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Students take 12 awards at state writing contest
Holmes Community College prevailed at the 2018 Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association (MCCCWA) statewide Creative Writing Contest, taking home 12 awards out of the 89 submissions entered from 12 colleges/college branches.
In the Poetry Category, Codi Goulas from the Ridgeland Campus won first place for "Acadiana Roots;" Madison Brewer from Grenada won second for "Forgiveness;" Kiya Alvarado from Goodman won third for "Family" and Ashley Regan from Ridgeland was named an Honorable Mention for "Lady Chysalis."
In the Literary Essay section, Brian M. Jones, II, from Ridgeland won first for "Literacy as a Tool to Freedom in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" and Sara Goss from Grenada won second for "Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler: Three Women, One Problem." In Creative Nonfiction, Samantha Jordan Banks from Ridgeland won second place for "Remembrance;" M. Kennedy from Grenada took third for "The Nameless Game" and Shunta Rivers from Grenada won an Honorable Mention for "The Good People."
Finally, in the Short Fiction Category, Ethan Burton from Goodman placed second for his story "Worn Blue Collar." For the Drama section, Elizabeth Howell from Goodman won second for "Fish" and Benjamin Wilkes from Grenada won an Honorable Mention for "Two Paths."
The winners will attend a workshop and receive their awards during the MCCCWA Conference at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville on Friday, April 13. The first place, second place and third place winners will receive a monetary prize and have their pieces printed in the MCCCWA publication, and the authors of the honorable mention selections will receive a signed certificate at the awards ceremony.
For more information about this year's MCCCWA contest and awards, contact MCCCWA President Tim Morris at tim.morris@jcjc.edu.
For more information about Holmes creative writing courses, contact English instructor Chad Moorer at wmoorer@holmescc.edu.
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IN THESE PHOTOS:
(top left) The judge for the MCCCWA competition in the Literary Essay category, Lorie Watkins, is pictured with first place winner, Holmes Ridgeland Campus student Brian M. Jones II. Watkins works at William Carey University, where she is an associate professor of English, researcher, editor and author. Jones is a sophomore Spanish major from Jackson.
(top right) The judge for the MCCCWA competition in the Dramatic Fiction category, Tim Matheny, is pictured with second place winner, Goodman Campus student Elizabeth Howell. Matheny is an actor, director, writer, teacher and assistant professor of theatre performance at Mississippi State University. Howell is a sophomore English major from Kosciusko.
(bottom left) The judge for the MCCCWA competition in the Poetry category, Benjamin Morris, is pictured with second place winner, Madison Brewer, a student on the Holmes Grenada Campus. Morris is an author, researcher and member of the Mississippi Artist Roster. Brewer, a sophomore elementary education major from Coffeeville, also won third in Creative Nonfiction.
(bottom right) The judge for the MCCCWA competition in the Poetry category, Benjamin Morris, is pictured with third place winner, Kiya Alvarado from the Holmes Goodman Campus. Alvarado is a sophomore art major from Greenwood.
