The Moorpark Student Awards Committee recognizes student excellence across all disciplines, awarding enviable scholarships to winning entries in a variety of modes: Narrative/Expository, Research & Analytical. These submissions, written at the Freshman and Sophomore levels, are published in our campus publication Moorpark Essay Anthology, allowing for campus- and community-wide recognition of students' hard work.

Winners of the 2020 Student Writing Awards

Literary Analysis in Advanced Literature Classes

• Zachary McCann for "The Plague of True Womanhood and the Privilege of Masculinity" and

• Lauren Keller for “Hamlet and Oppression of the Feminine”

  Research

• Christina Chambliss for "Hamilton Fails the Revolution" 

  Literary Analysis in English 1A

• Lea Raha for "Psychopathy: A Weapon Against Humanity" 

The 2020 Student Writing Award Winners are recognized in the Student Essay Anthology along with these other outstanding essays:

• “Research Essay: Loss of Innocence” by Katelyn Parker

• “The Children of an Adult World” by Lily Speakman

• “Amusing Ourselves Through Politics” by Caitlin Quintana

• “Born a Terrorist” by Yusra Akhundzadah

• “My Fight for Education” by Yusra Akhundzadah

• “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Jin Kim

• “Hamlet and Oppression of the Feminine” Lauren Keller

• “Psychopathy: A Weapon against Humanity” by Lea Raha 

• “Self Empowerment” by Martin O’Reilly