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Goodman Campus announces Creative Writing Contest winners Pictured are the Goodman Campus Creative Writing Contest winners. They are (left to right) Alyssa Allbritton of Jackson, Amira Wallace of Jackson and Hayden Mitchell of Kosciusko. Not pictured: Hallie Westbrook of Pickens.
Each year, the Goodman Campus holds a Creative Writing Contest. All winners receive cash prizes furnished by the Holmes Foundation. First and second place winners are forwarded to the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association contest and will be published in Holmes' Creative Writing Journal, "Reflections."
The Poetry Category winners were as follows: first place, "Suffocate" by Hayden Mitchell of Kosciusko; second place, "Heart Strings" by Amira Wallace of Jackson and third, "Beautiful Lightning" by Alyssa Allbritton of Jackson.
For the Short Story Category, Mitchell won first place for "The Waitress" and Hallie Westbrook of Pickens won second for "Dreams Lost in the Hawk's Nest Tunnel." Westbrook also took first place in the Literary Essay Category for "Ego: John's Downfall in Oleanna."
Finally, in the Creative Nonfiction (personal essay) Category, Wallace placed first for "Stepparents."
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