CCL Undergraduate Writing Award
Any paper presented at a regional conference may be submitted to the CCL undergraduate writing contest for that calendar year. Conference directors should publicize the opportunity to present papers and to submit work to the national contest to undergraduates in their region. Directors should submit the best undergraduate work (up to 3 critical and 3 creative submissions) from the conference to the CCL Vice President, within two weeks of the conference’s conclusion. The VP will then forward the submissions to a committee for evaluation. Only papers presented at regional conferences are eligible for the contest. Contest winners will be selected each January for work submitted the previous calendar year. Winners will be announced at the annual CCL board meeting and will receive a $100 cash prize.
Previous CCL Undergraduate Writing Award Recipients
2024: Bret van den Brink, Trinity Western University, “The Gifts of Galadriel: Eco-Anxiety and Marian Hope in The Lord of the Rings”
2023: Hallie Wielfaert, Lee University, “The Literal and the Ambiguous: Rhetoric in the Writings of St. Catherine of Siena and Raymond of Capua”
2022: Emily Finnell, Biola University, “Edgar's Definition of Nothing: Comprehending the Role of Social Environment in King Lear”
2021: Matt Carpenter, Lee University, “Troubled Man's Reflection: Ignatian Tradition in Taylor's Gods Determinations”
2020: Danielle Chalker, Union University, “George MacDonald’s Sacramental Poetics in At the Back of the North Wind”
2019: Garrett Mikulka, Lee University, “Incarnate Language: Means of Articulating the Ineffable”
