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Imagine walking into a room full of young writers. They are sitting down with a piece of paper and a pen in front of them. Once in a while, their faces look up in reverie and soon light up with a genius idea. They quickly turn back to their paper and start jotting it down. The room is tranquil and quiet, except for the sound of excited scribbling. Such was the environment at AUA\u2019s Math and Writing Center on November 2, 2017.<\/p>\n

It was Writing Day! Eighteen students, in various years of AUA\u2019s Graduate and Undergraduate programs, participated in the writing competition. In their essays they responded to the prompt \u201cWrite about a time in your life you wish you could freeze and preserve and explain why.\u201d Each response was unique, presenting a fragment of each student\u2019s individual life and reflecting what they most value. It was difficult to choose \u201cthe best\u201d amongst them, but since it was a competition, a winner had to be chosen.<\/p>\n

On the day of the award ceremony, which was held on November 16, Nelly Der Kiureghian, AUA\u2019s president Armen Der Kiureghian\u2019s wife, announced the winners of the competition and presented them with the awards. The first place was awarded to Iren Stepanyan, a 4th year student from the English & Communications program, and the second place went to Anna Grigoryan, a 4th year student from the same program. Iren Stepanyan was awarded with a Certificate and a prize; Anna Grigoryan received a prize.<\/p>\n

Iren Stepanyan\u2019s essay centers on her journey as a singer and specifically her first concert. She takes the reader through the excitement and anxiousness of performing in front of an audience, as well as the relief and victorious feeling that follows. These are the words with which she describes the moment of her victory: \u201cI sang through it, I pushed through the bushes, through the thorns, I made my way through a dark tunnel, and, finally, I saw the light.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna Grigoryan\u2019s essay, on the other hand, captures her experience of discovering true freedom by leaving behind the comfort of home, the \u201cmusts\u201d and \u201cwhat-ifs,\u201d and stepping into the nature. Instead of writing about a time she could freeze, she writes about an experience where time did freeze for her, since it was \u201cthe only time [she] forgot that everything has a beginning and a logical end.\u201d<\/p>\n

The essay competition was the Center\u2019s first event dedicated wholly to writing. More such events, aimed at encouraging students to write and express themselves creatively, are in store for the students of AUA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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