{"id":131057,"date":"2022-09-09T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057//?p=131057"},"modified":"2022-09-12T09:43:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:43:45","slug":"english-student-wins-first-prize-in-international-essay-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057//english-student-wins-first-prize-in-international-essay-contest/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057//","title":{"rendered":"English Student Wins First Prize in International Essay Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
As summer turns to fall, most UCF students are rushing to get their textbooks, parking permits and class schedules in order. But this semester, English literature major Emily Aycrigg is packing her bags with 17th-century attire for a conference in Victoria, Canada, where she will meet hundreds of Jane Austen fans from around the continent./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/n Aycrigg has won first place in the undergraduate division of the 2022 Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) Annual Essay Contest for her paper, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/u201cThe Old Well-Established Grievance: Generational Conflict in Austen/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/u2019s Sense and Sensibility/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/u201d out of more than 200 papers submitted. She has been awarded a check for $1,000, a Norton Critical Edition of every Jane Austen novel and a free invitation to JASNA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/u2019s annual general body meeting. There, she will discuss Austen/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/u2019s work with fellow /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/u201cJaneites/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/u201d while attending presentations, banquets and even a regency-era ball./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131057/n