Mission: First-Year Voices presents exemplary work from Roosevelt's first-year students. First-Year Voices is based on a belief that writing, in all its forms, not only describes and reflects the world we live in, but also creates that world. Because of this, writing and composition are integral elements to creating change in the world. The mission of First-Year Voices is to publish writing that envisions and creates change, impacting our own lives and others' lives in both obvious and subtle ways.
We are interested in ambitious writing that seeks to not only describe what is visible, but also what is possible -- writing that makes change through the act of composing itself. We seek writing in which you are passionately present, writing in which you are deeply invested, and writing that meaningfully engages with identities, realities, and possibilities, in ourselves and the world.
We are interested in ambitious writing that seeks to not only describe what is visible, but also what is possible -- writing that makes change through the act of composing itself. We seek writing in which you are passionately present, writing in which you are deeply invested, and writing that meaningfully engages with identities, realities, and possibilities, in ourselves and the world.
2015 Winners
Chicanismo by Selena Rosas
White Woman by T. M.
The Vainest Essay in the World by Jeremy Kelleher
After Contact by John Corona
Untitled (Analysis of Gang Leader for a Day) by Samantha Martinez
USA, Inc. by Rebecca Immer
Chicanismo by Selena Rosas
White Woman by T. M.
The Vainest Essay in the World by Jeremy Kelleher
After Contact by John Corona
Untitled (Analysis of Gang Leader for a Day) by Samantha Martinez
USA, Inc. by Rebecca Immer
2014 Winners
faggot by Kendal Moore
I Would Like, If I May, To Take You On A Strange Journey by LeeAnn Penz
Legalized Disparity Pertaining To Drug Charges in the Criminal Justice System of the United States by Joy Powell
Where Am I and How Did I Get Here? by Amelia Enberg
Grand Schemes and Quiet Conversations by Andrew Metzger