Chestatee Review announces writing contest winners
Article By: Staff
The University of North Georgia's (¹û¶³´«Ã½) student literary magazine, The Chestatee Review, has announced the winners of its annual writing contest.
Each fall semester the Review holds a writing contest where students submit exemplary work in the five categories of fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, poetry, and/or one act plays. Winners in each genre are published in the Review and awarded cash prizes. First place wins $100, second place wins $50, and third place wins $25.
The winners in the Fiction category are:
1st: "Home Again" by Lina Morgan, Journalism
2nd: "The Fallen" by Sydney Smith, Open Option
3rd: "I'm Not Rose" by Amanda Niemann, English
Creative nonfiction:
1st: "Six Memories of My Father" by Anna Maria Little, English
2nd: "The Depth of Humility" by Megan Nichole Broome, English
3rd: "The Ghosts Who Carry Us: ¹û¶³´«Ã½’s First Opiate Overdose Prevention Event" by Elizabeth Devine, Biology
Formal Essay:
1st: "Shadowed Memories" by Megan Nichole Broome, English
2nd: "A Feminist Reading of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Marcel Cantu, English
3rd: "Redefining Reality" by Shea Barfield, English
Poetry:
1st: "Good Will" by Ethan Howard, English
2nd: "The Man Who Came with the Rain" by Anna Little, English
3rd: "A Foundling's Blues" by Keza Kasende, Biology
One Act Play:
1st: "A Happening Scene" by Brandon Day, Mathematics
2nd: "Im-PROP-er Dinner" by Gregory Hirsch, Theatre
3rd: "The Collectors" by Adrian Huff, Media Studies
"The Chestatee Review is unique because it is one of the few student endeavors that span all of ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s campuses. Students from every campus can contribute to a publication that represents the university as a whole," said Ezekiel Black, professor of English.
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