English Department — Awards

2004 Composition Merit Award Winners

The following essays were awarded in 2004.

Award Winners

• First place: "Turnover" by Andrew Miller (PDF 36KB)
• Second place: "Strangers" by Rosemarie Hanson (PDF 26KB)
• Third place: "Swindlers Among Us" by Merit Raff (PDF 26KB)
• Fourth place: "My Grandma's Christmas Program" by Marcia Hewitt (PDF 18KB)
• Fifth place: "Setting the Hook" by Andrew W. Johnson (PDF 27KB)
• Sixth place: "How to Grow a Child" by Sarah Priem (PDF 19KB)

Honorable Mentions

• "Mainstream Society & African-Americans" by Andrew Bradley (PDF 24KB)
• "Practical Lifesavers" by Kristen Neigebauer (PDF 18KB)
• "A Half Mile Walk and the Infamous Windowsill" by Kristen Neigebauer (PDF 18KB)
• "A Breath of Tranquility" by Kristen Neigebauer (PDF 16KB)
• "Faded Memories" by Kayla Rasmussen (PDF 19KB)
• "Internet" by Brittany Youngblom (PDF 19KB)
• "The Simpsons vs. The Sopranos" by Kris Warner (PDF 14KB)

Credits

Selection Committee: Anne O'Meara, Nick Healy, Nick LaRocca, Brian Baumgart

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The Composition Merit Awards Journal, published in previous years in print form, is an online publication of student essays produced in English 100--Introduction to Composition and English 101--Composition at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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