2021
Nathan Barnes for "Reconciling America’s Folk Literary Narrative, Literacy Liberates our Original Thought on the Foundation of Epistemology, Kairos: The Web Journal that Redefines" and "Interdisciplinary Scholarship in Writing" Studies

2020
Erika Rasmussen for her Portfolio of essays: Wordsworth’s Immortal Ode, Ecological Awareness in the Old English Judith: Purposeful Interconnection and Gender, & Othello and the Vulnerability of Reality: Ideology, Responsibility, and Race"

2019
Perla Luna for "The Potential and Limitations of Empathy as Resistance in The Hate U Give, Confronting the Terror Whiteness, and Negotiating Identity"

2018
Esther Young for her essays: "Open Mics as Models for Urban Revitalization: The Role of Downtown San José’s Open Mics in the Context of Gentrification and Creative Placemaking" & "Uncle Silas as an Irish Novel"

2017
Silvia Signore for her portfolio of essays from Dubliners, Tennessee Williams’ plays, and Beloved; Essays titled: "From Where the Narrator Stands," "A Portrait of Reality: Misunderstood Women in a Man’s World,' "The Catharsis of (Re)Memory"

2021
Tied for First:
Jessica Joudy for her essay ""Harriet Meziere’s Moreton Abbey (1786): Recovering Experimental 18th c. Women's Fiction That Is More Than Just “Novel” 
Felicia Jarrin for her essay "Ending the Cycle of Abuse: Manifestations of Intimate Partner Violence, Gender Roles, and Sisterhood in 'Woman Hollering Creek' and 'Sabrina & Corina'" 
Honorable Mention:
Alexa Alfano for her essay "'California’ and California: Place and Hedonism from Ginsberg to Didion."

2020
Katya Trushchankova for her essay "Gender Equality to Salvation through The Phoenix"

2019
Austin Gray for “Fit in or Get Out: The Unfortunate Binary Choice for Upwardly Mobile Black Men in America”

2018
Gabby Deutsch for her essay “Surrealist Humor in 'Git on Board' and 'Negrotown'”

2017
Emma Ferrell for her essay “Uncontrollable Consumption:
Double-Colonization in Toni Morrison’s Beloved”

2021
Eric Bressinger for "The Winds"
Runner-up:
Felicia Jarrin for "Motherland"

2020
Amanda Eason for her short story "Lighter"

2019
Annie Loewen for her short story "Yesterday"

2018
Kelley Dong for her short story "Multiocular O"

2017
Madeline Nguyen for her short story "i hope you felt loved"

2021
Jaden Fong for “There will come a day when the deer trails will be my trails, until they will not be anymore.”
Honorable Mention:
Sarah Lackey for "When I think of lightning."

2020
Erika Rasmussen for her poem "Psalm 151"

2019
Erica Rasmussen for “Mylėti Means To Love (Barely Known), On Either Side of Jonah, Down To The Elbows”

2018
Shelley Valdez for her poems “Love and Other Fire Hazards”, “The Softest Bitch in Town”, and “Last Words from a Pillar of Salt”

2017
1st Place: Emma Ferrell for her poems “Ode to a Beautiful Button”, “Finding the Memory Box in my Parents’ Basement”, and “I was trying to pin down these thoughts with thumbtacks”
Honorable Mention: Kelley Dong for her poem: “Incompleteness, Forever”

2021
1st Place: Jaden Fong for "Modern Day Pygmalion"
1st Place: Nate Metz for "Color and Acceptance"
2nd Place: Jessica Joudy for "devoted"
3rd Place: Riley Scherr for "For my brother, wherever he should be"

2020
Zhi-Ying Chua for her poem "Rasa Sayang"

2019
Erika Rasmussen for her poems “Mylėti Means To Love (Barely Known)”, “On Either Side of Jonah”, and “Down To The Elbows”

2018
1st Place: Shelley Valdez for her poems “Love and Other Fire Hazards”, “The Softest Bitch in Town”, and “Last Words from a Pillar of Salt”

2nd Place: Dominic Tran for his poems “Methanol Fire”, “Cannonball”, and “Phoenix”

3rd Place: Avery Ikeda for her poems“Fight Song of a Public Defender”, “For Katrina”and “Becoming”

2017
1st Place: Shelley Valdez for her poems “The Great Glass Jar”,
“For the Girl Who Introduced Me to Anne Carson”, and “Postcards”
2nd Place: Miles Lagunas for his poems “Ode to Apep,” “Hummingbird,” and “Fine Art.”
3rd Place: Riley O’Connell for her poems “Numbers Guy”,“my father’s son”,
and “Prayers Onto My Lips”
4th Place: Jimmy Flynn for his poems “tastebuds,” “recipe,” and “why me?”

2021
Alexa Alfano for "Podcast on Shakespeare's King Lear"
Honorable mention:
Brianha Jackson for "The Mindful Narrative Website"

2020
Sydney Thompson and Khiely Jackson for their project titled: "Anti-Racist Teaching Collective"

2019
Kimy Grandi Soriano - How are femmes honoring Frida Kahlo's legacy in the US

2020-21
CTW 1
1st place: Oliver Branham-Upton  "Examination of Inexorably Racialized Education"
2nd place: Bryce Nishi "Mushrooms of Many Names"
3rd place: Dalia Suszko "Mushrooms of Many Names"
CTW 2
1st place: Sophie Rotter-Aboyoun  "Expressions of Gratitude in College"
2nd place: Rhiannon Briggs   "Tradition Shattered: The role of “Co-Eds” at Santa Clara University"
3rd place- tie: Alex Coleman  "Growing Up an Alien: The Effects of Late Diagnosis on Autistic Women"
3rd place- tie: Brendan Plunket "Motorsport’s Marketing, Monetization, and Maximization"

2019-20
CTW 1
1st place: Samantha Stahl: "Elucidation of the Discordant"
2nd place: Sarah Tartell: "Snapchat Video Recording and Its Impact on Our Memory"
3rd place: Meerah Thompson: Ethnogenesis of Venice, CA
CTW 2
1st place: Kristina Yin: Trisha Nguyen: "Expanding Imagination"
2nd place (tie): Teresa Contino: "Down with the Cap and Gown"
2nd place (tie): Charlotte Zhang: "The Failure to Diversify Within Cultural Identity in America"

2018-19
CTW 1
1st place: Sarah Zazzo Disney and Environmentalism: Fantasy or Reality"
2nd place: Zach Heffron: “Seattle's White Denial in an Economic Boom”
3rd place: Alex Reents: “On the Shores of my (more recent) California Journey”
CTW 2
1st place: Kristina Yin: “Racist in the Machine: What are the Causes of Algorithmic Bias”
2nd place: Gabrielle Serena: “Hashtag Campaigns and Viral Activism: Social Media in the Me Too Era”
3rd place: Gabe Reed: “A Critical Examinations of Trash TV”

2017-18
CTW 1
1st place: Ciara Moezidis: "A Letter to the Grave"
2nd place: Alexandria Kissas: “‘Stand by Your Man’date: How Official Commentary on Issues Like TPS Contributes to the Ongoing Debate of Conservatism vs. Liberalism in a College Atmosphere”
3rd place: Fiqir Taye: "Obedience of Authority"
CTW 2
1st place: Kyler Juarez: "Social Media and the Women’s Marches: Feminist or Hinderance?"
2nd place: Katie Byers: "No Drought of Ignorance"
3rd place: Brooke VanSant: "How Fair is Fair Trade?"

2016-17
CTW 1
1st place: Colin Alexander: “The Forgotten Movement”
2nd place: Khiely Jackson: “The California Dream as Seen Through a Golden Bridge”
3rd place: Sibel Fite:  “A Rainbow’s Reflected Light”
CTW 2
1st place: Rena Abu-Gharbiyeh: “The Evolution of Sports Broadcasting”
2nd place: Shining Liu: “To Be Inspired: An Exploration of Social Enterprises and Scaling Up”
3rd place: Holly Waggoner : “Women’s Education in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Eastern Asia”

2015-16
CTW 1
1st place: Matthew Robinson: “From Arcadia to a Zillion: A Critical Examination of a Literary Coming of Age”
2nd place: Matilde Saucedo: “The Bedrock of Human Nature”
3rd place: Hannah Kim: “Walking Down the (Sunset) Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Role of Ethnogenesis in Hollywood”
CTW 2
1st place: Miranda Wittmond: “Working on Sex Work”
2nd place: Claire Hultquist: “Yatra Visvam Bhavati Ekanidam: Where the Whole World Meets in a Single Nest”
3rd place: Alexis Amano: “Holistically Human Amputation and the Human Aesthetic”

2014-15
CTW 1
1st place: Avery Ikeda “The Bronco: The Myth, The Legend, The Statue”
2nd place: Ester Young: “Censorship of the Female Body”
3rd place: Angelina Poole: “Political Satire in the Daily Show: It is no laughing matter”
CTW 2
1st place: Ally Mueller: “Sports and Domestic Violence: Correlation of Causation”
2nd place: Laura Kastilani: “Untitled”
3rd place: Tisha Harnlasiri: “The Aristocracy of the American Higher Education System”