Congratulations to the winners of the Department of Humanities’ 59th Annual Writing Contest!

2024 winners represent the Armour College of Engineering, College of Architecture, Lewis College of Science and Letters, College of Computing, and Stuart School of Business.

EDWIN H. LEWIS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION

1st: Lily Decator Smith (Digital Humanities, 3rd year), “A Computational Investigation of Rhetorical Strategies in Won vs. Lost Defamation Cases”
2nd: Owen Walsh (Business Administration, 2nd year), “My Mother’s Life”
3rd: Gemma Brizzolara (Architecture, 4th year), “5 Brief Analyses on Conditions of Interiority Through My Home(s)”

EDWIN H. LEWIS PRIZE FOR FICTION

1st: Angela Petrone (Digital Humanities, 4th year), “Lost and Found”
2nd: Ranjith Pemmasani (Computer Science, 4th year), “Lolie’s Child”
3rd: Julia King (Global Studies, 2nd year), “Pitch of the Dead”

MOLLIE COHEN PRIZE FOR POETRY

1st: Beatrice De Castro (Architecture, 4th year), “Camera Obscura”
2nd: Vincent Ross (Food Science and Nutrition, 1st year), “Cost”
3rd: Fionn Hui (Architecture, 3rd year), “Living in Ambivalence”

HENRY AND MYRNA KNEPLER FRESHMAN ESSAY PRIZE

1st: Partick Tenedor (Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1st year), “The Dedication of Oneself to Their Self: A Eulogy of Inner Love”
2nd: Victoria Li (Computer Science, 1st year), “The Meaning of Saturday”
3rd: Amir Sabljic (Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1st year), “Light”

WARREN SCHMAUS PRIZE FOR PHILOSOPHY WRITING

1st: Nabil Fawaz (Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, 4th year), “Eulogy of Nabil Fawaz”

An in-person awards ceremony will be held on April 18, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m.