Babson College first-year student Marissa Mignone, Key Biscayne, Fla., is winner of the Michael J. Conlon First-Year Writing Award;and Rigel Barros, an international student from Mexico, won the Wooten Prize for sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
The Conlon Award, in memory of Michael J. Conlon ’96, is presented for the best analytical writing by a first-year student. The contest is entirely student-run by a committee of experienced junior and senior Peer Writing Consultants from Babson’s Writing Center, who develop criteria for judging, solicit essays, market the Award, and select the winners.
Conlon Award winners and their essays are:
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First – Marissa Mignone, “The Em Analysis,”
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Second – Rigel Barros, “Socrates: The Martyrdom…,”
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Third – John Chartier, (Andover, Mass.), “Flickering in the Window.”
The Wooten Prize, founded by Babson alumnus Sim Wooten in memory of his father, rewards fine analytical writing from a Babson student at the sophomore, junior or senior level. It seeks out critical engagement on the part of the author that in turn stimulates intellectual curiosity on the part of the reader.
Wooten Prize winners and their essays are:
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Second – Kathleen Murphy, ’08, Walpole, Mass., “Gender Relations in Harry Potter,”
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Third – Iryna Neskoromna, ’08, Weymouth, Mass., “The Garb of Modernity in the Context of Tradition.”
Barros, a winner of both awards, came to Babson as a first-year student in fall 2006 with advanced credits, submitting his essay for the Conlon Prize as a freshman. In spring 2008, as a sophomore, Barros entered the Wooten contest with another essay.
