2024-2025 Writing Award Winners

Congratulations to the recipients of the 32nd Annual UCI Writing Awards!

The UCI Office of the Campus Writing & Communication Coordinator, the Composition Program, the Humanities Core, and the Department of English are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024-2025 UCI Undergraduate Writing Contests.

The winners will be honored in a Writing Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Humanities Gateway 1030.

The John Hollowell Composition Program Awards

Nadia Syed

Instructor: Bryce Lillmars, Lecturer, Department of English

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Writing 40 (Intro to Writing and Rhetoric) Exemplary ePortrolio Award

Olive Dooley

Instructor: Emily Brauer Rogers, Lecturer, Department of English

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Writing 45 (Intensive Writing) Exemplary ePortfolio Award

Sophie Rong

Instructor: Emily Dearborn, TA, Department of English

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Writing 50 (Critical Reading and Rhetoric) Exemplary ePortfolio Award

Kayleen Jireh Yang

Instructor: Laurence Hall, TA, Department of English

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Writing 60 (Argument and Research) Exemplary ePortfolio Award

The Nora Folkenflik Memorial Essay Awards

Jeanette I. Kenton

Instructor: Cole Morgan, Assistant Professor, Department of English

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Best Essay in English 15 Course

Julian Masloub

Instructor: Susan Morse, Lecturer, Humanities Core

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Best Essay in Humanities Core Course

Zoë Amélie Chang

Instructor: Shoshanna Lande, Lecturer, Humanities Core

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The Humanities Core Outstanding Website Project in Multimodal Writing Award

Kaylen Nicole Dee Chang

Instructor: Ivy Olesen, TA, Department of English

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The Ariel Miranda Caldwell Memorial Short Story Award

Julia Black

Instructor: Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s Professor, Department of History

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The Howard Babb Memorial Essay Award

Vincent Woo

Instructor: Barry Siegel, Professor and Director, Literary Journalism Program

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The Literary Journalism Writing Award

Ella Lani Camarena

Instructor: Rebecca Schultz, Lecturer, Department of English

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The Bret Baldwin Memorial Poetry Award

The Upper-Division Writing Awards

Jewel Alexandria Loya

Instructor: Martin Harries, Professor, Department of Comparative Literature

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Award for Excellent Upper-Division Academic Writing in Humanities and Arts

Cynthia Ramirez

Instructor: Laura E. Enriquez, Associate Professor, Department of Chicano/Latino Studies

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Award for Excellent Upper-Division Academic Writing in Social Sciences and Social Ecology

Jeeyun (Katie) Nam

Instructor: Krithika Jagannath, Department of Informatics

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Award for Excellent Upper-Division Academic Writing in Science and Technology

Madison Walker

Instructor: Katelyn Finley, Lecturer, Department of Global and International Studies

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Award for Best Public or Professional Writing

Karen Phan

Instructor: Christopher Fan, Associate Professor, Department of English

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Honorable Mention: Award for Excellent Upper-Division Academic Writing in Humanities and Arts

Ava Nemeth

Instructor: Lilith Mahmud, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

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Honorable Mention: Award for Excellent Upper-Division Academic Writing in Social Sciences and Social Ecology