Each year, we hold a TWU Writing Contest.
It is an opportunity to celebrate TWU students’ research and writing across the disciplines. Papers are judged according to content, creativity, and effectiveness. Successful entries receive a prize, and the essays are published in an online journal accessible on the TWU website. Students from all disciplines and linguistic backgrounds are encouraged to apply!
Writing Contest 2023
In late March, TWU Writing Centre launched the 2023 Writing Contest for the third consecutive year to celebrate the students for their hard work and commitment.
After reviewing all entries, we were able to award prizes in 4 categories – a panel of judges, including representatives from the Learning Commons and the English Department at TWU, reviewed each submission by category. We are thankful to Melinda Dewsbury, Amir Kaveh, Gayathri Fonseka and Jessica Walters for their contribution as judges for the contest.
Living Words: Meaning Underdetermination and the Dynamic Lexicon (Book Review)
Briauna Inglis (Winner of the Graduate Entry Category)
Edgar as a Christ-like Figure, from William Shakespeare’s King Lear
Matthew Wolfs (Winner of the First Year Category)
Writing Contest 2022
A Review of Sarah H. Casson’s Textual Signposts in the Argument of Romans: A Relevance-Theory Approach
Paul Russell (Graduate Category)
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto III, Lines 100-126
Elaine Ries (Second and Third Year Category)
Playing the Way to Fluency: The Use of Video Games in Second Language Acquisition
Gillian Scott (Second and Third Year Category)
Effects of Engaging in Passenger Conversations on Distraction While Driving
Hailey Hrvatin (Second and Third Year Category)
Expanding the Research on Safe Injection Sites and Harm Reduction Services
Joe McKenna (Winner of the First Year Category)
Writing Contest 2021
Shakespeare’s King Lear: The Abyss of Hubris and the Redeeming Substance of Benevolence
100 Level Entry
Principal Support of FSL Instruction in Ontario Schools: A Literature Review
Graduate Entry
Writing Contest 2020
Literature Review: Inclusive Creative Arts as an Educational Response to Trauma
Dawn Snell (School of Graduate Studies)
Literature Review: High-Intensity Interval Training and Fat Loss
Weston Wedan (School of Graduate Studies)
Expressions of HOPE in Classical Hebrew and Castilian Spanish
Sierra Saxe (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Seeing Beyond the Mirror: A Lacanian Reading of Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”
Anne Hill (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Liminality, Trans Ontology, and the “Man of Laws’ Tale”
Evan Kieran Wear (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
