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First Year Writing Program
Guidelines
Essay Contest
The First Year Writing Program sponsored an Essay Contest for students enrolled in Composition I and II. Students whose core essays demonstrated excellence were encouraged to submit their essays to the contest. Essays were judged by a team of Composition faculty. One essay for each core essay assignment was chosen. Winners were awarded a cash prize by Pearson Publishing, the publisher of Troyka & Hesse’s Quick Access. The First Year Writing Program faculty and staff are proud to display these student essays and proud of the student writers whose work stands as models of excellence for our writing program.
2007 - 2008 Winning Essays
ENC1101
- "My Little, Dark Neighborhood" by Robert Soto (View Essay)
- "Stop Destroying our Home" by Patrick Gillespie (View Essay)
- "Carson Kressley's UCF Appearance" by Chloe George, Cailyn Carroll & Ariana Gonzalez-Greene (View Essay)
- "The Everglades" by Emy Sakano (View Essay)
ENC1102
- "A Modest Proposal or an Attack?" by Brittany Dixon (View Essay)
- "Freedom of Speech: Inherent Right or Negotiable Privilege?" by Emma Najdowski (View Essay)
- "Let's Talk as We Wait" by Jonathan Hatosy (View Essay)
- "Brain...and Beauty?" by Jennie Hayes (View Essay)