2014 Writing Contest Winners

 

Jon Scott Nelson Freshmen Creative Writing Contest

 

FIRST PLACE

Mitchell Glazier

“Poems”

Instructors: Mary Ann Samyn (English 313) and Christina Seymour (English 213)  

 

SECOND PLACE

Elliot Ross

“Stopwatch”

Instructor: (not listed)

 

THIRD PLACE

Rachel McBride

Poems

Instructor: Tia DeShong (English 101)

 

JUDGES:

Jessica Guzman

Hannah McPherson

Marianne Casey

 

 

Jon Scott Nelson First-Year Writing Award

 

Michael Hylton

“Sixty-Four”

Instructor: Carol Fox                                

 

Rachel McBride

“Choosing a Revolution”

Instructor: Tia DeShong

 

Elliot Ross

“Shadows on the Walls of my Mind”

Instructor: Melissa Ferrone

 

JUDGES

Hailey Foglio

Sadie Shorr-Parks

Katherine Richards,

Ami Schiffbauer

Shane Stricker

Tom Sura

 

 

 

 

 

Jon Scott Nelson Professional Writing and Editing Award

 

FIRST PLACE

Shana Burleson

Letters/Memorandums

Instructor: Catherine Gouge (English 302) and Elizabeth Juckett (English 304)

 

 

SECOND PLACE

Kylie Barnhart

Letters/Memorandums

Instructor: Elizabeth Juckett (English 304)

 

THIRD PLACE

Allen Rickards

Letters/Memorandums

Instructor: Elizabeth Juckett (English 304)

 

JUDGE

Brian Ballentine

 

 

 

Waitman Barbe Creative Writing Contest

 

FICTION DIVISOIN

Allison Eckman

“Shenandoah Season”

Instructor: Glenn Taylor (English 312)

 

Honorable Mention:

Paige Jarvis

“In Time”

Instructor: Rebecca Thomas (English 318)

 

 

NON-FICTION DIVISON

Stephanie Anderson

“In the Garden”

Instructor: Mark Brazaitis (English 418)

 

Honorable Mention:

Benjamin Aultman-Moore

“Arkansas Sunshine”

Instructor: Mark Brazaitis (English 418)

 

 

POETRY DIVISION

Caleb Milne

Various poems

Instructor: Mary Ann Samyn (English 313)

 

Honorable Mention:

Deborah Cruse

Various poems

Instructor: Mark Brazaitis (English 418)

 

 

JUDGE

Kevin Oderman

 

 

James Paul Brawner Expository Writing Contest

 

Undergraduate Division

 

FIRST PLACE

Jennifer Head

“Sex, Power, and Fear of the Seductress in Bram Stoker’s Dracula”

Instructor:  John Lamb (English 369W)

 

SECOND PLACE

Madeline Vandevender

“Sylvan Sabotage: Emily Bronte’s ‘There are two trees in a lonely field’”

Instructor:  Maria Barron (English 262)

 

THIRD PLACE

Megan Vealey

“Deconstructing Notions of Identity Authenticity in Chicana Falsa”

Instructor: Gwen Bergner (English 387)

 

 

JUDGES

Michael Buso

Elizabeth Juckett

Phillip Zapkin

 

 

102 Division

 

FIRST PLACE

Mariah Moore

“Art Censorship: The Broader Impact”

Instructor: Jason Kapcala

 

SECOND PLACE

Maddie Clouser

“People For Profit: Obama’s Executive Order Against Human Trafficking”

Instructor: Jason Kapcala

 

THIRD PLACE

Sarah Kennedy

“Who’s Spreading the Word?: Increasing the Awareness of Diabetes Mellitus”

Instructor: Jason Kapcala

 

JUDGES

Andi Stout

Natalie Sypolt

Rebecca Thomas

 

 

Graduate Division

 

FIRST PLACE

Harrington Weihl

“The Sublime Object of Form: Modernism and Experimentation”

Instructor: Dennis Allen (English 782)

 

 

SECOND PLACE

Dibyadyuti (Dibs) Roy

“Trinh.T Minh-ha’s Reassemblage: Re-conceptualizing Transnational Feminism through Rhizomatic Testimonies”

Instructor: Ryan Claycomb (English 695)

 

THIRD PLACE

Phillip Zapkin

“Historiography’s Linguistic (Re)Turn: Aristotle’s Rhetoric and the Ethical Role of Multiplicity in Contemporary Historiography”

Instructor: Tom Sura (English 601)

 

JUDGES

Sandy Baldwin

Gwen Bergner

Cari Carpenter

 

 

 

Russ MacDonald Graduate Creative Writing Contest

 

Fiction Division
Shaun Turner

“A Deep Plane Facelift”

Instructor: Mark Brazaitis (English 618A)

 

Honorable Mention:

Nathan Holmes

“The Usual Sleep: or A Stranger’s Grave Under the Oak Tree”

Instructor: Mark Brazaitis (English 618A)

 

Nonfiction Division
Jessica Kalvitis

“Tofu”

Instructor: Katie Fallon (English 618B)

 

Honorable Mention:

Rebecca Doverspike

“Half-Cracked”

Instructor: Katie Fallon (English 618B)

 

Poetry Division

Christina Seymour

Various Poems

Instructors: James Harms and Mary Ann Samyn (English 618)

 

Honorable Mention:

Jessica Guzman

Various poems

Instructors: James Harms and Mary Ann Samyn (English 618)

 

 

JUDGES

Tom Noyes – fiction

Kelly Moffett – poetry

Erin Tocknell - nonfiction

 

 

Appalachian Writing Award

 

Rachel Bainbridge

“Mourning Falls”

Instructor: Glenn Taylor (English 312)

 

Runner-up

Cassidy Cline

“A Child’s Perspective”

Instructor: Anna Elfenbein (English 252)

 

JUDGE

Dwight Harshbarger