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2018 Charles Moran Best Text Contest Winners
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The winners of the 2018 Charles Moran Best Text Contest have been announced! This work was completed in one of the UMass writing courses (Basic Writing, College Writing, or Junior Year Writing) during the 2017 Spring and Fall semesters. Congratulations, and thank you to all those who participated!
College Writing
First Place
"The Brand Name Diploma: A Case Study" -Mingwei Chen
Second Place
"The Danger of a Stereotype" -Juliana Bird
Third Place
"The Math Teaching Equation" -John Bachman
Honorable Mentions
"Oppression, Language, Survival: A Response to James Baldwin" -Zilu Wang
"These Are My Lies, Past and Present" -Paul Nelson
"What You Can't See Can't Hurt You" -Jessica Wyman
"Land of Diversity or Land of Uniformity" -Henry Cheung
"The Nomad" -Adavit Mehta
Best Non-Traditional Essay Form
"Arsgang/Year Walk" -Meghan Clark
Basic Writing
First Place
"White, Life, and Care" -Zhaoyi Wang
Second Place
"Visualize Gender Privilege" -Wenting Sun
Third Place
"What About Feelings" -Nanlan Yang
Honorable Mentions
"A Small Border on Campus" -Shenyu Wu
"The Assimilating Progress in America" -William Luan
Junior Year Writing
Best Long Text Winner
"Louis I. Khan's Art Museums: Light, Space, Materials" -Kevin McManus
Long Text Honorable Mention
"Mycological Madness with Mycoremediation" -Benjamin Baldi, Shannon McDonald, and Dugan Becker
Best Short Text Winner
"Personal Statement - Flower Child" -Alison Arico
Short Text Honorable Mention
"The Price of Pigment on your Immune System" -Nadia Raytselis
Best Multimedia/Non-Tradtional
"Let's Talk Over a Glass of Pepsi" -Emma Aulenback