Honorable Mentions

High School Division

• Peihe Feng, High School Affiliated to South China Normal University, Guangdong, China
  "Beyond Satire: the Hidden Story in Jane Austen’s 'Confined' World"

• Katherine M. Reddy, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, CT
  "Don't Settle for Collins: The Feminist Ideas of Jane Austen"

Graduate Division

• Betsy Roy, Temple University. Philadelphia, PA
  "Austen from an Educator/Social Work Student Perspective"

• Katherine Tencza, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  "Austen's Witty, Time-Defying Character Insights in Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion"

High School Division

• Jack M. Buss, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Love and Lady Luck: How Chance Affects Marital Happiness in Pride and Prejudice" 

• Julia J. Collins,  University Transition Program, Vancouver,  BC
  "Jane Austen’s Golden Mean of Prudence and Passion"
• Kayley E. Dorn, Homeschool, Davie, FL
  "Rector, Homewrecker, and Rectified: Mastery of Self as the Key to Courtship in Pride and Prejudice"
• Sophia L. Hall, Holton-Arms, Bethesda, MD
  "Negotiation Tactics: The Social Performance of Elizabeth Bennet"

• Anna Iskra, Founders Classical Academy of Corinth, Corinth, TX
  "Ardent Admiration, Acknowledged Truth: The Interplay Between Romance and Practicality in Pride and Prejudice" 
• Isabelle Hansen, Homeschool, Jacksonville, FL
  "Maturity and Balance: Marriage and Mirth in Pride and Prejudice"
• Selah J. Hurd, Trinity Classical School, Houston, TX
  "Relationship Essentials: A Marriage of Passion, Practicality, and Perception in Austen’s Characters"
• Shriya S. Kalluri, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD
  "Optimism Vs. Realism: How Jane Austen Contrasts Idealistic Relationships with Realistic Norms of the Regency Period in Pride and Prejudice to Emulate the Female Struggle for Equal Opportunity"
• Yushu Li, YK Pao School, Shanghai, China
  “Neither Happy nor Respectable”: The Tragedy of the Three Indifferent Marriages in Pride and Prejudice"
• Anna M. Lindsay,  Odyssey Academy of Virtual Learning, Ripon,  WI
  "A Study of Marriage in Pride and Prejudice"
• Isabelle Ly, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Third Time’s the Charm: The Trifecta of Marriage Proposals in Pride and Prejudice"
• Charlotte O’Beirne, Oakcrest School, Vienna, VA
  "Austen’s Realistic Idealism: The Ingredients of a Truly Fulfilling Marriage in Pride and Prejudice"
• Maia Osborne, Research Triangle High School, Durham, NC
  "Captains of their Souls: Women and Marriage Decisions in Pride and Prejudice"
• Delaney J. Turk, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Reading the Ballroom: The Romantic Importance of Dance in Pride and Prejudice"

College Division

• Malika M. Amoruso, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  "After Happily-Ever-After: Austen’s Recipe for Lasting Marriages in Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion"

Graduate Division

• Ariel S. Drury, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  "The Business of Marriage: Comparing the Unions of Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park"
• Elizabeth Wheeler, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, Roseville, MN
  "From Youth to Womanhood: The Seasoning of Jane Austen’s Views on Love and Marriage"

High School Division

• Elizabeth R. Caneday, Homeschool, Forest Lake, MN
  "Secrecy and Suppositions: Realism and Romanticism in Familial Relations"
• Kevin Chung, Gretchen Whitney High School, Cerritos, CA
  "A Study in Contrasts: Rival Relations Reveal Surprising Similarities"
• Kayleigh Gallagher, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, CT
  "All For Show: The Role of Authenticity in Sense and Sensibility's Family Dynamics"
• Josiah Kam,  Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Mrs. Jennings and Her Daughters: The Triumph of Substance Over Self-Image"
• Elise B. Kersten, Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Two Paths to Relative Success: The Dashwood Sisters versus the Steele Sisters"
• Hannah Shu En Ling, Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: A Comparison of Marianne Dashwood and Lucy Steele"
• Corinne L. Nicholls, Albert Einstein High School, Kensington, MD
  "Mother Knows Best: Mothers and Daughters in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility"
• Elizabeth Shin,  Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Truth and Treachery: How Flawed Masculinity Disrupts an Imperfect Social Order"
  
  

College Division

• Meghan Hanet, Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
  "The Five-Factor Model of Personality Applied to Elinor and Marianne Dashwood"
• Alphonse Holowczak, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
  "Sense and Sensibility: The Role of Decorum in the Closeness & Distance of Sisterly Bonds"
• Avery Jones,  Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
  "The Importance of a Mother: How Mrs. Dashwood was a Role Model for her Daughters"
  
  

Graduate Division

• Lynnea Dale, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
  "Sense and Sensibility Mother Figures in Text and Film"
• Katelyn E. Davis, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
  "Tempering the Mother: Examining the Mothers and Parenting in Sense and Sensibility"
• Anna L. Recknagel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  "A Balancing Act: How Balance Promotes Happiness in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility"

High School Division

• Daniel W. Choi, Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY
  "The Pianist and the Boat: How Austen Celebrates Artistic Sensibility in Persuasion"
• Lily S. Egol, Ranney School, Tinton Falls, NJ
  "Windows into Class and Character: The Art of Austen’s Art"
• Aroshi A. Ghosh, Leland High School, San Jose, CA
  "Foolish Miss or Sensible Woman: Arts as a Reflection on Character and Social Standing"
• Therese M. Go, PAREF Southcrest School, Inc., Cebu City, Philippines
  "The Artful and the Artistic: In Defense of Miss Caroline Bingley"
• Sally Neugarten, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, CT
  "Dependent in Marriage, Independent in Art: Jane Austen’s Women in Emma and Sense and Sensibility"
  Mentor: Teri Kovacs
• Vandana Ravi, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA
  "A Hidden Literary Device: The Pianoforte As a Preserver of Duality in Jane Austen’s Emma"
• Abbey Shamblin, Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "The Art of Romance: How Jane Austen Uses Art to Symbolize Relationships in Emma and Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Rachel Shamblin, Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "A Certain Step Towards Falling in Love: The Intimacy of Dance in Emma and Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Hannah M. Tully, Homeschool, Vancouver, WA
  "The Dance of Marriage: How Jane Austen Employs the Arts to Discuss Qualities of a Successful Marriage"
  
  

College/University Division

• Piper E. Dutton, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
  "'All This She Must Possess': On Art and Aesthetic Judgement in Austen"
  Mentor: Kristina Deffenbacher
• Hannah S. Johnson, University of Texas, Austin, TX
  "Austen and the Picturesque in Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey"
• Olivia L. Nast, Fordham University, Bronx, NY
  "Artful Characterization in Emma and Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: John Bugg
• Keyuan Tian, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
  "Transformed Mirrors: Portraits in Jane Austen’s Novels"
• Alice Tsai, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  "Artistic Exclusivity in Emma and Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Wern Hao See

High School Division

• Clara C. Brodey, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
  “Matriarchy, Matrimony, and Maternity: Villainesses in Lady Susan and Pride and Prejudice”
  Mentor: Inger Brodey

• Catriona R. Fahey, Holy Family Academy, Manchester, NH
  “Austen’s Wicked Widows: Comparing Lady Susan Vernon and Lady Catherine de Bourgh”
• Archit S. Junnarkar, Cypress Woods High School, Cypress, TX
  “Women and Money: Exploring the Motives of Female Villains in Jane Austen’s Iconic Works”
• Emma E. Karn, Sacred Heart Academy, Bryn Mawr, PA
  “‘Neither Rational Happiness nor Worldly Prosperity’: The Comeuppance of Female ‘Villains’ in Lady Susan and Pride and Prejudice”
• Rachel Shey, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  “Knight(ley) in Shining Armor: Friendship as a Redeeming Force in Lady Susan and Emma”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Mason E. Stempel, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  “Bad Moms, Not Caricatures of Evil: Lady Susan, Lady Bertram, and Mrs. Bennet as Jane Austen’s Unexpected Villains”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Leigh G. Stern, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  “Lady Susan and Mary Crawford: Villainous Characteristics Revealed Through Epistles”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Jacob P. Zampino. Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  “Let Injustice Prevail: The Significance of Jane Austen’s Unpunished Female Villains in Northanger Abbey and Lady Susan”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor

College/University Division

•  Angel Filyaw, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN

  “Villainous Women: Lady Susan and Lucy Steele as Machiavellian Characters”

High School Division

• Alexander P. Bertellini, La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi, New York, NY
  "Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey: How Her Critique Reveals the Weaknesses of Reading"
  Mentor: Anthony Martire

• Eleanor R. Bishop, Home School, Centralia, WA
  “The Good, the Bad, and the Horrid Novels: Literary Mentorship in Northanger Abbey"
  Mentor: Carrie Bishop

• Leila J. Castillo, Home School, Ave Maria, FL
  “‘The Improvement of Her Mind by Extensive Reading’: Literary Education and the Accomplished Woman in Northanger Abbey"  

• Katie Fang, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  “Fictional and Functional Reading in Northanger Abbey and Emma”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor

• Emma L. Harrell, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO
  "Reading One’s Character: Novels in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey as a Means to Elucidate Character Traits"

• Daniel Chun Ernn Kam, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Reading in Northanger Abbey: 'Originality of Thought, and Literary Taste'"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor

• Nora M. Olson, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "'Taking the False with the True': Perspective on Literature in Northanger Abbey”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor

• Vivian H. Pryor, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, MS
  "Northanger Abbey: 'The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid'" 
  Mentor: Carolyn Brown
  
  

College/University Division

• Nora G. Martinez, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  “In Defense of the Novel-Reading Young Woman: Fiction’s Role in the Enforcement and Surpassing of Gender Conventions in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey”
  Mentor: George Justice
• Jeanna Watson, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
  “How to Read a (Popular) Book: Lessons on Reading from Catherine Morland and Fanny Price”
   

Graduate School Division

• Annie L. Lewkowicz, University of Philosophical Research, Los Angeles, CA
  “Reconciling Personal and Social Spheres: Books, Letters and the Theater in Northanger Abbey” 

High School Division

• Emma K. Alexander, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  “A Clash of Values: A Study of Charity in Persuasion”
  Mentor: Tynan Stewart
• Ava L. Allen, DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY
  “Surviving the Winter: The Importance of Charity, Faith, and Hope in Persuasion”
• Jalen Buford, Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, IN
  “Balance as True Virtue: Faith, Hope and Charity in Persuasion”
• Victoria L. Carl, Booker T Washington Magnet High School, Montgomery, AL
  “When Life is Worthwhile: Virtue and Its Absence in Jane Austen’s Persuasion”
• Kate Companion, Woodinville High School, Woodinville, WA
  “Persuasion: Anne Elliot’s Example of Faith and Hope”
• Trinity A. H. Delano, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  “The True Strength of Lady Russell’s Charity”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Greta Dornbirer, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  “‘Perfection Itself’: Anne Elliot’s Superior Character in Jane Austen’s Persuasion”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Kacie F. Kress, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  “Mrs. Clay’s Complexity”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Rebekah Michniewicz, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  “Misplaced Faith”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Jiwon Na, Chadwick International School, Incheon, South Korea
  “Hope and Charity in Austen’s Persuasion: Catalysts of a Second Bloom”
• Joseph D. Petchauer, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  “Faith, Hope, and Charity: A Comparison of Mrs. Clay and Mrs. Smith”
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Kara G. Traffas, Wilsonville High School, Wilsonville, OR
  “All That Glitters is Not Gold: The Truth of Character in Jane Austen’s Persuasion”
• Paramita Vadhahong, Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX
  “The Three-Headed Monster of Persuasion”

College/University Division 

• Megan N. Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  “Affective Labor as Charity: Anne Elliot in Jane Austen’s Persuasion”
• Jennifer E. Gray, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
  “Loving Longest: A Brief Analysis of Hope, Love, and Malleability in Jane Austen’s Persuasion”
  Mentor: Helena Kelly
• Kathryn H. Homoki, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
  “Seaworthy: Anne’s Faith and Hope on the Ocean of Life”
  Mentor: Jane Kim
• Rachel E. Thompson, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
  “‘Willing to hope’: Mrs. Smith’s Resiliency as Anne’s Inspiration”

Graduate School Division

• Monica Krason, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
  “Half Agony, Half Tutorial: Persuasion as Captain Wentworth’s Education in the Virtues”
  Mentor: Rachel Carnell
• Ciara K. Smith, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  “‘When that Which is Perfect is Come’: Complementing Each Other’s Virtues in Persuasion” 

High School Division

• Corinne M. Ebner, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Emma Onscreen: Satire, Suspense, and Sentiment"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Theodora G. Helgason, Millennium High School, New York, NY
  "Austen’s Own Words"
• Andrew J. Joyner, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "William Price: An Adaptation Necessity"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Emily Kam, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Mansfield Park: Not Just A Love Story" 
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Jessica Lauer, Villa Duchesne High School, St. Louis, MO
  "Transcending Time" 
  Mentor: Elizabeth Yee
• Margaret Lu, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC
  "The Beauty of Gossip in Pride and Prejudice and Emma"
• Olivia R. Umstead, Hillsdale High School, San Mateo, CA
  "Persuading Modern Readers"
• Rebeka N. Waite, Mansfield Lake Ridge High School, Mansfield, TX
  "Universal Truths and Witty Banter: Dialogue in Austen’s Works"
  Mentor: Erica Parsons
• Jenna K. Watson, Heritage Christian Academy, Goleta, CA
  "The Delicacy of Dialogue: A Study of Austen’s Narrative Powers in Persuasion"
• Lee Younghoon, Seoul Charter International, Seoul, South Korea
  "Re-imagining Persuasion"
• Allison G. Yuan, Pennsylvania AP Homeschoolers Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Revealing Hidden Thoughts and Growth: Remaining True to Emma"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor

College/University Division 

• Luke A. Day, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
  "The Indispensable Mr. Shepherd: Adapting Jane Austen’s Persuasion"
  Mentor: Kathleen Anderson
• Rebekah D. Fisher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  "Little Things are What Count the Most: Forms of Personal Address in Pride and Prejudice"
• Bridget K. Lawler, Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts, Merrimack, NH
  "Conversation, Morality, and Romanticism in Sense and Sensibility"
  Mentor: Sara Kitzinger
• Samantha G. Owen, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
  "Uncertain Relationships in Persuasion"
• Laura K. Verret, Thomas Edison State University, Trenton, NJ
  "Marriage and Romance as Social Behavior in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice"
   

Graduate School Division

• Ciara Smith, Auburn University, Auburn, GA
  "'It is only a novel!': Difficulties of Adapting Northanger Abbey"
  Mentor: Emily Friedman

High School Division

• Noelle L. Chow, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "A Gradual Education: an Exploration of the Many Teachers in Emma"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Madeleine I. Davis, Davis Homeschool, New Braunfels, TX
  "Education, Class, and the Transcending Quality of True Wisdom in Emma"
  Mentor: Shelley Davis
• Madison DeBruin, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Finding Oneself: Self-Actualization as Education in Emma"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Richa Gupta, The International School, Bangalore, Kamataka, India
  "Universality of Moral Edification in Jane Austen’s Emma"
• Ollyvia Lim, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Emma: Redefined Educational Values"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Samuel O. Rausch, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Emma: Education’s Marriage with Matrimony and Society"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Geoffrey A. Robinson, Montdale Homeschool, Moraga, CA
  "Education and Salvation in Emma"
  Mentor: Magdalene Baert
• Palanki Rupa, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Education in Emma: A Game of 'Mother May I?'"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Alice Tsai, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore
  "The Ornamental Effect of Education on Girls in Emma" 
  Mentor: Serene Yeo
• Alexander Zlokapa, AP Homeschoolers Online Courses, Kittanning, PA
  "Socially Bound: Women’s Education in Emma"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
  
  

College/University Division

• Pauline C. Harris, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
  "The Paradox of the Educated Woman in Jane Austen’s Emma"
  Mentor: Laura Bloxham
• Kara Need, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
  "Mentoring into Marriage in Jane Austen’s Emma"
  Mentor: Laura Bloxham
• Lydia C. Pierson, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
  "Perfect Happiness: Empathy and Emma’s Educational Development"
  Mentor: Laura Bloxham
• Samantha Starkey, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
  "Touching the Sublime: Emma’s Education of Ethics and Aesthetics"
  Mentor: Laura Bloxham
• Prashansa Taneja, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  "'No One But Herself:' Unlearning 'Familiarity' with Mr. Knightley in Emma."
  Mentor: Dr. Brooke Allen
• Tom Zille, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  "'As far as she could judge': Emma Woodhouse’s Moral Education and the Concept of Doubt"
  
  

Graduate School Division

• Rebecca Watson, King’s College, London, UK
  "'Faultless in Spite of Her Faults': Class Distinction and Education in Emma"
  Mentor: Sheila Enright

High School Division

• Madsion J. Bauer, Hilton Head Christian Academy, Hilton Head Island, SC
  "Splashed in the Wake of the Regency Period: Social Frustrations Presented through the Characters of Persuasion"
• Rebecca G. Brewbaker (Tuscaloosa, AL), Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Mansfield Park: the Power of Pressure"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Megan C. Crutcher (Lancaster, PA), Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Coming of Age in Mansfield Park"
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• Matthew E. Dwelle, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, CT
  "Knight and Day: The Chivalric Code in Austen’s Emma"
  Mentor: Jenny Ingram
• Franciska Hauer, St. Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park, MN
  "Elitism and Liberality: The Cultures of Persuasion"
  Mentor: Abhijit Rao
• Ayano Kitano (Vienna, Austria), Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
  "Redefining Values: The Meaning of Novelty and Superiority in an Ideal Companion"
  Mentor: Kathleen McNamara
• Ho Jeong Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
  "The Effects of Inheritance Laws on Characters in Pride and Prejudice"
• Michelle E. Larsen, Sumner High School, Sumner, WA
  "Internal vs. External Influences: An Analysis of the Character Foils in Persuasion"
  Mentor: Jon Nelson
• Angela Pham (Perris, CA), Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online Classes, Kittanning, PA
  "Developing Dignity in Mansfield Park" 
  Mentor: Maya Inspektor
• AnnaClaire Schmiedel, Tall Oaks Classical School, New Castle, DE
  "Friend, Father, Sister, Suitor: Finding Companionship in Persuasion’s Characters"
  Mentor: Stephen Rippon
• Hurlink Vongsachang, San Marcos High School, San Marcos, CA
  "The Inhibition of Expression"
  Mentor: Heather Marlaire
  
  

College/University Division

• Monica G. Burke, Christendom College, Front Royal, VA
  "'Give a Girl an Education': The Societal Effects of Education in Mansfield Park"
• Noah C. Chauvin, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
  "Companionate and submissive relationships with military officers in Jane Austen’s novels"
  Mentor: Celia Easton
• Stephanie Diehl,  Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
  "'. . . it is not merely the name of an Arbour, which charms me': Private Spaces in Jane Austen’s Green World"
  Mentor: Elizabeth Veisz
• Rachel Fobar (LaPalma, CA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  "Between Independence and Reliance"
• Zoe M. Ginsberg (Westport, CT), Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
  "Interior and Interiority: A Study of Space in Jane Austen’s Persuasion"
• John B. Hilman, Dalhouse University, Halifax, NS
  "'Not a man who would set the Thames on fire': Sir Walter Elliot and the Trials of the Landed Gentry in Post-War England"
  Mentor: Shannon Bridger
• Christopher Volk, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
  "Sense and Sensibility and Lady Susan: Austen’s Pragmatic Approach to The Ethics of Deception"
  Mentor: Laura Bloxham
• Katherine Waltar, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
  "Gratitude and Esteem: Integration of Money and Love in Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Laura Bloxham
• Rebecca Wojsnis, CUNY Macaulay Honors College at Queens College, Flushing, NY
  "Embracing Gender: An Exploration of the Power of Femininity in Pride and Prejudice"
• Tom Zille, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  "'Five Dull Hours in Another Man’s House': The Dinner Party and its Alternatives in Jane Austen’s Novels"
  
  

Graduate School Division

• Lauren Howes (Lancaster, PA), University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA:
  "Mansfield Park: A World of Consequence"
• Annica Tehim, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
  "The Madwoman in the Ballroom"  

High School Division

• Rose N. Favino, Delaware County Christian School, Newtown Square, PA
  "Silence Speaks Volumes in Mansfield Park"
• Hannah MC Fish, Kodiak High School, Kodiak, AK
  "Overcoming Social and Moral Obligations"
  Mentor: Benjamin Jackson
• Stephanie C. Hilker, Haslett High School, Haslett, MI
  "Fanny Price in Mansfield Park: From Silent Bondage to Confident Speech"
  Mentor: Kathryn Davis
• Kathryn H. Homoki, The Classical Academy: College Pathways, Colorado Springs, CO
  "Silent Shouts: Characters Revealed through Fanny’s Silence"
• Olivia B. Leslie, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH
  "Silence in Mansfield Park: Edmund’s Role in Silencing Fanny"
  Mentor: Elizabeth Armstrong
• Emily K. Murphy, Trinity High School, Manchester, NH
  "Muted Morals: Silence and Reflection in Mansfield Park"
  Mentor: Marie Salvas
• 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
• 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"

College/University Division

• 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
• 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
  
  

Graduate School Division

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

High School Division

• Sydney L. Bertino, Home School (Venture Academy), Tyler, TX
  "Time and Character Intertwined"
  Mentor: Dana Bertino
• Laura E. Collins, Villa Duchesne, St. Louis, MO
  "Timing Is Everything: The Importance of Opportunity, Intention, and Fate"  
  Mentor: Parents
• Meghan Grojean, Villa Duchesne, St. Louis, MO
  "Austen’s Letters: How Limitations of the Time Affected the Culture of Relationships"
  Mentor: Elizabeth Yee
• Julie M. Lew, Homeschool, Los Angeles, CA
  "Timetabling Happiness"
  Mentor: Laura Lew
• Tatiana Morand, Académie Catholique Ange-Gabriel, Brockville, Ontario Canada
  "Flowers, Chocolate, and Clocks; the Role of Timing in Romance"  
  Mentor: Jacie Morand
• Unjoo M. Oh, Home School, Gimpo, Gyeonggido, South Korea
  "Time in Relation to Romance and Marriage—Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Lilianna Meldrum Serbicki
• Megan M. Pohl, Villa Duchesne, St. Louis, MO
  "Pride and Prejudice and Perceptions: a Study of the Jane Austen Female Motif"
  Mentor: Kathy Pohl
• Madeline C. Smith, Smith Academy Homeschool, Columbia, SC
  "Time Will Tell: Lessons From Austen in Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Nicole Smith
• Chloe R. Wiggins, Lower Moreland High School, Huntingdon Valley, PA
  "Time: Relationships and Reform in Pride and Prejudice"
  
  

College/University Division

• S. Olivia Anderson, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
  "The Timing of Transforming Chastisement"
• Conny L. Fasshauer, Chapman University, Orange, CA
  "Charlotte’s Chance at Happiness: The Lasting Power of the Marriage of Convenience"
  Mentor: Dr. Lynda Hall
• Caitlyn D. Girardi, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
  "Elizabeth: Creature of the Wild"  
  Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Anderson
• Monica M. Krason, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH
  "'Let it be For Yourself Alone': Personal Choice as the Barometer for Timeliness in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice"
• Atalia L. Lopez, Chapman University, Orange, CA
  "Not So 'Timeless': The Seasonality of Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Dr. Lynda Hall
• Mary E. Pinkes, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
  "Truths Temporally Acknowledged: The Moral Timing of Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Constance Myers-Kelly
• Lydia J. Saldanha, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
  "A Change of Heart: The Effects of Time, Experience and Attitude on the Sentiments of Austen’s Characters"
• Mindy M. Sansoucie, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
  "Love Comes Second: The Gender-Lens on Time in Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Sheila Hwang
• Theresa B. Sauer, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
  "Time and Timelessness: Pride and Prejudice"
  Mentor: Dr. Amy Wolf
• Marina M. Shugrue, Chapman University, Orange, CA
  "Timing in Pride and Prejudice"  
  Mentor: Dr. Lynda Hall
• Jessica M. Whitman, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
  "Time as a Predictor of Maturation: Understanding the Evolution of Jane Austen’s Men in Pride and Prejudice"

Graduate School Division

• Vicki M. Kohl
  "Resisting the Pressure of Time in Pride and Prejudice"