New Courses in the Writing Program (2009)
Faculty/Staff Meetings: September 16th, 23rd, and 30th
See Meetings and Workshops for more announcements.
Annual Essay Contest for WRT 101 and WRT 102
To participate students must be enrolled in WRT 102 during either the Fall or Spring semesters (or Summer term) of a given academic year. All papers prepared for the WRT102 portfolio - categories one, two and three respectively - are eligible for submission and a student can submit as many as three papers, one in each category. Every submission must be accompanied by a complete cover sheet (the kind required for the portfolio) and a signed permission-to-publish form. The deadline for submission will be during finals week of each semester, though extensions between Fall and Spring terms are possible if requested.
Judging is based on the quality and effectiveness of the writing. First, second and third place winners can be any one of the three categories: (1) personal piece, usually narration, (2) research essay and (3) textual analysis. Of the nine Honorable Mentions, three are chosen for each of the three categories to present a representative sample of the best of Stony Brook's student writing. Awards for the first, second and third place winners are presented every April at Stony Brook's annual Undergraduates Awards.
2007-2008 Winners
Writing 101
Informal Essay: "Confessions of a Desperate Dreamer" by Echo Leung
Honorable Mention: "Education Has Taken a Back Seat to the American Dream" by Youngsil Jo
Writing 102
Informal Essay: "A Self-Portrait in Fragments" by Jennifer Park
Analysis Essay: "Gangs: Essential for Survival" by Eugene Josephs
Research Essay: "On the Influence of History and the Environment on Mythology" by Nadya Peresleni
Honorable Mention: "What Art is to Me" by Caitlin Rahm