Congratulations to all the winners of the 2020 PRISM!
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