Writing Prizes
MANRESA AWARD FOR ACADEMIC WRITING IN ENGLISH
First Prize
Nada Tahiri
‘Do ancient Israelite festivals have Canaanite origins?’
Runner-up
Claire Meyer
‘In Defense of Humanitarian Intervention’
Honorable mention
Annabelle Wilmott
‘China’s Aims in Africa: Neocolonialist Ambitions or Propaganda by a Fading Power?’
LOYOLA AWARD FOR CREATIVE WRITING IN ENGLISH
First Prize
Mariya Shcherbinina
‘Little Forever’
Runner-up
Jason Lumpe
‘Jason was Angry’
Honorable mention
Joy Archer
‘Words for the Soul, from the Heart’
CONCURSO DE ESCRITURA CREATIVA IGNACIO DE LOYOLA
First Prize
Pedro Cerame Guillén
‘La prisión’
Runner-up
Colleen Holbrook
‘Los bichillos’
Honorable mention
Joy Archer
‘La amistad’
MANRESA AWARD FOR ACADEMIC WRITING IN ENGLISH
First Prize
Laura de Socarraz-Novoa, ‘The Politics of Landscape: Claude Monet and his Water Lilies’
Runner-up
Nada Tahiri, ‘The Rise and Success of Feminism in Morocco’
Honorable mention
Ignacio Perez Pozuelo, ‘Motor cortical hyperexcitability in focal myoclonus of adult-onset celiac disease (CD). A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) study’
LOYOLA AWARD FOR CREATIVE WRITING IN ENGLISH
First Prize
Ardena Gonzalez, ‘Free Mother’
Runner-up
Annabelle Wilmott, ‘Travels with the Monster-in-Law’
MANRESA AWARD FOR ACADEMIC WRITING IN ENGLISH
First Prize
Consuelo Revis, 'Thailand’s Implementation of ASEAN Migrant Worker’s Rights’
Runner-up
Colin Pajda, ‘Salvation through Fire: Apokatastasis and the Early Church’
Honorable mention
Mark Presker, 'Ethical Hunting: A Defense’
LOYOLA AWARD FOR CREATIVE WRITING IN ENGLISH
First Prize
Catherine Smith, ‘Vacation in Atlantica’ (play)
Runner-up
Dan Bourneuf, ‘Everything is Fine’ (short story)
Honorable mention
Colin Pajda, ‘Dealing with Voices’ (poetry collection)
CONCURSO DE ESCRITURA CREATIVA IGNACIO DE LOYOLA
First Prize
Claire Justin Ellins, ‘Canción de una palmera y otras observaciones absurdas’
Runner-up
Katelyn Brungardt, ‘La condena de muerte’
Honorable mention:
Emily Osvold, ‘La actuación’
MANRESA AWARD FOR ACADEMIC WRITING
First Prize
Lauren Gamel
Essay: "Mary Cassatt's Public Life, Subversive Gaze, and Lasting Impact"Runner-up
Zachary A. Soulliard
Essay: "The Big Five: Parenting Behavior and Sense of Competence. A Review"Honorable Mention
Consuelo Revis
Essay: "Women, Religion, and Politics: How Contemporary Dynamics Between Politics and Religion Define the Rights of Women"
LOYOLA AWARD FOR CREATIVE WRITING
First Prize
Curry Buck, "Six Poems"Runner-up
Stephen Crouch, "Sea-Monkeys and My Life as a Scriptoneirologist"Honorable Mention
Matthew Bass, "Jorge's Machete"
MANRESA AWARD FOR ACADEMIC WRITING
First Prize
Tadzoka Pswarayi, “Be-Bop Black Blues”Runner-up
John Edward Curley, “The Use of Emotion in Post-Impressionism Compared to Impressionism”Honorable Mention for Independent Research
Mariana Orozco Fernández, “Through Many Eyes”Honorable Mention for Outstanding Prose
Vesela Ruseva, “Finding Love through Autonomy”
LOYOLA CREATIVE WRITING AND NON-FICTION AWARD
First Prize
Danielle Lagman, A collection of poemsRunner-up
Mónica Puga, A travel essay on Honduras
ACADEMIC WRITING
First Prize
Tim Kennedy, 'The Case for Esperanto'
Second Prize
Tricia N. Rosetty, 'Microfinance as Alternative Foreign Aid in the Fight against Poverty'
Third Prize
Georgia Anderson-Nilsson, 'La Llorona'
Honorable Mentions
Tadzoka Pswarayi, 'The Aristocracy: Paris' Pimps'
Rachel Sheridan, 'Immigration and Refugee Policy'
CREATIVE WRITING
First Prize
Ulyana Bekker, 'Morocco'
Second Prize
Alex Ocasio, Selected Poems
Third Prize
Rich Svendsen, 'Shriek' 'All In'
Honorable Mentions
Emily McNulty, 'Una Misa'
Christine Williams, Selected Poems
