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Five River Region students have earned top prizes in AUM's inaugural high school poetry competition.
Hosted by the Department of English and Philosophy, the contest is open to students in grades 9-12 who live in the River Region. Student participants were invited to submit poems on the subject “Haunting and Folklore,” which serves as the 2024 theme of AUM’s student-run literary magazine “Common Thread.”
“We were very pleased with the quality of the student entries, with our panel of judges selecting five entries as winners," said Professor of English Joyce Kelley, who organized the poetry contest. "All of these students showed remarkable talent in their writings."
The 2024 winners of AUM’s high school poetry competition are:
• First Place: “Cursed” by Jamesyn Williams, 11th grade at BTW Magnet High School • Second Place: “The House that Granny Built” by Daryl Ramon Thomas Jr., 12th grade at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School • Third Place: “An Occasional Dream” by Isabella Pappas, 10th grade at Saint James School • Honorable Mention: “Wendigo is Near” by Gracie Niolet, 10th grade at Pike Road High School • Honorable Mention: “Evergreen Forest” by Haley Hust, 10th grade at Saint James School
As the first-place winner, Williams will receive a $500 scholarship through AUM’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. The scholarship requires the student winner to attend AUM and major in one of the college’s academic programs. The poem of competition’s first-place winner is also featured in the print edition of “Common Thread. “
The competition’s second and third place winners and honorable mentions will have their poems published in the online edition of “Common Thread.”
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Five River Region students have earned top prizes in AUM's inaugural high school poetry competition.
Hosted by the Department of English and Philosophy, the contest is open to students in grades 9-12 who live in the River Region. Student participants were invited to submit poems on the subject “Haunting and Folklore,” which serves as the 2024 theme of AUM’s student-run literary magazine “Common Thread.”
“We were very pleased with the quality of the student entries, with our panel of judges selecting five entries as winners," said Professor of English Joyce Kelley, who organized the poetry contest. "All of these students showed remarkable talent in their writings."
The 2024 winners of AUM’s high school poetry competition are:
• First Place: “Cursed” by Jamesyn Williams, 11th grade at BTW Magnet High School
• Second Place: “The House that Granny Built” by Daryl Ramon Thomas Jr., 12th grade at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
• Third Place: “An Occasional Dream” by Isabella Pappas, 10th grade at Saint James School
• Honorable Mention: “Wendigo is Near” by Gracie Niolet, 10th grade at Pike Road High School
• Honorable Mention: “Evergreen Forest” by Haley Hust, 10th grade at Saint James School
As the first-place winner, Williams will receive a $500 scholarship through AUM’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. The scholarship requires the student winner to attend AUM and major in one of the college’s academic programs. The poem of competition’s first-place winner is also featured in the print edition of “Common Thread. “
The competition’s second and third place winners and honorable mentions will have their poems published in the online edition of “Common Thread.”
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