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2002 Shakespeare Fellowship
Essay Contest Winners
Congratulations to all contest entries for a fabulous batch of intriguing and insightful essays on Shakespeare and on the authorship question. The judges devoted many hours to winnowing the most effective essays down to this list of winners and honorable mentions. In each division winning entries were selected answering more than one of the proposed questions, in accordance with the principle that those essays of greatest insight on any topic were to be valued by the judges. Due to technical delays, it may be a few more weeks before the winning essays can be published to the site. Look for them in coming weeks.
11-12th Grade Division
1st prize: Gary LiVacari, Park Ridge IL
"Shakespeare---the Man and the Myth"
2nd prize: Dashini Ann Jeyathurai, Johor, Malaysia "Are Shakespeare's Plays Relevant to the 21st Century?"
3rd prize (tie): John Dravenstott, Ashland OH
"The Plays within the Play"
Megan Donelson, Ashland OH
"Cycles of Decay"
Honorable Mention:
Grace Lin, Sugar Land TX
"Elizabethan Inspirations"
Gabrielle Meury, Claremont CA
"A Shakespearean Baker's Dozen: Gender Roles as influenced by Elizabethan Society"
Prabha Mathew, Sugar Land TX
"The Elizabethan Influence"
Rachelle Leung, Sugar Land TX
"The Play's Delay"
Krista Shapton, Claremont CA
"Will Power: Shakespeare's Importance Today"
Mayra Diaz, Pomona CA
"The Man with the Most Comprehensive Soul: Shakespeare's Relevance to the 21st Century"
Brian Biery, Harrisburg PA (untitled)
Amanda Woods, Charleston WV
"Much Ado About 'The Man Who Shakespeare Was Not (and Who He Was)'"
Kathleen Middleton Ball, Jacksonville FL
"King Lear and Elizabethan England: Times of Transition"
Rebecca Vigil, Claremont CA
Do We Have to Read It?: Shakespeare's Influence on the 21st Century"
Jessie Tucker, Victoria, Australia (untitled)
9-10th Grade Division
1st prize: Priscilla Mok, Tai Tam, Hong Kong
"The Elizabethan Era's Effect on Shakespeare's Works"
2nd prize: Mark Loftus, Oklahoma City OK
"A Dynamic Duo of Evil: Iago and Lady Macbeth as a Gateway to Self-Awareness"
3rd prize: Brian Coble, Claremont CA
"The Shakespeare Mystery"
Honorable Mention:
Andrew Otoshi, Hong Kong
"Puzzling Shakespeare"
Eleanor Sze, Hong Kong
"The Truth about Shakespeare"
Noelle Chin, Hong Kong
"The misspelled name"
Adriana Olavarria, Hong Kong
"To Be or Not to Be Relevant?"
Andrew Tsang, Hong Kong
"Are Shakespeare's plays relevant...?"
Ho Keun Kang, Hong Kong
"Shakespeare Who Never Was"
Alina D. Arbuthnot, Longmont CO
"Rebellion: A Way of Life"
The judges were best-selling novelist, Dr. Sarah Smith (PhD, English, Harvard University), Dr. Charles Berney (PhD, physics, University of Washington), and Dr. Roger Stritmatter (MA, Anthropology, PhD Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts).Please enter our 2003 contest.