| Marissa Schenk | Serve While You’re Learning | Persuasive |
| Collin Lewis | The Scariest Thing You’ll Touch Today | Persuasive |
| Steen Sargent | It’s Time to Clean Up Sports | Persuasive |
| Ethan Busby | An Answer to America’s Medical Mess | Persuasive |
| Micheal Wong | Network Neutrality – In Defense of Democracy | Persuasive |
| Daniel Tanner | Night Safety | Persuasive |
| Jud Kennedy | Go Green | Persuasive |
| Jordan Hintze | It’s a dirty, dirty world out there! | Persuasive |
| Rodger Simpson | Seize the Day | Inspirational |
| Chase Walker | Give a Little Bit | Persuasive |
| Ben Hubbard | Bicycling is Great | Informative |
| Nathan Hammer | In Advocacy of Advertising | Persuasive |
| David L. Groth | STEP | Persuasive |
| Kalyan Upadhyaya | Marvelous Nepal | Persuasive |
| Brad Miller | Black English: Is you, or is you ain’t a language? | Persuasive |
