One of the highlights of the UFL Life and Learning Conference every June is the Scholarly Achievement Award in Creative Writing, Literary Criticism, or Research given to talented undergraduate and graduate students. This year the awards were given by Jeff Koloze and Clara Sarrocco at the Saturday night banquet in an Oscar-style presentation, complete with “And the envelope, please!” The award recipients for this year were:
Creative Writing
- First place: Kimberly Hubbard (Baylor University) for her short story “Infinite?”
- Second place: Teresa Pincus (North Carolina State University) for her short story, “Confessions of a Sidewalk Counselor.”
Research
- First place: Andrew Kubick (Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, Connecticut) for his essay “Could GMO Classification Facilitate the Global Trafficking of Human Embryos for Scientific Research?”
- Second place: Anthony Crescio (Marquette) for his essay, “Abortion: A Threat to the Actualization of the Mother as an Individual.”
The student scholars who win in any category may be offered an opportunity to read their work before the annual conference of University Faculty for Life. They may have their work published on UFL’s website and in conference proceedings. Finally, first-place winners in each category received $200.