Honorable Mention Essays for 2014

Essays are judged in two rounds.  In the first round each essay is read and ranked independently and anonymously by three judges.  Only a small fraction of those advance to the second round in which each essay is read and ranked by every judge on the entire panel.  The following essays did not win one of the top three prizes in each division but were adjudged worthy of proceeding into the round of finalists.  They are therefore accorded Honorable Mention.

High School Division

Emily K. Murphy, Trinity High School, Manchester, NH: “Muted Morals: Silence and Reflection in Mansfield Park.” Mentor: Marie Salvas.

David G. Yaffe-Bellany, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ: “‘Quiet Auditor of the Whole’: The Isolation of Mansfield Park’s Fanny Price.”

Hannah MC Fish, Kodiak High School, Kodiak, AK: “Overcoming Social and Moral Obligations.” Mentor: Benjamin Jackson.

Olivia B. Leslie, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH: “Silence in Mansfield Park: Edmund’s Role in Silencing Fanny.” Mentor: Elizabeth Armstrong.

Kathryn H. Homoki, The Classical Academy: College Pathways, Colorado Springs, CO: “Silent Shouts: Characters Revealed through Fanny’s Silence.”

Elsie Platzer, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, FL: “Silence in Mansfield Park: A New Morality.” Mentor: Faith Dickens.

Sarah E. Talbott, South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA: “The Impact of Silence: Silence in Character Development and Plot in Mansfield Park.” Mentor: Angela Satterfield.

Stephanie C. Hilker, Haslett High School, Haslett, MI: “Fanny Price in Mansfield Park: From Silent Bondage to Confident Speech.” Mentor: Kathryn Davis.

Rose N. Favino, Delaware County Christian School, Newtown Square, PA: “Silence Speaks Volumes in Mansfield Park.”

College/University Division

Tricia M. Light, Scripps College, Claremont, CA: “Sabotaged by Silence: Jane Austen’s Differentiation Between Subtlety and Deception in Mansfield Park.”

Elena N. Valeriote, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA: “Emotion that can’t be ‘clothed in words’: The Sincerity of Silence in Mansfield Park.” Mentor: Hilary Schor.

Tom Zille, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany: “Protean Silence in Mansfield Park.” Mentor: Verena Lobsien.

Clare B. Chiappetta, Our Lady of the Lake College, Baton Rouge, LA: “The Luxury of Silence: Silence vs. the Pursuit of Luxury in Mansfield Park.” Mentor: Sharon Tohline.

Graduate Division

Caitlin D. Turner, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS: “‘With silent indignation’: Fanny’s Subversive Quiet in Mansfield Park.” Mentor: Susan Allen Ford.