The UMass Writing Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Charles Moran Best Text Contest for 2020.

Writing, Power, & Identity – Englwrit 111

First Place: Lydia Yoon, "Art in Martial Arts: The Truth of the Subculture of Taekwondo"

Second Place: Kaijia Liu, "Overfilled Water"

Third Place: Ashur Myles Turner, "My Connection with Anzaldúa"

Honorable Mention: Sacchit Kumar Mittal, “Hidden Power: An Analysis and Reflection on ‘Making Systems of Privilege Visible’”

College Writing – ENGLWRIT112 

First Place: Henry Nguyen, “A Tale of Two Systems: Highway Systems and Systemic Racism”

Second Place:

• Katherine Blankenau, “How is Fast Fashion Hurting the Environment and Why Should We Support Sustainable Brands?”
• Portteia Davidson, “Scriptwriters: The Foundation of the Future”

Third Place: Madeline Fabian, “Searching for Small Spaces”

College Writing (Multimedia) – ENGLWRIT112 

First Place:

• Amy J. Lim, “Listening to a Culture”
• Michaela Ayisi, “Black Girls Talk Podcast: Effects on Black Women from Harmful Hollywood Stereotypes”

Junior Year Writing  (Short Text)

First Place:

• Ian Thorp, “One! Hundred! Demons! Graphic Reflections”
• Zev Elijah Jarrett, “A Typed-Up Archibald”

Junior Year Writing (Long Text)

First Place: Clare Lonsdale, “The Undue Burden of Parental Consent Laws for Minors Seeking an Abortion in Massachusetts”

Honorable Mention: Madison Brady, Michael Weagle, Christopher Neilan, and Cam Yadisernia, “Managing Canada Geese on Campus”

Junior Year Writing (Multimedia)

First Place: Bhavya Pant, “An Introduction to Grammatical Gender”

Honorable Mention: Thomas Gray Morton, “Linguistics: Why We Speak Like We Do”

Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations to this year's winners.