2023 Winners

First Place: "Restorative Justice for Abused Juvenile Offenders" by Rex Chapman-Shadik 

Second Place: "Three Figures: An Analysis of Neuromancer, the Body, and Cyberspace" by Blake Williams 

Third Place: "Speculative Biology in Popular Culture and Educating a New Generation" by Ava McCall 

Student Choice Award: "How Does the Past Affect the Present?" by Matthew Billings 

First Place: "growing up" by Upasana Shrestha 

Second Place: "In the End" by Mara Foutz 

Third Place: "Violence" by Blake Williams 

Honorable Mention & Student Choice Award: "Mirror" by Andrea Davenport 

First Place: “The War on Dorothy Wilson” by Isabel Newcom 

Second Place & Student Choice Award: "Lasagna" by Alex Fosnaugh 

Third Place: "T-15 Crashes: A Disastrous History of Aviation Safety" by Blake Williams 

Honorable Mention: "Fighting Secession from Little Steuben" by Lauren Banks 

First Place: "The Prophet of Lindsay Middle" by Muriel Mackie 

Second Place: "Wolf Birds" by Darren Lloyd 

Third Place & Student Choice Award: "The Great Traveler" by Travis Mersing