Each year, the Department of English and Foreign Languages, and Sigma Tau Delta conduct a writing contest, seeking the best student writers on campus. The contest reviews a variety of genres, including fiction, poetry, essays, and graphic novels, and is open to all Barry University students.
First-place and honorable mentions in each category receive a Certificate of Award from the Department, $50 for each first-place award, inscription on a permanent department plaque, and publication in the next issue of our literary journal, “What Oft Was Thought.”
All entries are anonymous and are judged by current Sigma Tau Delta Members. Award winners will be honored at the Honors Convocation Awards on Friday, May 10, from 1-2 p.m. in Cor Jesu Chapel. Dr. Andrea Greenbaum and Dr. Lillian Schanfield serve as co-faculty sponsors of Sigma Tau Delta.
The following is a list of this year’s winners:
Poetry
First-Place: Jeremiah Paul
Title of Entry: “Flying Makes Me Sick”
Honorable Mention: Ruht Lovos-Chicas
Title of Entry: “Note Sent with Edible Arrangements”
Fiction
First-Place: Michidael Ceard
Title of Entry: “Amerikah Bal”
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Gonzalez
Title of Entry: “At the Door”
Essay
First-Place: Tara Gleba
Title of Entry: “Gendering the #MeToo Movement”
Honorable Mention: Allyn Krenzien
Title of Entry: “A Visual Analysis of Rock Music and the Hysteria of Women During the Beatles Era”
Graphic Novel
First-Place: Yanni Robaina
Title of Entry: “On the Brink”