2025 Winners

First Place: "What Will it Take to Abolish Capital Punishment: Examining the Effectiveness of Criminology Research and Abolitionist Rhetoric" by Cale Beer

Second Place: "'White Man's World': How Gender and Racial Biases Affect One's Growth in Academia" by Faith Fegley

Third Place: "Recognizing Bias Associated with Applicant Tracking Systems" by Kharma Genter

Student Choice Award: "Generational Effects of Trauma" by Lana Banks

First Place: "fruitbox" by Areeba Kazi

Second Place & Student Choice Award: "My Mother's Hands" by Areeba Kazi

Third Place: "Numbers Game" by Upasana Shrestha

Honorable Mention: "Would you still love me..." by Hope Lang

First Place: "The Messed Up State of the World" by Hope Lang

Second Place: "My Name is Honey" by Cadence Bommarito

Third Place & Student Choice Award: "Identity" by Fahim Faisal Anik

Honorable Mention: "The Clever Hans Phenomenon Conference" by Ava McCall

First Place: "Girl in the Copper Tower" by Alyssa Martin

Second Place: "Which One is the Real Susanne" by Tetyana Asher

Third Place & Student Choice Award: "One Day, When Mom is Dead" by Muriel Mackie