The following essays were awarded in 2005.
Editors: Brian Baumgart & Jason Benesh
Staff: Todd Anderson, Catherine Hooper, Michele Lee, Michael MacBride, Natalie Stowe and Jessica Sturgill
Advisor: Randall McClure
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.