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Student Writing Awards
- 1. ST U DE N T WR I T I N G AW A R D S Twice recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts “for encouraging and supporting students who have been recognized for their exceptional artistic achievement in the arts.” BOOKER T. WASHINGTON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL 6 3 2 S o u t h U n i o n S t r e e t , M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a m a 3 6 1 0 4 Jerry Lawrence, Instructor 1 9 9 7 , 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 3 BLAKE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 1 7 0 1 N o r t h B o u l e v a r d , T a m p a , F l o r i d a 3 3 6 0 7 Jerry Lawrence and Gianna Russo, Instructors 1 9 9 8 - 1 9 9 9 CARVER CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER F a i r v i e w A v e n u e , M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a m a 3 6 1 0 2 Jerry Lawrence, Instructor 1 9 9 1 - 1 9 9 6
- 2. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 2 Thirteen Years of Student Writing Achievement National-level Student Literary Arts Magazine awards: 6 Columbia University – Gold Award 3 Columbia University – Silver Award 1 National Council of Teachers of English – Highest Award 15 Individual Student Merit Award National-level student awards—from more than 7,000 applicants annually: 1 Finalist – $1,500 – National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 2 Semifinalist – $100 – National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 2 Silver 4 Finalist 1 Semifinalist State-level student awards 18 First Place 13 Second Place 10 Third Place 4 Finalist 3 Semi-Finalist 13 Honorable Mention 1 Judge’s Special Recognition 6 Certificate of Recognition 2 Certificate of Merit County-level student awards 16 First Place 9 Second Place 6 Third Place 2 Fourth Place 24 Honorable Mention 7 Merit Mention
- 3. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 3 2004 ARTS 2004 ARTS RECOGNITION AND TALENT SEARCH (ARTS) Honorable Mention—Selection from Novel ERIN ELIZABETH YOUNG 2003 ARTS 2003 ARTS RECOGNITION AND TALENT SEARCH (ARTS) Honorable Mention—Writing/Poetry—$100 CURRY, LYLE Merit Award—Writing/Poetry DUGGAN, ASHLEY NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Columbia Scholastic Press Association Columbia University, New York, NY Gold Medalist MOXIE 2003 co-editors: ASHLEY DUGGAN, MIRANDA DENNIS LITERARY ARTS AWARDS (statewide) The Alabama Writers’ Forum 1st Place—Drama—$150 YOUNG, ERIN 2nd Place—Poetry—$75 YOUNG, ERIN Judge’s Special Recognition—Fiction YOUNG, ERIN Certificate of Recognition—Poetry JASON MCCALL KATHERINE RUSSELL MIRANDA DENNIS
- 4. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 4 2003 continued F. SCOTT & ZELDA FITZGERALD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION LITERARY CONTEST First Place—High School Essay Division LYLE CURRY Honorable Mention—High School Essay Division HEATHER WILLIAMS ERIN YOUNG Second Place—High School Short Story Division MIRANDA DENNIS 2003 ALABAMA PENMAN WRITING CONTEST State winner—Senior Short Story Division MIRANDA DENNIS Putting on the Face Montgomery County-wide winner—Senior Short Story Division MIRANDA DENNIS Putting on the Face ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Young Southern Writers’ Project 2nd Place—Playwriting KALI PYRLIK “Public Skool” Semi-Finalists MARA LATTANZI MIRANDA DENNIS SARAH HUNT
- 5. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 5 2002 NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Columbia Scholastic Press Association Columbia University, New York, NY Silver Medalist MOXIE 2002 co-editors: HAYLEY WEEKS, ASHLEY DUGGAN 2002 LITERARY ARTS AWARDS (statewide) The Alabama Writers’ Forum 2nd Place—Drama ASHLEY DUGGAN “Electric Toilets” Certificate of Recognition—Poetry ERIN YOUNG HAYLEY WEEKS Certificate of Merit—Literary Magazine Moxie 2001, eds. CELESTE CAVINS, HAYLEY WEEKS Let Me Out 2000, eds. creative writing students NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FINALIST Jason McCall 2002 YOUNG WRITERS’ LITERARY AWARDS (statewide) Alabama School of Fine Arts (1700 entries; 2 of 27 to receive honors) 2nd Place—Poetry $50.00 3rd Place—Poetry $25.00 ASHLEY DUGGAN MIRANDA DENNIS “Lime Margarita” “Role Reversal” HURSTON/WRIGHT WRITERS’ WEEK chosen to attend a tuition-free 9-day workshop Fiction Writing for High School Students JASON MCCALL ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY 2nd Honorable Mention—Poetry “The Sunday Paper” ASHLEY DUGGAN ACT-SO 1st Place—Poetry “Prayer of Regret” (an all-expense paid trip to the National ACT-SO Competition, Dallas Texas) JOSH FELDER 2002 ALABAMA PENMAN SENIOR DIVISION STATE WINNERS Honorable Mention—Poetry MARCUS JORDAN “Jazz” 2002 ALABAMA PENMAN SENIOR DIVISION DISTRICT WINNERS 3rd Place—Poetry 3rd Place—Short Story MARCUS JORDAN BRANNON HUBBARD “Jazz” “A Fishing Trip”
- 6. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 6 2002 continued MONTGOMERY PRESS & AUTHORS CLUB 1st Place—Poetry MARCUS JORDAN “A Fierce Bright” 2nd Place—Poetry 3rd Place—Poetry Honorable Mention—Poetry HAYLEY WEEKS MIRANDA DENNIS LINDSAY BURDETTE “On Our Knees” “Psycho Ward” “Pretty Boy” 2001 NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Columbia Scholastic Press Association Columbia University, New York, NY Gold Medalist (974 pts. out of a possible 1000) MOXIE 2001 co-editors: CELESTE CAVINS, HAYLEY WEEKS Merit Awards (4 out of a possible 4) Given for outstanding achievement for “Concept, Content, Design & Creativity” ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Young Southern Writers’ Project 2nd Place—Playwriting ASHLEY DUGGAN “Electric Toilets” 2001 YOUNG WRITERS’ LITERARY AWARDS (statewide) Alabama School of Fine Arts Finalists LINDSAY BURDETTE CHANUKAH GRAY BRITTANY JETTON JASON MCCALL 2001 HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY ARTS AWARDS The Alabama Writers’ Forum, Alabama State Council on the Arts Certificate of Commendation for Outstanding Mastery in Poetry LINDSAY BURDETTE PTSA REFLECTIONS COUNTY LITERARY CONTEST "It Would Be Really Strange If…" CHANUKAH GRAY, 12th grade JASON MCCALL, 10th grade
- 7. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 7 1999 NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Columbia Scholastic Press Association Columbia University, New York, NY Gold Medalist (970 pts. out of a possible 1000) SYNAPSE ’99 co-editors: KATE JOHNSON, KORRI TRIGO Merit Awards (4 out of a possible 4) Given for outstanding achievement for “Concept, Content, Design & Creativity” 1998 FLORIDA STATE POETRY CONTEST 11th Grade 10th Grade 9th Grade Honorable Mention First Place Honorable Mention RYAN MAULDIN SARAH PACHELLI ALIA TSANG Honorable Mention Honorable Mention KIMBERLY KNISLEY BRIANNA SHAUGHNESSY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, TEACHERS OF ENGLISH CONTEST 12th Grade 11th Grade 9th Grade First Place, Poetry First Place, Poetry First Place, Poetry MERRIN CLOUGH JESSICA LIVINGSTON ELIZABETH JOHNS Honorable Mention, Poetry Second Place NATALIE EPO ELIZABETH JOHNS Honorable Mention, Fiction Honorable Mention DUSTIN DWYER SHAWN-PAUL SYZKA UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA SCHOLARSHIP—$1,000 High School writing contest First Place Poetry JENNIFER PHIFER First Place Fiction MELINDA ENRIQUEZ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S ARTWRITE CONTEST Third Place, collaborative art/written piece MERRIN CLOUGH A CELEBRATION OF FLORIDA'S YOUNG POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY ASHLEY ADDISON, NATALIE BAKER, STEPHANIE BOLLING, AIRAM COLON, DUSTIN DWYER, ANGEL GEISLER, ALISA GOMEZ, KATE GREENE, LORRIE JACKSON, KIMBERLEY KNISLEY, CHARLES KORY, JESSICA LIVINGSTON, COURTNEY MAXWELL, LYNN MORRISSEY, AMANDA NEUMAN, LEANDRA PADGETT, BRITTANY RICE, LASHUN SAPP, TAMARA SARGEANT, JOSH SHAPIRO, BRIANNA SHAUGHNESSY, SHAWN-PAUL SZYSKA, KORIE TABOR, NICHOLAS THOMAS, ALIA TSANG,ANN-MICELLE VANEEPOEL
- 8. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 8 1996 NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Columbia Scholastic Press Association Columbia University, New York, NY Silver Medalist— co-editors: JUDY SNIDER, JOY WILLIAMSON (902 pts. out of a possible 1000) PNEUMA ’96 Merit Award Given for outstanding achievement for “Creativity” PNEUMA ’96 NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SEMIFINALIST Andrew Sullivan STATE LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Alabama Scholastic Press Association Superior Award PNEUMA ’96 co-editors: JUDY SNIDER, JOY WILLIAMSON First Place, Poetry Honorable Mention, Essay PNEUMA ’96 PNEUMA ’96 “The Pond, It’s Bream and Us” “The Accident” JOY WILLIAMSON JUDY SNIDER SARAH LAWRENCE SCHOLARSHIP, $71,000 JUDY SNIDER THE SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS Silver Award, Dramatic script—Over Coffee at the Cafe de L’Ane ANDREW SULLIVAN 1996 LITERARY ARTS AWARDS sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Alabama Writers’ Forum Portfolios/Scholarship Competition—$500 (seniors only) JUDITH SNIDER CREATIVE WRITERS OF MONTGOMERY 1996 STUDENT POETRY AWARDS First Place ($50) JOY WILLIAMSON “We Sit and Watch the Wine Glass” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention JUDY SNIDER MANDY LUNSFORD “Mother of Comfort” “cornbread” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention MICHELLE STEWART CASSANDRA HENDERSON “Woman” “Only for Billy” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention ANDREW SULLIVAN BRANDI WEAVER “Valentines Day Poem # Something” “Lost Childhood”
- 9. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 9 1995 NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Columbia Scholastic Press Association Columbia University, New York, NY Gold Medalist (962 pts. out of a possible 1000) PNEUMA ’95 editor: DALTON WORD Merit Awards (3 out of a possible 4) Given for outstanding achievement for “Concept, Content & Creativity” PNEUMA ’95 Second Place Award in Fiction: Traditional SARAH SORENSON TALENT SEARCH NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS National Headquarters 800 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131 1995 ARTS AWARD CANDIDATE Winner of $1,500 in Writing/Poetry One of approximately 115 finalists from a national pool of more than 7,000 artists. One of five poets from a national pool of more than 1,600 writers. SARAH SORENSON “kent state september” “We Are Out Of Control Like We Are Airborne In A Black Night” “the cultures of leaving girlhood” “I Want To Be Good” “A letter from Emily Bronte to her sister Charlotte” “while the city sleeps the mice are awake” TALENT SEARCH NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS 1995 ARTS AWARD CANDIDATE Winner of $100 in Writing/Poetry DALTON WORD ALABAMA PENMAN AWARDS Essay: “Minor In Possession of Alcohol” Short Story: “Through My Ancestor’s Blood” ALLYSON GARVIN CASSANDRA HENDERSON
- 10. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 10 1995 continued _CREATIVE WRITERS OF MONTGOMERY 1995 STUDENT POETRY AWARDS 2nd Place 3rd Place Honorable Mention DALTON WORD NICK KAYE GINA SARMIENTO “i want to be salt and fade away” “I’m Lying” “Landlord” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention ERIN HAMBLIN CASSANDRA HENDERSON “War Games” “Black Eyes Can Be Covered With Glasses” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention MANDY LUNSFORD GARY BURDETTE NULL “Microcosm” “Abstract Thoughts and Concrete Ramblings . . .” ACT-SO AFRO-ACADEMIC, CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS Sponsored by Metro-Montgomery Branch NAACP Second Place Poetry KION BRISTOW 1994 NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Columbia Scholastic Press Association Columbia University, New York, NY Silver Medalist PNEUMA ’94 co-editors: Amy Jones, Dusti Worley Merit Award Given for outstanding achievement for “Concept” PNEUMA ’94 NATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION National Council of Teachers of English Highest Award PNEUMA ’94 co-editors: Amy Jones, Dusti Worley One of 41 from 861 nationwide
- 11. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 11 1994 continued STATE LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Alabama Scholastic Press Association Superior Award PNEUMA ’94 co-editors: AMY JONES, DUSTI WORLEY First Place, Long Fiction Honorable Mention, Long Fiction PNEUMA ’94 PNEUMA ’94 “The Perpetually Angry” “Home” SARAH SORENSON JOSEPH FAIRCLOTH First Place, Art Second Place, Art Third Place, Art PNEUMA ’94 PNEUMA ’94 PNEUMA ’94 JONNA LEMASTER ELLIOTT MCPHERSON ROBBIE DAWSON Second Place, Cover Design Third Place, Art PNEUMA ’94 PNEUMA ’94 COLLEEN WANG COLLEEN WANG PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SECONDARY SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST Creative Writing Program 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08544 approximately 5,000 entrants Finalist SARAH SORENSON “I Want To Be Good” “You & You” LIBERTY HILL POETRY REVIEW P.O. Box 426967, San Francisco, CA 94142 Poetry accepted for publication SARAH SORENSON “Onion” “Mother Could You”
- 12. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 12 1994 continued CURBOW PUBLICATIONS HIGH SCHOOL FALL POETRY CONTEST P.O. Box 218, Carrollton, GA 30117 Approximately 600 entrants from 25 states Fourth Place LEAH BURTON “Dance for Master” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention KATHRYN ABELL ERIN HAMBLIN “Like I Am” “Harper” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention GINA SARMIENTO DALTON WORD “Jonathan” “tacit girls” Honorable Mention SARAH SORENSON “A letter from Emily Bronte to her sister Charlotte” FRIDAY TWO SPRING POETRY CONTEST sponsored by The Bookmonger Bookstore & Curbow Publications open to the public Third Place ($25) and one of three featured poets at the Friday Two Poetry Reading, May 13, 1994 DALTON WORD THE ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY 1994 CONTEST High School Contest Second Place Honorable Mention ERIN HAMBLIN AMY JONES “The Juggler” “Mortuary” CREATIVE WRITERS OF MONTGOMERY 1994 STUDENT POETRY AWARDS 148 entrants First Place ($50) KATHRYN ABELL “One Morning I Was” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention ZESTLAN SIMMONS ARTINIQUE MONCRIEF “Sunburst” “Morning Breeze” Merit Mention Merit Mention AMY JONES ALLYSON GARVIN “What I Know” “Winter’s Steam”
- 13. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 13 1994 continued ACT-SO AFRO-ACADEMIC, CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS Sponsored by Metro-Montgomery Branch NAACP First Place Poetry All expense paid trip to Chicago to participate in the national competition. KION BRISTOW “Wet Perfection” Second Place Poetry ZESTLAN SIMMONS “Celebration” First Place Playwriting All expense paid trip to Chicago to participate in the national competition. ZESTLAN SIMMONS Smile on Me Second Place Playwriting Third Place Playwriting DENISE MILLS KENNETH PRESTON Broken Hearts Parental Advisory COCA-COLA SCHOLAR’S FOUNDATION COCA-COLA “KEYS TO THE FUTURE CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST” One Buckhead Plaza, Suite 1000, 3060 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30305 First Place Winner First Place Winner DENISA MILLS KION BRISTOW ($1,000 scholarship) “Think Big” ($1,000 scholarship) JUDSON COLLEGE LOCKHART HONOR SCHOLARSHIP Marion, Alabama 36756 AMY JONES ($10,000)
- 14. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 14 1993 ALABAMA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION, OVERALL Excellent PNEUMA ’93 ALABAMA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION, INDIVIDUAL First Place Poetry Third Place Art Honorable Mention Art KEN PRESTON COLLEEN WANG APINYA PACK ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY SPRING CONTEST HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST Third Place Honorable Mention JOSEPH FAIRCLOTH JOE RICKICKI “Pearl Lady” “the piano player” CREATIVE WRITERS OF MONTGOMERY 1993 STUDENT POETRY AWARDS 80 entrants First Place ($50) Second Place ($25) Third Place ($10) TARA GIBBONS KENNETH PRESTON JOE RICKICKI “Bedtime Story” “A Crack In The Game Board” “Panama City” Fourth Honorable Mention DAN KHUU “Out There” Merit Award Merit Award DAVIS GILLIS SANDY VAUGHN “My Life and Death as a Fish” “Father” Merit Award Merit Award BENJAMIN BRUNSON AMY JONES “homesick” “Visage of the Moon” MONTGOMERY BRANCH NLAPW AND MONTGOMERY PRESS & AUTHORS CLUB 1993 WRITING COMPETITION AWARDS open competition First Place Traditional Poetry Second Honorable Mention Free Verse Poetry JOE RICKICKI DUSTI WORLEY “Below 114” “I Drown In Scarlet, Bloody Sky” ALABAMA CAREER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION STATE POETRY AND POSTER CONTEST First Place Second Place JOE RICKICKI DAVID GILLIS
- 15. S T UD E N T A C H I E V E M E N T 15 1992 ALABAMA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION, OVERALL Excellent PNEUMA ’92 ALABAMA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION, INDIVIDUAL First Place Fiction (Short) Third Place Fiction (Short) Third Place Humor ZACHARY FREEMAN JOE RICKICKI JOHN BURGESS Third Place Art Second Place Cover Design CHRISTOPHER LEE SEAN SCHRICKER ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY SPRING CONTEST HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST Second Place ($10) Third Place TRACY BOYD ANNE CUNNINGHAM “The Unfamiliar” “Jesus Christ, Jump Off the Crucifix” 2nd Honorable Mention 3rd Honorable Mention 4th Honorable Mention JOE RICKICKI STACY STINSON ZACH FREEMAN “An Interesting Day School” “Destructive Facial Hair” “Unfinished Penguin” CREATIVE WRITERS OF MONTGOMERY 1992 STUDENT POETRY AWARDS 104 entrants First Place ($50) Second Place ($25) JOE RICKICKI JOHN BURGESS “Siren” “Images of Emotion” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention JULI MEYER RAIMUND JOHANNES ROHDE “Disregarded Lifestyle” “Guilty of Innocence” Special Mention TARA GIBBONS “Storms” 1991 NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BEST OF SHOW AWARD MAGAZINE Ninth Place PNEUMA ’91 ALABAMA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION, OVERALL Excellent PNEUMA ’91