Writing Awards

The Michael J. Conlon Awards are presented annually for best analytical writing by a first-year student, in memory of Michael J. Conlon, a former Writing Center Consultant. The winners are chosen by a committee of students who are Peer Consultants from the Writing Center. 

Entry for the next Conlon Awards will open in March 2024. Please check back for more information.

2023

1^st Ta'Leigh Johnson: "Modern Day Slavery"

2^nd Sarah Pahwa: "White Lilies in a Hibiki Bottle"

3^rd Benjamin Singer: "The War Zone of Recess"

2022

1^st Wendy Wang: “Can You Hear The Bauhinia Cry?”

2^nd Nora Ryan: "Inhumanity Personified"

3^rd Sabiha Khatun: "Overcoming Patriarchal Norms: How the Barbi-Verse Addresses Femininity" 

2021

1^st Julian Brodsky: "COVID-19: The Virus Infecting Workplace Gender Equality"

2^nd Emily Magoon: "Gender and Politics: Equal, But Not Really"

3^rd Derek Son: "Shame and Politics Converge: How the Comfort Woman Statue Serves as a Space of Engagement"

2019

1^st Martina Garabedian: “Pragmatism: The Philosophical Concept Which Will Never Become Obsolete”           

2^nd Daniel Eisen: "Gender and Suicide Rates: What Role does Society Play?"

3^rd Saanya Jhaveri: "Is Blind Recruitment the Answer?"  

2018

1^st Cassandra Quintiliano: "Within a Leopoldian Community: Van Der Post's Understanding of Equality in the Human-Animal Relationship"

2^nd Sydney Dowling: "As Above, So Below"

3^rd Rex Ciavola: "The Marine Plastic Pollution Imperative: Unsustainable"

2017

1^st Oussama Ouadani: "A Quivering Tailpipe: Cars and Their Thematic Significance"

2^nd Aiswarya Arul: "The Remnants of the Civil War"

3^rd Julianne Jeon: "Blurred Lines: History and Propaganda"