Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006, The OG, student awards

Five of English teacher Rosemary Laughlin's subfreshman students have had their work published in the February 2006 issue of Illinois History: A Magazine for Young People.

The five essays were among the 20 chosen from submissions statewide for the issue. The theme was “Authors in Illinois History.”

The research papers were selected as part of this year's Illinois Historical Preservation Agency Illinois Author contest. The authors will now be considered for selection as Illinois Junior or Senior Historian of the year by IHPA.

The subfreshmen and their winning essays were:

• Danny Ge, “Ernest Hemingway”
• Maria Gao, “Lorraine Hansberry: A Writer in the Sun”
• Kelly Mover, “Michael Crichton's Mark on the Science Fiction World”
• Gabe Smith, “Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451”
• Ben Suslick, “The Roots of Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories”

— Gargoyle staff