2008 Woodie Awards
Writing Contest Awards Night honors students
Ian Paterson
Issue date: 5/4/07 Section: News
The Department of Language and Literature hosted the annual Writing Contest Awards Night Monday, April 23 in Davis-Newport Theater in Jester Learning and Performance Center to honor the top contenders and winners of the 2007 Southwest Baptist University Department of Language and Literature Writing Contest.
The contest was open to all students to submit writing in the categories of poetry, short story, personal essay, critical essay and one-act play. The submission deadline was March 29. Each entry was judged by professors in the Department of Language and Literature.
Approximately 75 people attended the awards ceremony, and 12 contenders read their entries.
In the poetry category senior Bri Scott received first and second place with "Poetry in the Nude" and "Critique." Junior Julia Bartgis claimed third place with her poem "Deadly Declarations."
In the category of short story, junior Charlotte Holman claimed first place with the lone entry, "A Comfortable Stranger."
The personal essay category second place award was claimed by senior Nathan Ross with "Hand in Hand: An Inquiry of Men's Studies," while Scott received another first place with "Love: Something Old and Something New."
Junior Jessica Stone claimed the top prize in the critical essay category with "Females: Friend and Foe," while senior Alyson Browning received second with "Keats' Personal Crescendo and Decrescendo in 'Ode to a Nightengale.'"
Scott won another first place award in the one-act play category with her drama about rape, pregnancy and the stress of facing life-changing decisions, "And Shades of Gray." Junior Lindsay Neumann received second place with the evangelistic comedy "His Town."
First place winners were awarded a plaque and $50, second place winners were awarded a red ribbon and $25, while third place winners were given a white ribbon and $15.
"Talent with words is as God-given as talent with footballs and meringue pies," said Dr. Mark Tappmeyer, chair of the Department of Language and Literature. "The awards night of the Writing Contest celebrates the creativity of those students who excel in using language to move us."
The contest was open to all students to submit writing in the categories of poetry, short story, personal essay, critical essay and one-act play. The submission deadline was March 29. Each entry was judged by professors in the Department of Language and Literature.
Approximately 75 people attended the awards ceremony, and 12 contenders read their entries.
In the poetry category senior Bri Scott received first and second place with "Poetry in the Nude" and "Critique." Junior Julia Bartgis claimed third place with her poem "Deadly Declarations."
In the category of short story, junior Charlotte Holman claimed first place with the lone entry, "A Comfortable Stranger."
The personal essay category second place award was claimed by senior Nathan Ross with "Hand in Hand: An Inquiry of Men's Studies," while Scott received another first place with "Love: Something Old and Something New."
Junior Jessica Stone claimed the top prize in the critical essay category with "Females: Friend and Foe," while senior Alyson Browning received second with "Keats' Personal Crescendo and Decrescendo in 'Ode to a Nightengale.'"
Scott won another first place award in the one-act play category with her drama about rape, pregnancy and the stress of facing life-changing decisions, "And Shades of Gray." Junior Lindsay Neumann received second place with the evangelistic comedy "His Town."
First place winners were awarded a plaque and $50, second place winners were awarded a red ribbon and $25, while third place winners were given a white ribbon and $15.
"Talent with words is as God-given as talent with footballs and meringue pies," said Dr. Mark Tappmeyer, chair of the Department of Language and Literature. "The awards night of the Writing Contest celebrates the creativity of those students who excel in using language to move us."
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