Writing Contests
Congratulations to the recipients of the 29th Annual UCI Writing Awards!
The UCI Office of the Campus Writing & Communication Coordinator, the Composition Program, the Humanities Core Course, and the Department of English are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2021–2022 UCI Undergraduate Writing Contests.
The winners will be honored in a Writing Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 12, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Humanities Gateway 1030.
The John Hollowell Composition Program Awards
Best Argument Project Award
Sophia Topchiyan
Instructor: Emily Brauer Rogers, Lecturer, Department of English
Best Advocacy Essay Award
Niyati Reddy
Instructor: Patrick McBurney-Nicolay, TA, Department of English
Best Analysis Essay Award
Jack Demartino
Instructor: Bryce Lillmars, Lecturer, Department of English
The Nora Folkenflik Memorial Essay Awards
Best Essay in English 15
Sarah Takayama Yang
Instructor: Virginia Jackson, Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Communication and Associate Professor, Department of English
Best Essay in Humanities Core Course
Colin Bolek
Instructor: Christine Connell, Lecturer, Humanities Core
The Humanities Core Outstanding Website Project in Multimodal Writing Award
Jonathan Le
Instructor: Larisa Castillo, Associate Professor of Teaching, Humanities Core
The Ariel Miranda Caldwell Memorial Short Story Award
Connor Gerald Smith
Instructor: Daniela Chavez, TA, Department of English
The Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Poetry
Katrina Gervais
Instructor: Adam De Petris, TA, Programs in Writing and Poetry, Department of English
The Bret Baldwin Memorial Poetry Award
Ta'hlia Davis
Instructor: Rebecca Schultz, Director of Writing 30/31 and Writing 90/91, Department of English
The Howard Babb Memorial Essay Award
Jackson Jordan
The Literary Journalism Writing Award
Margaret O’Hara
Instructor: Christopher Goffard, Literary Journalism, Department of English
The Scott Kaufman Memorial Writing Award
Kaye Bilbao Regalado
Instructor: Michael Malpass, TA, Department of English
The Upper-Division Writing Awards
Award for Best Writing Portfolio or Electronic Portfolio
Kristen Chastain
Instructor: Laura O'Connor, Associate Professor, Department of English
Award for Excellent Upper-Division Academic Writing in Social Sciences and Social Ecology
Lisette Moran
Instructor: Laura E. Enriquez, Associate Professor, Department of Chicano/Latino Studies
Award for Excellent Upper-Division Academic Writing in Humanities and Arts
Juli Ramirez
Instructor: Carrie J. Noland, Professor of French, Department of European Languages and Studies
Award for Best Public or Professional Writing
Abigail Rosas
Esmeralda Martinez
Briana Peterson
Alina Vizcaya Reyes
Instructor: Patrick Hong, Lecturer, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
For more information, see About the UCI Writing Awards.