Published each fall and spring semester, Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing recognizes outstanding work created by students in the First- and Second-Year Writing Program at the University of Dayton. Submission is open to all students in ENG 100, ENG 114, ENG 198, ENG 200, ASI 110, or ASI 120.
Current Issue: Volume 10, Issue 2 (2024)
Awards for the Issue
John D. and Rose Marie Groppe Award for Excellence in Writing
- Lillian E. Dartt, "On the White Side: An Examination of Colorism in India and China"
- Allison Shelly, "Little Red Riding Hood in ‘Into the Woods’: Facing the Challenges of Womanhood"
Barbara Farrelly Award
- Best Writing in ENG 100 or ENG 114: Clare Hoffmann, "Will the Borders Stay?"
- Best Writing in ENG 198 or ENG 200: Emma Tams, "’Into the Woods’: Modern Invention or Traditional Retelling?"
- Best Writing in ASI 100/120: David E. Catanzariti; "Deciphering Machiavelli: Irony v. Brutality in ‘The Prince’"
Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Award for Research in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
- Daniel C. Napoli, 2023, "Good Things Come to Those Who Train: A Comparison of Medieval Mystics' Conceptions of Divine Revelation"
- Marian Graziano, 2024, “The Gift of the Holy Spirit: The Church’s Journey with the Sacrament of Confirmation"
- Zachary O'Connor, 2024, "'When Would the Platonist Books Have Taught Me That?' St. Augustine’s Dance with Neo-Platonic Reasoning"
ASI 110/120
Deciphering Machiavelli: Irony vs. Brutality in 'The Prince'
David E. Catanzariti
Good Things Come to Those Who Train: A Comparison of Medieval Mystics' Conceptions of Divine Revelation
Daniel Napoli
'When Would the Platonist Books Have Taught Me That?' St. Augustine’s Dance with Neo-Platonic Reasoning
Zachary O'Connor
ENG 100
Will the Borders Stay?
Clare Hoffmann
ENG 198
Gender Roles in 'Sleeping Beauty' (1959)
Lance W. Carrle
An Art Misunderstood
Amelia L. Tortorici
A 'Real' Lesbian
Annabelle Karch
On the White Side: An Examination of Colorism in India and China
Lillian E. Dartt
Other courses
Editors
- Editor
- Dr. Margaret M. Strain, Director of the Writing Program, Department of English
- Associate Editor
- Lori Phillips-Young, Writing Program Coordinator, Department of English
- Editorial Board
- Alexandra Amrheim
- Laurel Baertschi
- Ella Bellflower
- Evie Brown
- Sooyoung Chung
- Madailein Coomer
- Megan Donelson
- Alexandria Ford
- Lauren Gilliland
- Liz Grauel
- Molly Huth
- Liz Hutter
- Christina Klimo
- Ava Merriman
- Mia Prisby
- Julie Pugh
- Abby Sullivan
- Alexandra Thiele
- Eleanor Yates-McEwan
2023-2024 Awards Committee
- Sooyoung Chung
- Megan Donelson
- Margaret M. Strain