Top winners of the Shapiro Writing Contest and Shapiro Revision Contest from all academic disciplines were honored at the recent Shapiro Writing Contest gala.
There were 57 winners out of nearly 200 entries, and the top two winners of each Shapiro Writing Contest category were invited to the gala. Each winner received a certificate and prize money deposited into their student account.
“The submissions this year were truly impressive in their level of critical thinking as well as their academic and aesthetic value. I think for all of us who teach in the English Department, it is very rewarding to be able to recognize our students for the good work they do,” said Suzanne Smith, chair of the Shapiro writing contest committee.
There were 15 categories students could enter. Top winners in each category were:
Composition I Non-Research
Donna Provolish
Rebekah Stevens
Composition I Research
Tayler Reese
Alyssa Schad
Composition I Common Read Non-Research
Tyler Cordell
Morgan Romaker
Composition I Common Read Research
Jasmine Hoskins
Tyler Cordell
Composition II Non-Research
Nabeelah Shaheen
Paul Miller
Composition II Research
Melody Beerbower
Luke Skrowronek
Professional and Technical Writing
Yasmina Ahmad
Zachary Matzinger
Undergraduate English as a Second Language
Julie Schmidt
Mahdya Aldahnim
2000-Level Undergrad Literature
Kayleigh O’Shea
2000- to 4000-Level Writing and Linguistics
Erin Bruggeman
Katherine V. Davis
Poetry
Zainab Hussein
Alison Mejias Santoro
Prose
Samantha Rhodes
Tyler Shipley
3000- to 4000-Level Undergraduate Literature
Katherine V. Davis
Melody Flick
Honors Thesis
Melissa Gressman
LaVelle Ridley
Graduate Language and Literature
Patrick T. Cook
Rebekah M. Phillips
A full list of winners can be found here.
In addition to these winners, the English Department scholarship winners, the Outstanding Student in English Award winner, the Richard M. Summers Graduate Essay prize winner, and the top five winners of the Shapiro Revision Contest were recognized at the gala.
The awards are possible thanks to an endowment by Dr. Edward Shapiro, UT professor emeritus of economics. Shapiro had a love for writing and donated the funds used for the contests to reward and recognize UT students for their good writing.
