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WINNERS: 2008 LITERARY ARTS AWARDS
The Alabama Writers’ Forum,
a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts
2008 Judges
- Conference chairperson: Anita Miller Garner, Alabama State Council on the Arts Literature Fellowship recipient, assistant fiction editor of Storysmith.com and assistant professor of English, University of North Alabama
- Creative nonfiction, Richard Goodman
- Drama, Anonymous
- Fiction, Anita Miller Garner
- Poetry, Emma Bolden, award-winning writer, author of Edge by Edge (Toadlily Press), and instructor of English, Auburn University
- Scholarship competition, Kirk Curnutt, professor of English, Troy University, Montgomery Campus and author of Breathing Out the
Ghost, and other works.
- Literary magazine competition, Nick Parker, editor of The Black Warrior Review
LITERARY ARTS AWARDS BY GENRE
(First Place receives $150; Second and Third Place receive $75. Judge’s Special Recognition winners receive the judge’s book; certificate winners receive a
Certificate.)
Marie Stokes Jemison Creative Nonfiction Awards
- First Place: Seth Douglas, student of Dianne McWilliams, Montgomery Academy
- Second Place: Kenya Thorne, student of Darlene Freemon, Florence High School
Creative Nonfiction Judge's Special Recognition:
- Adonis Bozeman, student of Bettye Baker, Aliceville High School
- Regan Humphrey, student of Lewis Cobbs, Randolph School
- Kimberly Wright, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
- Hannah Irvin, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Shakera Snelling, student of Sandra Lee, Bessemer Academy
- Stacy Choi, student of Dianne McWilliams, Montgomery Academy
Drama
- First Place: Molly Saunders, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Second Place: Peter Gray, student of Anne-Wyman Black, Alabama School of Fine Arts
Drama, Judge’s Special Recognition:
- Nichole Peacock, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
Fiction
- First Place: Mia Osborn, student of Anne-Wyman Black, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Second Place: Nichole Peacock, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
Fiction Judge’s Special Recognition:
- Joanna Carter, student of Jon Carter, Crossroads Christian School
- Hannah Irvin, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Kate Scarbrough, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Mary Hannah Aizenman, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Amanda Muir, student of Jon Carter, Briarwood Christian School
- Yi Chen, student of Kay Whaley, Eufaula High School
- Katie Gonsewski, student of Kay Whaley, Eufaula High School
Poetry
- First Place: Natalie Reinhart, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Second Place: Mary Locker, student of Darlene Freemon, Florence High School
- Third Place: Avery Driggers, student of Jon Carter, Briarwood Christian School
Poetry Judge’s Special Recognition (alphabetical order by teacher’s last name)
- Allison Swagler, student of Ann-Wyman Black, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Ivy York-Curtis, student of Ann-Wyman Black, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Laura Foster, student of Jon Carter, Briarwood Christian School
- Abby Melton, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Danika Owsley, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Marcus Peavy, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Alexandria Alford, student of Holly Hamm, Homewood High School
- Mia Bass, student of Holly Hamm, Homewood High School
- Charles Bice, student of Denise Trimm, Mountain Brook High School
- Mandy Shunnarah, student of Diane Weber, Gardendale High School
Poetry Certificates of Recognition (alphabetical order by teacher’s last name)
- Name Withheld, student of Marlin Barton, Lurleen B. Wallace School
- Name Withheld, student of Marlin Barton, Lurleen B. Wallace School
- Amber Holloway, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Anna Turkett, student of T. J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Ashley Michelle Jones, student of Anne-Wyman Black, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Amanda Muir, student of Jon Carter, Briarwood Christian School
- Trey Statham, student of Jon Carter, Crossroads Christian School
- Name Withheld, student of Priscilla Cooper, Sequoyah School
- Amanda Powell, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
- Jasmine Nicole Redding, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
- Kate Scarbrough, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Emily Swanagin, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Britney Green, student of Darlene Freemon, Florence High School
- Victoria Scott Dixon, student of Diane Garden, Daphne High School
- Kelsey Shinnick, student of Diane Garden, Daphne High School
- Bethany Stabler, student of Holly Hamm, Homewood High School
- Maiya Nicole Walker, student of Holly Hamm, Homewood High School
- Jonece Dunigan, student of Mary Hudson, Lee High School
- Tigger Geeters, student of Connie Nolen, Pelham High School
- Isaiah O’Hara, student of Connie Nolen, Pelham High School
- Aubriana Edwards, student of Kim Norton, Ohatchee High School
- Ginny Blair, student of Denise Trimm, Mountain Brook High School
- Kathryn Johnson, student of Kay Whaley, Eufaula High School
- Ashley Pittman, student of Kay Whaley, Eufaula High School
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS (seniors). Award: $500 cash to use toward college of recipient's choice.
- Natalie Reinhart, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts and recipient of the Mildred Lowe and Paul W. Henry Scholarship Senior Portfolio Scholarship
- Madeline Wadley, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts, and recipient of the B.T. Thompson Senior Portfolio Scholarship
- Elizabeth Locker, student of Darlene Freemon, Florence High School, and recipient of the Mozelle Purvis Shirley Senior Portfolio Scholarship
- Molly Saunders, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts, and recipient of the Alabama State Council on the Arts Senior Portfolio Scholarship
- Nichole Peacock, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School, and recipient of the Ruth and Jay Ott Senior Portfolio Scholarship
LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION
Exceptional Literary Content
- Winner: Cadence (Alabama School of Fine Arts) Editors: Ashley Jones and Sam Leishman, students of Stuart Flynn
$150 to the magazine
Exceptional Graphic Design and Layout of Literary Magazine
- Winner: Perspectives ( Opelika High School) Editor: Phoenicia Jackson;
Assistant Editors: Rebecca Jackson, Ciera Sonosith, students of Charles Hannah
$150 to the magazine
Best Overall Literary Content & Graphic Design
- Winner: Signatures (Florence High School) Editors: Laura Braddick, Lauren Byram, Margaret McCloy; Assistant editors: Omar Ahmed, Chelsea Lawson, Ben Morris, Amanda Yeargan, students of Darlene Freemon
$250 to the magazine
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