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Student Writing Awards

 

The 10th annual Wayne College Student Writing Awards competition is underway at The University of Akron Wayne College. The goal of these annual awards is to encourage and recognize excellence in creative writing by students at Wayne and in area high schools.

The writing awards are open to current Wayne College students and to high school students in Wayne, Holmes, and Medina counties and in parts of nearby counties traditionally served by Wayne College.

High School and College students may submit work in the Poetry category (up to 3 poems, limit of 50 lines per poem), in the Short Story category (one story, limit of 2,000 words), and/or in the Personal Essay category (one essay, limit of 2,000 words).

 
High School
Wayne College
Poetry
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00

Short Story
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00

Personal Essay
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00

There are three cash prizes possible in each category and at each level: $100 for first place, $75 for second place, and $50 for third. High school students compete at the high school level; Wayne students compete against Wayne students.

Student Writing Awards 2009-2010
ENTRY FORM - CLICK HERE

Deadline for this year's submissions:
4:00 p.m., Friday, December 11, 2009

Students, you can now get your parents and adult friends involved in the Annual Regional Writing Awards!
2008 - 2009 Winners
 
High School
Poetry
 

1st PlaceMIKE SMITH
Other Day Dark Years Away
Buckeye H.S.

 
2nd PlaceANNIE CONNORS
She'll Never Be That Way Villanelle
Highland H.S.
 
3rd PlaceDEBORAH CHEN
The Pan and I
Copley H.S.
 
High School
Personal Essay
 

1st PlaceEMILY VOTAW
Dandelion
Hiland H.S.

 
2nd PlaceDANIEL MYERS
Morning Melancholy
Triway H.S.
 
3rd PlaceDUSTIN LIKENS
Reegen
Wadsworth H.S.
 
High School
Short Story
 

1st PlaceBRENNAN HAMILTON
And the Paper?
Jackson H.S.

 
2nd PlaceANNA CHEN
Consequences of Fear
Copley H.S.
 
3rd PlaceNOELLE PRITCHARD
Watching the Silenced
Norton H.S.
 
College
Poetry
 

1st PlaceJEAN L. CALVERT
Life in HD

 
2nd PlaceNICOLE HALL
Vision of Angels
 
College
Short Story
 
1st PlaceJEAN L. CALVERT
Doll-Baby Graveyard
 
College
Personal Essay
 

1st PlaceJEAN L. CALVERT
Prayer Beads

 
2nd PlaceNICOLE HALL
Crisis in the Middle Life
 
     
The winners received their awards at
this year's Wayne College Writers Workshop.
For information about this Open-To-The-Public event, click here.
 
Awards Book

View the 2008-2009 winning entries!
(Requires Acrobat Reader)

2008-2009 Writer of the Year

 

 

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