Human Rights and Social Justice Writing Contest, October 2007 |
We are pleased to announce the winners of the October 2007 Writing Contest on Human Rights and Social Justice. Using the links below, you can view the winning entries and all other submissions in each of the eight categories.
We offer our thanks to the following faculty and staff who, as contest judges, performed the difficult task of selecting the winning entries from among the many outstanding submissions we received: Gerardo Brown-Manrique, Richard Campbell, Mark Christian, Steven DeLue, Charles Ganelin, Jane Goettsch, Cheryl Heckler, Valerie Hodge, Kelli Johnson, David Keitges, Theresa Kulbaga, Nicholas Longo, Sarah McNitt, Peter Magolda, Kimberly Medley, Patricia G. Newberry, Susan Paulson, Lisa Santucci, and Monica Ways.
The contest was sponsored by the Center for American and World Cultures, Office of International Education, and Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence. Each winner received a $100 gift certificate to the Miami University Bookstore at an Awards Luncheon on January 28 (photos).
Creative Writing
| Jennifer Ciancio | FREE TRADE: Eating, Wearing and Kicking the Developing World |
| Nathaniel Houser | ...I am still a slave... |
| Paul Morrow | Normalization Mechanics: Introduction with Brief Excursus |
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Electronic Media
| Siri Hoogen | Beyond Abortion: Reproductive Rights Resources for the Feminist Activist |
| William Tardio | Unified or UNIFAT |
| Kyle Wright | The Aral Sea Crisis: White Gold and Renaissance Island |
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Journalism
Op-Ed Commentaries
| Shireen Baghestani | The Injustice of Language-Based Discrimination Against Immigrants in the United States |
| Sara Bernstein | Language and Society |
| Kyle Wright | Social Justice, Immigration, and English |
Photos
| Benjamin Everly | Gay Pride Parade Protesters |
| Grant Garstka | Roma Kavartela: Urbanization in Post-Socialist Bulgaria |
| Laura Happ | Defeating Death |
| Emma Mullaney | Preparacion de la Chonta |
Posters
| Siri Hoogen | Voice of the Drug: What Antidepressants Tell Women About Their Depression |
Research Papers and Essays
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Special International Prizes
Entries in any of the other categories were eligible for the special international prizes if the entries were based on the students' international study or service.
| Jennifer Ciancio | Tijuana's Mothers and Daughters: The Forgotten Women of Las Colonias |
| Madison Peterson | A Prayer for Chidi |
| Brynne Rorke | Those Eyes |