3000 Level First Place: "Effects of Marijuana Legalization on the St. Louis Community" by John Prusak Second Place: "Civilizing the Colonized" by Tarek Baig Honorable Mention: "Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Biological Womanhood" by Grace Wang 2000 Level First Place: "The Carceral State that Exists on an Ambiguous Utopia" by Nithya Chintalapati Second Place: "The Intertwining of Time and Queer Identity in Orlando" by Ella Engelhardt Honorable Mention: "Dead Dogs and a Man in Disgrace" by Lia Basden