Theories and Empirics of Inflation Aversion at the Populace Level
nominated by Robert Franzese, PolSci 343: Comparative Political Economy of
Developed Democracies
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Katherine Koziara, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address
nominated by Shelley Manis, Writing 420: Minor in Writing Capstone
Teresa Mathew, Pulling Off Desire
nominated by John Rubadeau, English 425: The Art of the Essay
2015 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (pdf)
2014 Prizes
First-Year Writing Prizes
Granader Family Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Christopher J. Zysnarski, Writer's Home
Writing 100 (nominated by Liliana Naydan)
Neila Fraiha, neila100
Writing 100 (nominated by Liliana Naydan)
Matt Kelley/Granader Family Prize for Excellence in First Year Writing
Sin Ye Hwang, The Struggle of a Lonely Banana
Comparative Literature 122 (nominated by Hilary Levinson)
Callie Chappell, Oedipus Tyrannus on Causality, Determinism, and Identity
Great Books 191 (nominated by Matthew Cohn)
2014 First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (humanities)
Rebecca Bonner, Women, Family Policy, and Consumption in Cold War Germany
History 496, Germany in the Cold War Era (nominated by Rita Chin)
James Nadel, Camel Songs: A Comparison of the Tuareg and the Bedouin
History 496, Nomads: the Nomadic Factor in History (nominated by Ellen Poteet)
Granader Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (social sciences)
Maximillian Huppertz, A Fair System of Education
ECON/PHIL 408 (nominated by Frank Thompson)
Sarah N. Cunningham, Record Keeping in Ancient Civilizations
Anthrarc 386, Archaeology of Early Civilizations (nominated by Carla Sinopoli)
Granader Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (sciences)
Alexandra R. Berns, Increasing Crop Growth: The Effect of Compost on the Growth of Ryegrass, Lolium perenne
EEB372, General Ecology Lab (nominated Lynn Carpenter)
Nicholas Kern, A New Class of Supergiant Stars?
Astro 429 (nominated by Sally Oey)
2014 Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (pdf)
2013 Prizes
First-Year Writing Prizes
Sweetland Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Trishanya Raju, trishanya.wordpress.com
Writing 100 (nominated by Paul Barron)
Grace Yan Sun, gracesunwriting100.wordpress.com
Writing 100 (nominated by Simone Sessolo)
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Yardain Amron, When the Silence Settles
LHSP 125 (nominated by Tim Hedges)
Amelia Brown, Ink
LHSP 125 (nominated by Tim Hedges)
2013 First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (sciences)
Molly Blakowski, Wind-driven dust transport in the Transantarctic Mountains and Antarctic Dry Valleys
Earth 442 (nominated by Sarah Aciego)
Carrie Glauner, Identifying Channel Migration Directionality in the agricultural, low relief setting on the River Raisin
Earth 442 (nominated by Sarah Aciego)
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (social sciences)
Hayley Sakwa, Fresh Food Financing Initiative: A Replicable Practice in Detroit?
PolSci 411 (nominated by Joel Clark)
William Benjamin Rogers, Mines, Migration and the Confluence of Disease: The Story of South Africa
AAS 495 (nominated by Adam Ashforth)
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (humanities)
Rachel Kalayjian, To Find a Voice
Writing 300 (nominated by Lila Naydan)
Sam Walker, Ezra Pound, Aura, and the Memory of Time-Past
English 340 (nominated by John Whittier-Ferguson)
2013 Upper-Level Writing Prize Book (pdf)
2012 Prizes
First-Year Writing Prizes
Sweetland Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Jiatu Liu, Untitled
Writing 100 (nominated by Gina Brandolino)
Clarissa Ortiz, Untitiled
Writing 100 (nominated by Gina Brandolino)
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Sarah Leddon, The Public Woman's Guide to Getting By
HIST 195 (nominated by Sara Lampert)
Margaret Scholten, Fate and Transition
GTBooks 191 (nominated by Sayan Bhattacharyya)
2012 First-Year Writing Prize Book (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (sciences)
Nell Gable, News Feature
Environ 320 (nominated by Emilia Askari)
Naomi Lewandowski, Human Impacts on Ecosystems: Comparing the Removal of the Gray Wolf (Canis Lupus) to the Introduction of Invasive Water Hyacinths (Eichornia Crassipes)
Earth 431 (nominated by Selena Smith)
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (social sciences)
Christian Keil,, Newcomb's Problem and Expected Utility
Econ/Phil 408 (nominated by Frank Thompson)
Seth Soderborg, The Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Payments on Voter Support for the Partido dos Trabalhadores
PolSci 381 (nominated by Rob Salmond)
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (humanities)
Aaron Bekemeyer, Bringing the Revolution Home or Fulfilling the Law?
Hist 399 (nominated by John Carson)
Ryan Pavel, The Gun
English 325 (nominated by Alex Ralph)
2012 Upper-Level Writing Prize Book (pdf)
2011 Prizes
First-Year Writing Prizes
Sweetland Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Vivien Dregely, My (Literary and College) Journey
SWC 100 (nominated by Matt Kelley)
Kathy Pham, Choreography of Words
SWC 100 (nominated by Delia Decourcy)
Matt Kelley Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Elizabeth Allison, American Pride and Prejudice: Yasuhiro Ishimoto in The Family of Man
LHSP 125 (nominated by Matt Kelley)
Olivia Postelli, Moon Walk (1969)
RCCore 100 (nominated by Virginia Murphy)
2011 First-Year Writing Prize Book (pdf)
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (sciences)
Anna Cacciaglia, An Odd Kind of Sympathy
English 325 (nominated by Sara Talpos)
Aimee Vester, Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease
MCDB 397 (nominated by Laura Olsen)
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (social sciences)
Anton Camaj, Eileen Divringi, Jake Gatof, Nicole Johnson, Ji Won Moon, and Azure Nowara, Oh SNAP! The Real Cost of Cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
POLSCI 381 (nominated by Mika LaVaque-Manty)
Jennifer Sun, English Proficiency and Spousal Support are Associated with Higher Self-rated Health in a National Sample of Asian American Immigrants
PSYCH 391 (nominated by Perry Silverschanz)
Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (humanities)
Deanna Willis, A Break from Conventionality
SWC 300 (nominated by Matt Kelley)
Carly Friedman, Miss Ann Philips: Via Air Mail
English 325 (nominated by Aric Knuth)
2011 Upper-Level Writing Prize Book (pdf)
2010 Prizes
Excellence in First-Year Writing
Kathleen Telfer, Culture Clash: Aristotle and Visual Modernism and Postmodernism
Great Books 191 (nominated by Catalina Pereda)
Alexandra Park, Forgetting to Remember, Remembering to Forget: An Analysis of Hyperthymesia and Anterograde Amnesia in "Funes, His Memory" and "Memento"
Comp Lit 122 (nominated by Basak Candar)
From EDWP, representing papers from English 124, the work of Michael Flood (nominated by Julie Babcock), Erin Piell (nominated by Sara Schaff) and Chong Guo (also nominated by Sara Schaff).
Sweetland Prize for Outstanding Portfolio
Thomas Yeh (nominated by Christine Modey)
Alex Liberman (nominated by Jennifer Metsker)
