About the Leland Essay Contest
The Leland Essay Contest rewards the best writers in the Western Writing Program. All students in ENG 100, 180, and 280 are eligible to enter. Contest winners are published online and…
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Entry Guidelines
The deadline for 2018 submissions was Friday, February 9th. Winners for English 100, 180, and 280 can be found here: ENG 100 Winners of 2017 ENG 180 Winners of 2017…
2017 Leland Essay Contest Winners
Essays from the Bruce H. Leland Essay Contest Magdelyn Hammond Helwig, Director, Western Writing Program The following student essays are the winning essays from the Bruce H. Leland Essay Contest.…
View Past Winners
2016-2017 In February 2017, the following essays written in 2016 were selected as winners to be honored at English Awards Night in April 2017. English 100: 1st place – Daniel…
ENG 100 Winners of 2017
Click on the links to read each of the winning essays! 1st Place: Judson Henry, “BFC Pathfinders”––Jacque Wilson 2nd Place: Jeresha Davenport, “Never Good Enough”––Jacque Wilson 3rd Place: Asya Morrison,…
ENG 180 Winners of 2017
Click on the links to read each of the winning essays! 1st Place: Kaleb Wadsworth, “Title: Literacy Narrative” ––Brenda Porter 2nd Place: Andrea Pryzbyleski, “Opioid Epidemic in Illinois”––Jose Fernandez 3rd…
ENG 280 Winners of 2017
Click on the links to read each of the winning essays! 1st Place: Frankie Alexander, “Is the U.S. Government Illegitimate?”––Kathleen O’Donnell-Brown 2nd Place: Ryan Zurek, “Rebellions, Sexuality, and Advertising”––Merrill Cole 3rd Place:…
