2019 Award Nominees

Kiana Anderson, Linfield College
“Every Rose Has Its Thorn: The Shifting Birthmark and Liberation of Sula”

Claire Breiholz, University of Portland
“A Rocky Romance: Stones and Antisemitism in The Siege of Jerusalem”

Larai Breithaupt, Whitworth University
“Forgetting I Love You”

Chlöe Brew, University of Puget Sound
“Power or Passivity: Reconciling the Aphrodite of Knidos”

Kymberlin Bush, Pacific University
“Did You Know Her?”

Crystal Carney, University of Idaho
“Abjection: Dissonance as a Harbinger of Change”

Nicholas DeCaro, Whitworth University
“Apostrophe Art Exhibit”

Natalia Giovengo, Pacific Lutheran University
“Charlie Rainbow”

Cassidy Johnson, Montana State University
“Drowning in Ovid: An Exploration of Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses”

Meghan Laakso, Whitworth University
“Theopoetics in Joyce’s ‘Eveline’”

Shanell Mannel, North Idaho College
“The Name Game: Social Influences on Naming Practices”

Jodelle Marx, Pacific University
“Rituals”

Dana McCarthy, Pacific University
“Beauty in Bitterness: Shifted Connotations and Characterization in Much Ado About Nothing”

Emily O’Brien, Montana State University
“Love and Loss Among the Roses: Floriography and Symbolism in Mrs. Dalloway”

Kelly Owens, University of Idaho
“Puritan Diversity: ‘To My Dear and Loving Husband’ and ‘Huswifery’”

Jordan Reanier, Montana State University
“Life Under the Bell: An Evaluation of Medical Ethics through Literature”

Rachel Wall, Carroll College
“Crushing Stereotypes through Literature”

Esther Zerbst, North Idaho College
“The Thought Behind a Name: A Look at Religion, Ideology, and Individuality as Social Factors in Naming Children”