Arksey Prize Winners

英语

The SPU 英语 Department’s Arksey Prize winners for best student essay of the year.

2019

Critical Essay

阿比盖尔Ayulo, "An Essay Regarding the Question: 'What do depictions of Robin Hood tell us about gender norms?'"

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Amelia Morgan, "Afterimage"

2018

Critical Essay

Brevin Anderson, "Youssef''s Poverty: Homed and 'Unmoored' Identities in Post-Colonial Fiction"

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Hannah Martin, Untitled

2017

Critical Essay

Acacia Protsman, "'Watched--Observed--Reflected': Anne's Character Development in 说服"

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Savannah Hadley, "Home Made"

2016

Critical Essay

Hallie Brinkman, "For Society's Sake: Words, Wit and Courtesy in Much Ado 赌博十大靠谱软件 Nothing"

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Anna Carlson, "Stagnancy and a Feast"

Kelsey Lacanilao, "What Shines From Here"

2015

Critical Essay

Sam Ernest, “A Post-Victorian Petri Dish: Sexuality and Gender in the Bloomsbury Group”

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Haley Stokes,“On Place ”

2014

Critical Essay

Kayla Chronister, “Waiting for Rain: The Fisher King and Fertility in T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’”

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Brenda Ray, “The Most Beautiful Thing”

2013

Critical Essay

Sara Kenning, “Austen in Autumn: A Seasonal Perspective on 说服

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Danielle Myers, “Hobbits and Headlights”

2012

Critical Essay

Jessica Beebe, “Models of an Ethical Reality in David Copperfield, North and South, The War of the Worlds

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Rebecca Reid, “Gearhart”

2011

2010

Critical Essay

Amanda Stevens, “Drama of Power in 《赌博十大靠谱软件》

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Tyler McCabe, “Something Comes Through”

2009

2008

2007

Critical Essay

克里斯蒂的山地, “Of Skylarks and Thrushes: Ecstatic Carols and Death in ‘When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d’ and ‘The Darkling Thrush’”

Creative Nonfiction Essay

Christopher Caldwell, "At Home

Senior 英语 Class

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