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Fall Essay Contest

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Do you love writing in your language class? Do you want to win prizes for your creative ideas? Then enter the Annual Essay Contest presented by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures!

What can I win?

A prize will be awarded to one student from the intermediate level of each language of Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

A prize will be awarded to one student from the advanced level of each language of Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Who can sign up?

Intermediate Level: All students taking 103, 104, or 201 who have  received a B in the spring semester and who are showing an equivalent or higher level in the fall semester mid-term grades are eligible.

Advanced Level: Students in 202 or above who have a B in the fall mid-term grades are eligible.

How do I sign up?

The application deadline is announced in the Fall Semester.  Application forms can be obtained from the individual professor and the Language Learning Center.

What will I have to do?

The intermediate level will write an essay of about two pages in the language studied on a subject given at the time. The use of dictionaries will be permitted.

The advanced level will write an essay of three to five pages in the language studied on a topic given at the time. The use of dictionaries will be permitted.

Fall 2023 Winners

Intermediate Chinese

Winner: Kyle Lo

Advanced French

Winner: Owen Kearns

Intermediate Italian

Winner: Johnny Cozza

Advanced Italian

Winner: Josephine Lightner
Honorable Mention: Ebony Shields

Intermediate Spanish

Winner: Calista Rijo

Advanced Spanish

Winners: Katelyn Folmer and Dani Niedermeyer

Previous Winners

Fall 2022

Chinese

Winner: Isabella Barnette

Intermediate French

Winner: Owen Kearns
Honorable Mention: Maximiliano Mosqueda

Advanced Italian

Winner: Christina Guerra
Honorable Mention: Sofia Baroglio

Intermediate Spanish

Winner: Sydney Logozzo
Honorable Mention: Ben Sala

Advanced Spanish

Winner: Jasmine Diaz-Martinez 
Honorable Mention: Sage Factora