Madison Writing Awards
The Madison Writing Awards are a biennial, campus-wide celebration of the best writing-based communicative work by JMU students. The awards, sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters and the School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, recognize and give cash awards to three to five undergraduate students whose works demonstrate the importance of writing and the awareness of sophisticated rhetorical practices.
HAVE YOU RECIEVED A GREAT PIECE OF WRITING FROM A STUDENT?
CONSIDER NOMINATING THEM FOR A MADISON WRITING AWARD!
Madison Writing Awards 2019
The Madison Writing Awards Committee invites each faculty member to nominate oneoutstanding work by an undergraduate student.
The deadline for nominations is January 30, 2019.
Recognition and cash awards will be announced after spring break in Spring 2019.
For more information about the nomination and selection process, please see the Madison Writing Awards Faculty Nomination Form.
2018 - 2019 Winners
First Place
Spencer Law ('20)
A Journey Inward
Nominated by: Jared Featherstone, WRTC
Course: Honors 361: Creativity, Technology, and the Search for Self
First Place
Kaylah McFarland ('20)
Where Would We Be Without Bees?
Nominated by: Shelley Aley, WRTC
Course: WRTC 316: Research Methodologies
Honorable Mention
Bobby Lambert ('19)
Direct Democracy, Judicial Elections, and the Sway of Public Opinion
Nominated by: Kathleen Ferraiolo, POSC
Course: POSC 492: Senior Seminar Direct Democracy
Honorable Mention
Hannah Smetek ('20)
Good Night, Baby Girl
Nominated by: Jay Varner, ENGL
Course: ENGL 391: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
2016 - 2017 Winners
First Place
Ezra Cooper ('19)
Place and Replacement/The Present and Being Present
Nominated by: Heidi Pennington, ENGL
Course: ENGL 302: Autobiography and Identity: Making Selves through Stories
Second Place
Connor Ham ('16)
Wistful: Experiencing and Creating Girlhood Through Forced Boyhood
Nominated by: Jen Almjeld, WRTC
Course: WRTC 486: Writing for the Community
Honorable Mention
Mackenzie Patrick ('17)
A Non-Invasive Early Diagnostic for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nominated by: Stephanie Stockwell, ISAT
Course: ISAT 452: Medical Biotechnology
Honorable Mention
Lauren Hunt ('16) and Katie Byrnes ('16)
The Club That No One Wants to Join
Nominated by: Brad Jenkins, SMAD
Course: SMAD 321: Feature Magazine Production
