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The results from the recent NYCSLS student essay contest have been announced! The top essays spanned such topics as literature, poetry, philosophy and theology. Given this wealth of riches, it was difficult to select a single first place essay, and we encourages all of our participants to pursue their writing.
College Essay Contest Winner Weighs Wordsworth
Aimee Smith wrote the winning college essay entitled, “Influences of Romanticism: Lewis, Wordsworth, and the Notion of Sehnsucht" while a senior at Bethel University, Indiana. The essay explored the Woodsworth poem, "Surprised by Joy" as it related to Lewis. She analyzed the concept of joy in Woodsworth and how Lewis departed from it. One English professor from England extended his congratulations to our top finisher, remarking on her ability to capture the themes within the poem. Amy wins the $500 prize, and will have her essay printed in the forthcoming issue of the Society bulletin.
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Second place winner:
Luke Hollister finished in second place with his essay, “C.S. Lewis's Fiction: Allowing His Pictures to Tell Their Own Moral” written as a senior at Hillsdale College. His essay vividly portrayed the use of images in Lewis’s fiction, while drawing from lesser known Lewis essays.