Prism at Ferris State University

The submission deadline for the PRISM Writing and Art contest at Ferris State University has been extended! If you want to submit your Essays, Research Papers, Art, Short fiction, Poetry, Scripts, or Technical pieces, you still have time. Deadline is Friday APRIL 8th before the clock strikes midnight! If you don't submit you can't win. Get your entries in here!

PRISM Writing & Art Contest at FSU Submission Manager You are submitting work for the 2022 contest. The Prism is the annual student writing and art competition at Ferris State University sponsored by the Department of Languages and Literature. Any current FSU student is eligible. There are cash prizes in each category, and winners will be honored at an...

Hi all out there finishing up their semesters in Lockdown-land! Yes, there was a small delay in the PRISM Contest Judging this year. But yes, the RESULTS ARE IN! Congrats to all those who won an award. See the full results below:

2020 PRISM Writing Contest Award Winners

ART

First Place – “Egyptian Sunset,” Tea Caragao

Second Place – “Autumn Reflection,” Abbey Wood

Honorable Mentions – “Tiny Secrets,” Sophia Nyberg
“Surfers,” Abbey Wood

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE ESSAY (The Mary Kilgallen Award)

First Place – “The First Time Seeing My Ninth Sibling,” Sydney Mingori

Second Place – “It is Just the Beginning,” Savannah Schwenk

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RESEARCH PAPER

First Place – “Mermaid Reproduction,” Paige Williams

Second Place – “Barbara Parks’ Use of Humor and Life Experiences in the Series Junie B. Jones,” Allison Roberts

Honorable Mention – “Watergate Revisited: Analyzing Multiple Perspectives of the Watergate Scandal,” Abigail Maskill

JUNIOR/SENIOR ESSAY

First Place – “Analysis of Focused Ultrasound-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease Using Two-Photon Microscopy: A Summary,” Tea Caragao

Second Place – “Armageddon is a Man-Made Disaster,” Scott Rogers

JUNIOR/SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER

First Place – “The Stories We Tell Our Children,” Elizabeth Whiteside

Second Place – “Electric Toothbrush Vs. Manual Toothbrush Efficacy in Removing Dental Plaque,” Paige Czarnowski

POETRY

First Place – “El Tumbao de Papi (My Dad’s Salsa Groove),” Janitza Sawyer-Ocasio

Second Place – “Unsolicited by a Shakespearean Woman,” Annalisa Mende

Honorable Mentions – “What You Find,” Aaron Birdwell
“unexpected,” Kaylin Ruth Johnson
“Vietnam,” Abbey Wood

SHORT FICTION

First Place – “Looking on the Brighter Side,” Annalisa Mende

Second Place – “The Stories We Live,” Aaron Birdwell

Honorable Mention – “After Amanda,” Brendan White

TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL, OR SCRIPT

First Place – “A Split in the River,” Seth Poirot

Second Place – “National Public Health Accreditation - Memorandum & Case Discussion,” Tea Caragao

Honorable Mention – “Oligomeric p-Phenylene Ethynylenes for Detection of Amyloid Protein Aggregates,” Sabina Liskey

We will be working on the publication this summer and hope to show it off in the Fall with a possible Recognition event on Campus. Details TBD.

Thanks again to everyone who submitted work this year; the work was very accomplished and a great representation of Ferris State University. Congrats!

And, oh yeah, 2021 submissions are open NOW!

PRISM Writing & Art Contest at FSU Submission Manager You are submitting work for the 2020 contest. The Prism is the annual student writing and art competition at Ferris State University sponsored by the Department of Languages and Literature. Any current FSU student is eligible. There are cash prizes in each category, and winners will be honored at an...

Hello out there in the land(s) of Quarantine. One week left to submit to the PRISM Writing Contest at Ferris State. Since you're stuck (mostly) at home, hopefully staying safe, and since you can't catch up on homework 100% of the time you might as well dust off those Essays, Research Papers, Scripts, Poems, Short Stories, Art and Technical Writing and send them our way.

The extended deadline is Monday April 13th!!!!!!

There are$ prizes, and publishing bragging rights! All you have to be is a current Ferris State student, and all you have to do is polish up you best work and send it to us @

PRISM Writing & Art Contest at FSU Submission Manager You are submitting work for the 2020 contest. The Prism is the annual student writing and art competition at Ferris State University sponsored by the Department of Languages and Literature. Any current FSU student is eligible. There are cash prizes in each category, and winners will be honored at an...

Hey Hey! It's that time of year again! Almost time to Spring forward, and definitely time to "spring" into action and submit your best work to the Prism Writing Contest. The deadline is approaching (March 23), so, get your Essays, Research Papers, Scripts, Poems, Short Stories, Art and Technical Writing and send them our way.

There are$ prizes, and publishing bragging rights! All you have to be is a current Ferris State student, and all you have to do is polish up you best work and send it to us @ https://prismcontest.submittable.com/submit

Happy Writing!

PRISM Writing & Art Contest at FSU Submission Manager You are submitting work for the 2020 contest. The Prism is the annual student writing and art competition at Ferris State University sponsored by the Department of Languages and Literature. Any current FSU student is eligible. There are cash prizes in each category, and winners will be honored at an...

PRISM Writing and Art Contest Winners Announced!

Congrats to all who placed this year! Results are below. If the results are in that can only mean one other thing . . . that submissions are open for the 2020 Contest. so, get writing and happy submitting

ART

First Place – “Rise or Fall,” Tea Caragao
Second Place – “Silence of Serenity,” Sabina Liskey

Honorable Mention – “Spring,” Abbey Wood
“True Beauty,” Madison Newman

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE ESSAY (The Mary Kilgallen Award)

First Place – “The Power Writing Has Over an Individual,” Sydney Plummer
Second Place – “Bigger Than Myself,” Allison Roberts

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RESEARCH PAPER

First Place – “Should Employers Hold a Class For CPR For Their Employees,” Sydney Plummer

JUNIOR/SENIOR ESSAY

First Place – “Equal Discrimination, Equal Rights,” Tea Caragao

JUNIOR/SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER

First Place – “The Success of Early Soviet Anti-Traditional Campaigns in the Countryside,” Jason Mickevich

Second Place – “For Hearts and Minds: Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Civilian Activists,” Meg Corner

Honorable Mention – “Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources,” Tea Caragao

POETRY

First Place – “Regret,” Natalie DeVolder
Second Place – “Still,” Meg Corner

Honorable Mentions –
“A Melody Brand New,” Marley Tucke
“Stay Woke,” Byron Brooks


SHORT FICTION

First Place – “You Cannot Outrun the Cold,” Annalisa Mende
Second Place – “Stars,” Jason Mickevich

Honorable Mention – “The Piano Teacher,” Jordan Owens

TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL, OR SCRIPT

First Place – “Ferris State University Chemical Lab Safety Handbook,” Aidan Reynolds

Hi all, welcome to the Fall update. what better time to write, and submit, than right now. The air is crisp, the leaves falling, there are papers due and tests to take--I can't think of a better way to procrastinate. Get your Essays, papers, poems, stories, art together and head to ferris.prism.com for more info.

This year's deadline is March 25, 2019. Happy writing!

Hello!

We are pleased to announce our results for the 2018 Prism Writing and Art contest. Congrats to all those who have placed in this year's contest. Without further ado, the results:

2018 PRISM Writing Contest Award Winners
ART

First Place – “The Fall of Man,” Lindsey Winslow
Second Place – “A Star-Filled Sky in Michigan,” Jessica Jowett

Honorable Mention – “Dopamine String Art,” Shelbye Herbin

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE ESSAY (The Mary Kilgallen Award)
Nothing Awarded

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RESEARCH PAPER

First Place – “A Case of Poor Medical and Ethical Judgment,” Brianna Bergy
Second Place – “Medical Sonography,” Tea Caragao

Honorable Mention – “The Nontraditional Student and Orientation,” Amber Maxham

JUNIOR/SENIOR ESSAY

First Place – “Osteopathic manipulative treatment and its relationship to autonomic nervous system activity as demonstrated by heart rate variability: A Summary,” Amanda Gilliam

Second Place – “Harlem: Black Voices Pushed Down,” Nathan Yamashiro

Honorable Mention – Redefining Native American Fiction: Sherman Alexie’s “The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in Heaven,” Ebony Morrissette

JUNIOR/SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER

First Place – “A Q***r Approach to David Levithan’s Young Adult Q***r Literature, Ebony Morrissette

Second Place – “That’s my Girl! Women’s Resistance to the German Occupation during WWII,” Rebecca Wyman

Honorable Mention – “An Artistic invasion: The Armory Show of 1913,” Mikayla Baarlaer

POETRY

First Place – “Fifty Shades of Grey Matter,” Madison Keliin
Second Place – “5:08 A.M.,” Emily Chaney

Honorable Mentions – “Eggs,” Madison Keliin
“Every One of Us Has Been Forgotten,” Brennah Wasie
“sweet like cinnamon,” Emma Fox

SHORT FICTION

First Place – “An Apple a Day,” Stephanie Udell
Second Place – “Crossroads,” Aaron Birdwell

Honorable Mention – “Paper Weight,” Mikayla Baarlaer
“Slice of Life: Cinemaniacs,” Ebony Morrissette

TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL, OR SCRIPT

First Place – “An Inquiry into Academic Freedom,” Meg Corner
Second Place – “The Tutor,” Ebony Morrissette

Well done Ferris State University Writers and Artists!

Hello everybody!

Ferris Writers out there--it's that time of year again. The PRISM Writing Contest deadline is fast approaching, so, dust off those poems and stories, papers and essays! Even that Technical Report Dr. Thomas made you write that one time! If you are, or know, a current Ferris State student, then consider submitting. There are prizes and publication opportunities!

There are lots of different categories, for the creative writer to the Technical/Academic Writer.

Categories include: Poetry, Short fiction, Freshman/Sophomore Essay, F&S Research Paper, Junior Senior Essay, J & S Research Paper, Technical, Professional and Script Writing, and original Art.

Deadline is approaching soon (March 26th 2018)

For more info, visit ferrisprism.com

Hello everybody! We are happy to announce the winners of the PRISM Writing Contest! Congrats to the winners, and a giant thanks to all who submitted their work. And remember, submissions for next year's contest are already open! Without further ado . . .

2017 PRISM Writing Contest Award Winners

ART

First Place – “The one who could,” Nilofar Khanbhai
Second Place – “Female Lesser Scaup,” Lindsey Winslow

Honorable Mentions – “Skull Girl,” Tea Caragao
“Sunnies,” Sabina Liskey

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE ESSAY (The Mary Kilgallen Award)

First Place – “To Be Modern or Not To Be Modern? Is the Question,” Ashlyn Schasel
Second Place – “Unforgettable News,” Sandra Ramirez Espinosa

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE RESEARCH PAPER

First Place - “Visual and Verbal Appeals: An Analysis of
Zantrex®3 Ad,” Joseph Charles
Second Place – “Why Genetic Engineering?” Sabina Liskey

JUNIOR/SENIOR ESSAY

First Place – “The Joy of ‘Digital’ Painting,” Heather Hornbrook
Second Place – “Conversations in my Car,” Kristin Verhage

Honorable Mention – “Selfishness: The Truly Startling Savage in Shelley’s
‘Frankenstein’,” Ebony Morrissette

JUNIOR/SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER

First Place – “Futile Thunder: The Effectiveness of Bombing During
the Vietnam War,” Meg Corner

Second Place – “Resistance is Not Futile: Norwegian Resistance to the German
Occupation During WWII,” Rebecca Wyman

Honorable Mention – “Thoreau and Transcendentalism,” Victoria Mason

POETRY

First Place – “All Morning,” Marley Tucker
Second Place – “In Your Bloodstream,” Marley Tucker

Honorable Mention – “Modern,” Amanda Gilliam


SHORT FICTION

First Place – “A Touch of Memory,” Amanda Gilliam
Second Place – “Florida Man,” John Mickevich

Honorable Mention – “Target Jericho,” Meg Corner

Hello Ferris State Writers! Hopefully Spring Break has found you rejuvenated enough to send in submissions to this year's Prism Writing Contest.

DEADLINE has been extended to March 24th.

ALL current Ferris students are eligible. We have categories in Poetry, Short Fiction, Fr/Soph Essay and ResearchPapers, JR/Sr Essay and Research Papers, as well as Technical Writing and Art categories. Cash prizes and publication to the winners.

Details found at http://ferrisprism.com.