ASU Writers' Place

09/13/2024

See the winners for the 2023-2024 school year!

https://asu.digication.com/asu_writers_place/2024_Winners

08/31/2023

See the award-winning essays for 2023!

Digication ePortfolio :: ASU Writers Place by Dana Tait,Heather Hoyt at Arizona State University. Writers’ Place AwardsWinners 2022-2023 I’m pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Writers’ Place Awards. Before I do, a huge thank you to the judges, without whose help none of this cou....

10/19/2022

Celebrate National Day on Writing on October 20th with….

Monsters, ghouls, & other freakish characters of the darkness that come out to play this time of year! 👹👻🎃

Do you have a fave? Scary, funny, bizarre, or unknown classification?

Post a description of your favorite monster or inhabitant of the dark. But don’t give the name!! 😱

Let’s see who can guess the correct answer based on your amazingly vivid description!! 😈

05/11/2022

What does a winning essay looks like? Check out this year's winners on our site!

Digication ePortfolio :: ASU Writers Place by Dana Tait at Arizona State University. The Writers' Place Awards is pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Writers’ Place Awards. Before I do, a big thanks to the judges, without whose help none of this could happen:Laura CruserValerie FazelE...

04/26/2022

Please join us in congratulating this year's winners of the ASU Writers' Place Awards!

2022 Writers’ Place Award Winners

ENG 101
1. Mal Stepaniuk, “Moldable Plastic: Barbie, Society, and the Everywoman” (Instructor: Kathrine Keller)
2. Masaran Keita, “Ain’t Free” (Instructor: Alexandra Comeaux)
3. Kaylee Courtney “To Grams, with Love” (Instructor: Andrea Rivers)

ENG 102
1. Cole Camacho, “Oculus Quest 2 Review” (Instructor: Kathrine Keller)
2. Erin Hildick, “Should We Hate Online Learning?” (Instructor: Laura Cruser)
3. Caleb R. Patterson, “Rhetorical Intentions in Democracy and Education” (Instructor: Ernesto Velasquez)

ENG 105
1. Serena Sabbara, “The Problems with Child Welfare Services in Arizona” (Instructor: Kerry Fine)
2. Elise Hanretty, “My Friend Ana” (Instructor: Corri Wells)
3. Benjamin Millet, “Aerospace Engineering Academic Cultural Analysis” (Instructor: Sean Moxley-Kelly)

ENG 107
1. Mainak Sahu, “Prevention Is Better Than Cure” (Instructor: Daeun Shin)
2. Valeria Duran Garcia, “My Italian Independence” (Instructor: Daeun Shin)
3. Devajith I Subramoniam, “The Gender Wage Gap In US IT Industries” (Instructor: Daeun Shin)

ENG 108
1. Vanessa Pecly, “The solution to an unhealthy life-work balance in Tarkenton Companies” (Instructor: Valerie Fazel)
2. Luca Avolio, “A Proposal for Ameliorating Gang Violence in the London Borough of Lambeth” (Instructor: Valerie Fazel)
3. Wanhe Gu, “Improve the barrier-free passages problem of the Xinghe community” (Instructor: Valerie Fazel)

WAC 107
1. Guoji Li, “Be a Giant of Action” (Instructor: Sarah Hynes)
2. Jingyi Li, “A Review of We are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast” (Instructor: Sarah Hynes)
3. Eunhyo Kim, “Rhetorical analysis of Safran Foer’s book, We are the weather” (Instructor: Sarah Hynes)

ENG 217
1. Isabel Gutierrez, “A New Home” (Instructor: Valerie Finn)
2. Rebecca Kittridge, “I Take a Bath in my Childhood Home” (Instructor: Valerie Finn)

04/25/2022

The judges are determining a tie-breaker for ENG 102! Stay tuned - we should have an announcement about this year's winners soon.

04/22/2022

Our judges are hard at work scoring entries. Stay tuned for an announcement on this year’s winners.

Meanwhile, check out some of the winners in past years on our site.

Digication ePortfolio :: ASU Writers Place by Dana Tait at Arizona State University. Welcome to the ASU Writers' Place Awards! Please review the various pages in our portfolio to find submission information and forms, past winners and other information about writing and the Writer's Place Awards....

04/08/2022

There’s one week left to submit for this year’s Writers’ Place Awards. Check out our website to download the submission form and for more details on how to submit:

Digication ePortfolio :: ASU Writers Place by Dana Tait at Arizona State University. Welcome to the ASU Writers' Place Awards! Please review the various pages in our portfolio to find submission information and forms, past winners and other information about writing and the Writer's Place Awards....

10/17/2021

We are kicking off our weeklong celebration of the National Day on Writing with a crowd-sourced story. Contribute the next sentence - only ONE sentence at a time - by responding to this thread. We'll get things started with the first sentence:

Given Jordan's irrational fear of bunnies, we all thought it would be a funny trick to special-order Peeps for Halloween.

10/09/2021

We’re planning something special for the week of the National Day on Writing! Stay tuned for details.

National Day on Writing — The National Council of Teachers of English has designated October 20 as the National Day on Writing.

08/19/2021

Welcome back, Sun Devils! Check out last year’s award winners and information for the 2021-2022 awards on our site.

Digication ePortfolio :: ASU Writers Place by Dana Tait at Arizona State University. Welcome to the ASU Writers' Place Awards! Please review the various pages in our portfolio to find submission information and forms, past winners and other information about writing and the Writer's Place Awards....

05/07/2021

Want to know what a winning entry looks like? Check out our awesome winners for 2021 on our site!

Digication ePortfolio :: ASU Writers Place by Dana Tait at Arizona State University. The Writers' Place Awards Chair is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 awards. A big thank you to the judges who volunteered to read entries:Laura CruserValerie FazelElizabeth HammHeather HoytSarah HynesKat...