Cornell's John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines has announced its spring 2008 awards for excellent expository writing in first-year writing seminars. The awards listed below are worth $300 to $500. Student essays are also eligible for inclusion in Discoveries, the institute's annual publication of selected prize-winning essays.

The awards and winners are:

The following prizes were awarded to graduate student instructors:

For more information, see http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/publicationsprizes/publicationsandprizes.htm.