5 MCC winners help showcase district’s creative writing contest
Brianna Martinez
of MCC’s strong points for students during the districtwide 2008 competition. There were a total of five winners with two of them taking first place in the poetry and essay categories.There were four students total who won in the poetry category. The four students that won the poetry portion were Dana Shurtz, taking first place, Jamaica Popejoy, taking third place and Melanie McCuin and Emily Hinkle both received honorable mentions. The essay winner was the only MCC student to win in that section, Kaylie Nykai, who took first place.
The four categories that students were able to compete in were poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and one-act plays.
Although the deadline was in November for the district competition, the winners were not announced until February.
There is still time for students to apply for the MCC creative writing competition for MCC students only.
It is the Spring 2009 competition and the categories include poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction essay.
“I’m really excited for this because it will be the first MCC creative writing competition in the last six or seven years,” said Josh Rathkamp, MCC’s Creative Writing Coordinator.
Entries must be works written during the students’ enrollment in credit courses at MCC and students who have previously won first place in a category are not eligible to participate again in that category.
Entries must also be received by Rathkamp no later than noon on April 3. All winners will receive scholarship awards that will be distributed at an Awards Reading and Celebration at noon on April 29.
“In addition to winning the scholarship, the awards ceremony will be an opportunity for students to read their work and get exposure by having faculty, friends and family hear it,” Rathkamp said.
First place winners will receive a scholarship award for $200, second place will receive one for $150 and third place for $100.
For more information contact Rathkamp at 461-7560.
