Essay

"A 'launische' Reading of Die Forelle (The Trout)"

Judges' Comments

Ruofan Wang’s paper masterfully combines personal perspective and astute scholarship. Its vivid description, illuminating analysis, and well-controlled narrative together provide an immersive, instructive experience for the reader. Her deft exploration takes readers on a delightful and powerful journey through an artist’s book, allowing the reader to experience this particular work of art  as “something totally capricious and free.”

Essay

"Barriers to Reproductive Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Judges' Comments

Evelyne Umubyeyi’s paper is also audience-friendly, and its opening anecdote immediately engages and orients the reader. The rest of the well-researched, well-structured piece provides a thorough examination of the causes and consequences of inadequate reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa. It ends with a poignant call to action on behalf of those affected by these circumstances.