Congratulations to Brandon Ford, Richland High School junior, for both his analytical essay “The Case for Closing Rikers Island” and his review titled “The Clown.” Brandon’s essays, written for Ms. Krumm’s TWU English 1023: Composition II Dual Credit class, each won a division of the First-Year Composition Essay Contest sponsored by the English, Speech, and Foreign Languages Department at Texas Woman’s University. Each spring, TWU’s composition instructors submit, and the English faculty choose essays in each genre to provide examples for other students in their programs. As a winner, Brandon’s essays will be published in next year’s TWU eReader, and he will receive an award.