The Academic and Professional Writing Program is pleased to announce the finalists for this year's Brett B. Gosnell Prize in First Year Writing.

• Lucas Beasey “Saltville”  (instructor Julia Fisher)
• Kajsa Foskey “Forgiveness” (instructor Derek Cavens)
• William Hamilton “The Southampton Insurrection” (instructor Hilary Holladay)
• Lachlan Hausmann “Baptism, Beyoncé, and Black Christendom" (instructor Maya Hislop)

The final judge for this year's prize will be John Grisham.