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Laura Iunghuhn (’20), Molly MacDuff (’20), and Caroline Breitbach (’20) became the latest ΒιΆΉΤ­΄΄ students to earn accolades for their writing in the 2020-21 Delta Epsilon Sigma National Undergraduate Writing Competition. This is the 28^th-consecutive year that at least one ΒιΆΉΤ­΄΄ student has received first, second or honorable mention in at least one category.

β€œThe award-winning writing by Laura, Molly, and Caroline in both creative and analytical genres is indicative of the stellar quality of ΒιΆΉΤ­΄΄ English majors over the years,” Kevin Koch, professor of English, said. β€œIt is both astounding in one sense and not surprising in another that our English majors have had a 28-year record of winning writing awards at the national level. We have been blessed to work with such fine students.”

Iunghuhn earned a first-place honor in Creative Fiction for her piece, β€œCounty Sligo.” She also netted the top award for her Scholarly Essay β€œGraham Greene: Extending the Scholarly Essay Path to Redemption Through an Anticipation of Vatican II Faith in The Power and the Glory.”

MacDuff’s poem, β€œJuliet,” claimed second place in the Poetry category. Breitbach gained an honorable mention in the Fiction category with β€œA Real Boy.”

Students submit work each year to ΒιΆΉΤ­΄΄β€™s undergraduate writing publication, β€œThe Limestone Review.” Faculty and student readers choose the best work in each category for the Alpha Award. Those winners then go on to compete in the DES writing competition. You can read the entire 2020 issue of 

Delta Epsilon Sigma was founded in 1938 at ΒιΆΉΤ­΄΄ by The Rev. E.A. Fitzgerald as a Catholic honor society. As a result, the college became the first DES chapter in the nation.