2020 Winners Announced!

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