2009 Competition Winners

Junior High Poetry

1st Place	Chris-Shanti Jackson	Jackson Academy
2nd Place	Taylor Johnson	Pontotoc Junior High School
3rd Place	Sydney Turnage	St. Joeseph's Catholic School

 

Junior High Essay

1st Place	Micah Russell	Pontotoc Junior High School
2nd Place	Anna Wing	Pontotoc Junior High School
3rd Place	Allison Young	Pontotoc Junior High School

 

Junior High Fiction

1st Place	Paige Rogers	Jackson Academy
2nd Place	Sam Rayburn	Jackson Academy

 

High School Poetry

1st Place	Shelby Hawkins	Arlington High School
2nd Place	Shelby Hawkins	Arlington High School
3rd Place	Abigail Hiks	Germantown High School

 

High School Essay

1st Place	Halley Smith	Germantown High School
2nd Place	Morgan Dowty	Germantown High School
3rd Place	Kelly Kennedy	Germantown High School

 

High School Fiction

1st Place	Sam Evans	Germantown High School
2nd Place	Julie Marshall	Germantown High School
3rd Place	John Strickland Josh McDaniel	Petal High School Petal High School

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Competition Rules

1. The contest is open to students currently enrolled in grades 7-12.
2. Entries should consist of original pieces of writing: poetry, short stories, or essays.
3. Acceptable format of entries:
• Must be handwritten on paper appropriate for grade level or prepared on a word processor, one side of paper only.
4. Maximum limit of 1,500 words for grade 7-8 and 3,000 words for grades 9-12.
   • Each entry must be the original work of the student alone, created during the current school year, and must not have been previously published or submitted to another contest.
   • Entries should not be bound or laminated and should not include cover or filler sheets.
5. Each entry must have as its first page an official registration form. 
   • This form should be stapled to the entry. 
   • NO NAME should appear on the entry itself.  Entries with names will be disqualified.
   • Titles should be punctuated correctly.  No underlining or quotation marks of titles on original work.

Deadline for Submissions

Received by Monday, October 26, 2009

Mail to:
Academic Competitions
Writing Contest
P.O. Box 9
University, MS 38677

Categories of writing

Poetry, Short Story, Essay (Narrative or Expository)

Judging

Entries will be judged on literary merit and usage/grammar appropriate to grade level.  The work is not to be taken from or based upon any writing by any author famous or unknown, student or adult – or from any published or unpublished source such as book, magazine, literary anthology, or the like. Judges will be teacher consultants from the University of Mississippi Writing Project. 

Announcement of Winners

November, 4, 2009 on The University of Mississippi Campus

Contact

Justin Phillips
Academic Competitions
Division of Outreach
E.F. Yerby Conference Center
The University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677

Phone: 662-915-3034
Fax: 662-915-1535
Email: umacdcom@olemiss.edu