2007 First Year Writing Awards
- Oxford Copy Shop Award for the best reflective essay:
Abigail M. Perkins, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” - Miami Co-op: two prizes for explanatory or persuasive essays:
Trevor Shunk, “Jamaica, A Nation in Turmoil: A Response to Life and Debt”
Lindsay O’Connor, “Heidely-ho, neighborinos!”–Ned Flanders, The Simpsons - DuBois Bookstore Award for literary or film analysis:
Austin R. Fast, “I Feel Pretty…Marginalized” - Miami University Bookstore Award for literary/film analysis:
Michael Ferguson, “The Mystery behind Sappho” - Bedford/St. Martin’s Award for digital composition:
“Miami Hockey,” an Audio Essay by Lindsay Buffington, Rodger Davis, and Charlie Meier - International Student Writing Awards:
First place: Kyu Hak Kim, “Neither Japanese Nor Korean”
Second place: Yunfei Jiang, “Can Miami Students Adapt to Life in China?”
Third place: Zheng Ji, “Family Stories”