In an effort to promote writing across the curriculum and to honor outstanding Fort Lewis College writers, the Campus Writing Board created and hosts the Campus Writing Awards each year.

Below are the winners of the 2007 Campus Writing Awards. The winners have agreed to allow the Writing Program to publish their winning essays online.

The winners of the 2006 Campus Writing Awards are archived here. The winners have agreed to allow the Writing Program to publish their winning essays online.

Composition 126/150 Award:

Winner: Kristi Newbold, “Lack of Work Ethic and Disengagement” (Comp 150, Moore)

Runner Up: Shane Brady, “The Threads of Thought” (Comp 150, Costello)

Academic Writing Award:

Freshman/Sophomore Category

Winner: Erin Reilly, “The Importance of Teaching Young Children ASL” (Fullmer, Engl 267)

Runner Up: Sarah Kouri, “Interracial Relationships: The Neurological Relation Between Race and Prejudice” (Comp 250, Moore)

Junior/Senior Category

Winner: Karen Boush, “From Forgiveness to Freedom: The Empowerment of Female Protagonists in Isabel Allende’s Novels” (Engl, Cheesewright)

Runner Up: Michelle Parker, “The Alternative American Way of Birth” (Anth 355, Fine)

Professional and Technical Writing Award:

Freshman/Sophomore Category

Winner: River Coyotl, “A Marketing Guide for Freshmen” (Comp 252, Vie)

Runner Up: N/A

Junior/Senior Category

Winner: Jeff Gjere, “The Calculus of Variation and Noether’s Theorem” (Math 496, Coufal)

Runner Up: Gretchen Tracy, “Heesch Tillings” (Math 496, Coufal)