50th annual Writing Contest winners announced
- Lewis College Dean Himes addresses the awardees.
- Mrs. Myrna Knepler is the widow of Henry Knepler, who was IIT's Humanities Department Chair for 40 years.
- This year's winners.
- A few of the winners with Dean Himes and Mrs. Knepler.
Here are the results of the 50th Annual Writing Contest, sponsored by IIT's Department of Humanities. Thank you and congratulations to everyone who participated in this historic contest!
Edwin H. Lewis Prize for Fiction
1st place: Chun Yan Huang
Title: Life Goes On
Edwin H. Lewis Prize for Nonfiction
1st place: Cindy Xie
Title: To Do
2nd place: Cheryl Lininger
Title: The Unconscious Glass Ceiling
3rd place: Cara Karter
Title: Decreasing the Expenditure of the United States Prison System
Mollie Cohen Poetry Prize
1st place:
Title: Chicago: The Collection
2nd place: Saja Hamayel
Title: How I Died
3rd place: Reno Waswil
Title: Lifecycle Marketing
Henry Knepler Freshman Essay Prize
1st place: Dana Abdullah
Title: Campus Sexual Assault and Patriarchy
2nd place: Shameemah Fuseini-Codjue
Title: Catcall Video Goes Viral - A Response
3rd place:
Title: The Ideal Life
A reception with the awarding of prizes was held on April 23, 2015.
