The Ruth and Ted Braun Awards for Writing Excellence at Saginaw Valley State University have been established to create incentives for outstanding student writing and opportunities for student writers to be recognized and published.
Judging is conducted within each division by committees appointed within that division.
| Swenja Granzow |
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| "Finding Peace through Painting War: American and Vietnamese Art Depicting the Vietnam War" Erik Trump, Associate Professor of Political Science, Nominator |
| Russ Whelton |
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| "Effects of Excessive CEO Pay on Society" |
| Chris Hopper |
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| "Working Toward a Magneto-Optical Trap" Ming-Tie Huang, Assistant Professor of Physics, Nominator |
| Brei Noble |
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| "WW II: A Thematic Unit" Deborah Smith & Daniel Coupland, Assistant Professors of Teacher Education, Nominators |
| Dana Dryer |
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| "The Phenomenon of Powerlessness in the Elderly" Mary Graiver, Associate Professor of Nursing, Nominator |
| Kayleen Schumacher |
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| "Speaking English: A Geographical Analysis of Dialect Distribution in Massachusetts" Fred Sunderman, Assistant Professor of Geography, Nominator |