{"id":665,"date":"2019-05-31T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/?page_id=665"},"modified":"2024-05-24T13:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T17:29:30","slug":"past-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/first-year-writing-program\/exemplary-essay-awards\/past-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Congratulations to all previous award recipients:<\/h2>\n<h2>2022:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 105: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/Creating-and-Coping-Draft-for-Publication-Jessica-Restaino.docx.pdf\">Creating and Coping: How Art THerapy Can Improve Mental Health<\/a>,&#8221; Sabrina Whikehart<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/A-Bad-Case-of-Intolerance-for-Publication-Jessica-Restaino.docx.pdf\">A Bad Case of Intolerance<\/a>,&#8221; Gianna Capone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2021:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 105: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/10\/Chained-to-the-Rhythm-%E2%80%94-Rhetorical-Analysis-Jessica-Restaino.pdf\">Chained to the Rhythm<\/a>,&#8221; Nicholas Beyer<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/10\/Documented-Essay-Erica-Martin.reviewed-1-Jessica-Restaino.pdf\">Fast Fashion, Vast Impacts<\/a>,&#8221; Erica Martin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2020:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 105: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/04\/Villa_105_Blackness-Remover_2020.pdf\">Blackness &#8216;Remover&#8217;<\/a>,&#8221; Ruthy Villa<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/04\/Myles_106_God-is-an-Ofelia_2020.pdf\">God is an&#8230;Ofelia?<\/a>,&#8221; Eponine Myles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2019:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 105: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/Lupo_105_Political-Literacy_2019.pdf\">Political Literacy<\/a>,&#8221; Gina Lupo<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/Colon_106_Beauty-is-Pain_2019.pdf\">Beauty is Pain<\/a>,&#8221; Ashley Colon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2018-2019:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 105 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/williams_prison-profiteers.pdf\">Prison Profiteers: The Exploitation of the 13th Amendment and Race to Construct an Empire<\/a>,&#8221; Nate Williams<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/wasik_the-appalling-presence-of-waitress-harassment.pdf\">The Appalling Presence of Waitress Harassment<\/a>,&#8221; Mike Wasik<\/li>\n<li>Multimodal Video winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17PUJD5L1Trn7m5_lt_jr6LmjxVKlOGY4\/view?usp=sharing\">Athletes are Human<\/a>,&#8221; Chris Giacomini<\/li>\n<li>Multimodal Comic winner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/leet_mm-comic-strip.pdf\">Read Alexandra Leet&#8217;s Winning Comic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2016-2017<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 105 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/angulo_we-are-what-we-are.pdf\">We Are What We Are<\/a>&#8220;, Natalie Angulo (Professor Meagan DeJong)<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/gallardo_materialism-and-virtue.pdf\">Materialism and Virtue in a Profit Oriented Society<\/a>&#8220;, Alexa Gallardo (Professor Gerrie Logan)<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/elsayed_mm-mask.pdf\">The Negative Perceptions of Muslim Hijabi Women In the U.S.<\/a>&#8220;, Doha Elsayed (Professor Giancaterino)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2015-2016<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 100 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/100_S16_Watkins_Hire-Me-For-Who-I-Am.pdf\">Hire Me For Who I Am<\/a>&#8220;, Curtis Watkins (Professor Catherine Keohane)<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 105 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/105_S16_Pogue_Daily-Double.pdf\">Daily Double<\/a>&#8220;, Mariah Zenobia Pogue (Professor Lauren Schmidt)<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/106_S16_Marquez_Zombieland.pdf\">Zombieland<\/a>&#8220;, Nicole Marquez (Professors Melissa Adamo and Rick Reid)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2014-2015<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 100 Winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/100_sportsstereotype_essay.pdf\">Sports Stereotypes<\/a>&#8221; 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2012 Recipients:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 100 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/100_Mejia_Language-and-Identity.pdf\">Language and Identity<\/a>,&#8221; Elizabeth Mejia (Professor Margaret McCrea McGlone)<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 105 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/105_Candrilli_Student-Debt.pdf\">Student Debt<\/a>,&#8221; Erin Candrilli (Professor Karla Greenleaf-Macewan)<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 106 winner: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/106_Granja_Paradox-of-Selfishness.pdf\">Paradox of Selfishness<\/a>,&#8221; Jaqueline Granja (Professor Barbara Morris)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2010 &#8211; 2011 Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIT 100: Rakan AlSabah, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/06\/10_11_100_AlSabah.pdf\">How Words Matter<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>WRIT 105: Melissa H. 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