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SBU's Department of Language and Literature announces writing contest winners
BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University’s Department of Language and Literature announced the winners of the 2013 writing contest on Tuesday, April 16.
The contest
was opened to any student enrolled in SBU for the spring semester and accepted
works in four categories: poetry, short story, non-documented essay, and
critical literary essay. Winners received plaques, and the winning pieces were then published in “Scop,” the department’s literary
journal named after the old English poet.
Winners of
the 2013 writing contest were:
• Senior Rex Ybanez, an English major
from Bolivar, with the poem “The First of March.”
• Freshman Tabitha Kohl, a writing
major from Harrisburg, with the short story “The Seed.”
•
Junior Carlee Graham, a Health, Physical Education
and Recreation major from Carlinville, Ill., with the non-documented essay
“Inner Death.”
•
English major Brandon Burns from Seligman, Mo.,
with the critical literacy essay “He Done Taught Me de Maiden Language All Over.”
Those receiving honorable mention awards were:
•
Sophomore Heidi Dehn, a theatre major from Rapid
City, S.D., with the poem “Perfect Storm,” and the short story “Mary Ruth’s
Secrets.”
•
Sophomore Ariel White, a commercial art major from
Brookline Station, with the poem “Ebonics.”
•
Senior Jeff Allen Young, a theatre major from
Bolivar, with the short story “The Picnic.”
•
Junior Dalaney Blackard, an English major from
Springfield, with the non-documented essay “Discipline Defined by a Runner.”
•
Junior Lauren Knutson, an English major from Lee’s
Summit, with the non-documented essay “Creation” and the critical literary
essay “The Roads to ‘Yes I would.’”
• Freshman
Emily Ziler, an English major from Reeds, with the critical literary essay
“Hidden Behind the Veil.”
The Department of Language and
Literature began the annual writing contest for SBU students more than 40 years
ago to promote student interest in creative and academic writing. Open to
university students of any major, the contest has given a venue to many
aspiring writers and poets to share their unique voices in print. Entries were
judged by the English faculty.
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Photo
cutline: Students receiving first place and honorable mention in the Southwest
Baptist University’s Department of Language and Literature Writing Contest are,
from left, front row — Heidi Dehn, Delaney Blackard, Lauren Knutson, Ariel White; back
row — Brandon Burns, Emily Ziler, Carlee Graham, Tabitha Kohl, Rex Ybanez.
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