Haas Writing Awards

Haas Writing Awards: Celebrating the Best of TAMU-CC Student Writing

A generous grant from the Paul and Mary Haas Foundation makes it possible to recognize TAMU-CC's best student writers through our annual Haas Writing Awards. These awards come with a cash prize for three students in each of eight different categories. A special awards ceremony, with a guest author, is held each spring to honor the recipients and to celebrate the importance of good writing at TAMU-CC.

Please congratulate the winners of the 2008 Haas Awards:

English 1301
1st Place: Elizabeth Williams, "The Human Papillomavirus Vaccination"
2nd Place: Ashley Nicole Fox, "Casual Relationship Between the Human
                 Papillomavirus (HPV) and Certain Cancers"
3rd Place: Jase Carlile, "Insufficient Mental Healthcare in New Orleans and
                 Surrounding Areas"

English 1302
1st Place: Brenna Williams, "An in-depth examination of the negative
                 effects of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest locally, nationally,
                 and globally OR Save the Rainforest...no, seriously"
2nd Place: Nicholas Sheffield, "Freedom for All: The Fight for Same-Sex
                 Marriage"

2000-Level Courses
1st Place: Jill Gingles, "A Return to the Womb: Edna Pontellier's Ultimate
                 Pocket of Solitude"
2nd Place: Helen Tamez, "Kate Chopin's Objectivity"
3rd Place: Jade Love, "Ring Status"

3000/4000-Level Courses
1st Place: Elijah Ramirez, "Chatspeak: The State and Future of Emerging
                 Internet Dialects"
2nd Place: Steve Sellers, "The Scent of Nostalgia: Deconstructing the
                 Superhero"
3rd Place: Timothy Boudreau, "I Should Have Been What I Am: Shakespeare's
                 Bastards in King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing"

Creative Writing
1st Place: Tracy L. Henry-Michaud, "Arrested"
2nd Place: Vickie Sedillo, "Wearing India"
3rd Place: Tracy L. Henry-Michaud, "South Texas Solstice"

Undergraduate Technical & Professional Writing
1st Place: Shannon Cruz and David Phillips, "Wellness Gardens and
                 Eco-Friendly Development on Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
                 Grounds"
2nd Place: Alfonso Ramos, "Recommendation for Promotion of the GEAR
                 UP/STAR Program"
3rd Place: Shannon Cruz, "Unique Challenges in Grant Writing for the Fine
                 Arts: Writing a Grant Proposal for the Corpus Christi Ballet"

Graduate Rhetoric/Composition, Linguistics, Professional Writing
1st Place: Eva Vera Muniz, "The Visual Rhetoric of Graffiti"
2nd Place: Misty Lassiter, "One Cannot Speak a Capital Letter"
3rd Place: Noelle Balmer, "Ambulance Chaser or Trusted Attorney? A Visual
                 Analysis of Two Legal Advertisements"

Graduate Literature/Literary Theory
1st Place: Garrett Wieland, "Mirrored Masks, Splintered Selves: Jacques
                 Lacan, the Mirror Stage, and Swamp Thing"
2nd Place: Jennifer Marciniak, "Suns and Daughters: The Role of Marxism
                 and Women in Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns"
3rd Place: Joanna Hodges, "From Daughter to Heroine: The Development of
                 Catherine Moreland"

The Windward Review

The Windward Review is Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s literary/arts journal. It is published once or twice a year, is for sale in the University Bookstore and elsewhere, and contains work by a variety of University and other writers and artists.

Submission Guidelines
1.  We primarily publish poetry, short stories, some creative nonfiction, and black and white artwork (though we also accept color artworks for our covers). There is no limit on the number of submissions. Works in another language are accepted—please include English translation, if possible.

2.  Use a Cover Sheet that includes your Name, Address, Phone Number, and Email Address. Do not put your name on any other page of your submission, as works will be read anonymously by a panel. All text must be computer-generated; avoid fancy fonts. Submit the Cover Sheet and Work(s) in a sealed envelope with "Windward Review Submission" written prominently on the outside.

3.  Submissions may be dropped off or sent through Campus Mail to

Dr. Vanessa Jackson, Faculty Center 286

Or they may be sent to:

Dr. Vanessa Jackson
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Unit 5813
6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78412

Submission of work is a granting of permission to publish the work in the Windward Review.  Copyright remains with author/artist.

For further information, please contact Vanessa Jackson at (361) 825 5858 or by email at vanessa.jackson@tamucc.edu

Authors' Day

Every spring, the English Department hosts our annual Authors’ Day to celebrate reading and writing with the Coastal Bend Community. Faculty and students work together with high school students who spend the day on campus. We also invite a published author to read from her/his work and to conduct workshops for University and area school students. In the past, Jim Daniels, Helena María Viramontes, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Pat Mora, Naomi Shihab Nye, Benjamin Alire Saenz, and Brett Anthony Johnston have visited our campus.

In March 2008, we held our ninth annual Authors' Day with guest Denise Chavéz, author of A Taco Testimony, as well as high school students from Moody and Miller HS. These students had the opportunity to present their creative works at an Open Mic as well as learn about the English program in workshops focusing on literature, technical writing, and creative writing.