Alabama Writers' Forum


		WINNERS: 2010 LITERARY ARTS AWARDS The Alabama Writers’ Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts The Alabama Writers’ Forum gratefully acknowledges and thanks the 2010 High School Literary Arts Awards Judges 2010 Judges CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON: Anita Miller Garner, chair of the HSLAA since 1995, has taught fiction writing at the University of Alabama and Virginia Commonwealth University. She is Associate Professor of English at the University of North Alabama. Undeniable Truths, her collection of short fiction, was released in late 2009. CREATIVE NONFICTION: Rheta Grimsley Johnson is an award-winning reporter and columnist for King Features Syndicate of New York. Johnson, who travels the country in search of stories, frequently reports from her native South with datelines from Washington, D.C. to Iuka, Mississippi. Her books include Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz, Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana, and the recent Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir. DRAMA: Katherine Breland, currently of Shiyan, Hubei, China, was a Teach for America Fellow, and she is a former HSLAA Portfolio Scholarship winner. She was the inaugural To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Contest Winner and holds a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Alabama, where she was a participant in the Blount Honors Program in English. FICTION: Sena Jeter Naslund is the international best-selling author of Ahab’s Wife, or The Star-Gazer, Four Spirits, Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette, and other works. Naslund founded and directs the Spalding University Brief Residency M.F.A. Writing Program in Louisville, Kentucky, and she is also Writer in Residence at the University of Louisville. POETRY: Susie Paul, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Teaching Professor at Auburn University-Montgomery, currently teaches at Huntingdon College. PORTFOLIO SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION: Kirk Curnutt, professor and chair of English at Troy University-Montgomery, is the author of 11 books, including the novels Dixie Noir and Breathing Out the Ghost. LITERARY MAGAZINE: Jenny Gropp Hess is editor of The Black Warrior Review, the University of Alabama. LITERARY ARTS AWARDS BY GENRE First Place receives $150 and the judge’s book. Second and Third Place receive $75 and the judge’s book. Judge’s Special Recognition winners receive the judge’s book. Certificate winners receive a personalized certificate. Marie Stokes Jemison Creative Nonfiction Awards First Place: Peter Gray, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts Second Place: Amber Rainha, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School Creative Nonfiction Judge's Special Recognition: Maggie Schnell, student of Lewis Cobbs, Randolph School Parker Leonard, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts Vikash Naran, student of Lewis Cobbs, Randolph School Raman Malik, student of Denise Trimm, Mountain Brook High School Jenny Wool, student of Scott Richburg, The Montgomery Academy Drama First Place: Kelsey Greenwood, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Drama Judge’s Special Recognition: Tegan R.D. Fuqua, student of Brandy Panagos, Bob Jones High School Peter Gray, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts Fiction First Place: Abby Melton, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Second Place: Emma Roberts, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts Fiction Judge’s Special Recognition: Tegan R.D. Fuqua, student of Brandy Panagos, Bob Jones High School Lin Wang, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Mary Sanders, student of Jon Carter, Briarwood Christian School Poetry First Place: Lauren McClusky, student of Denise Trimm, Mountain Brook High School Second Place: Caitlin Owsley, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Third Place: Taylor Zimmerman, student of Foster Dickson, Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet School Poetry Judge’s Special Recognition Amber Smith, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Anna Turkett, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Austin Hancock, student of Connie Nolen, Pelham High School Tegan R.D. Fuqua, student of Brandy Panagos, Bob Jones High School Jared O’Neal, student of Denise Trimm, Mountain Brook High School Poetry Certificates of Recognition Name Withheld, student of Marlin Barton, Lurleen B. Wallace School Name Withheld, student of Marlin Barton, Lurleen B. Wallace School Name Withheld, student of Marlin Barton, Lurleen B. Wallace School Julia Bach, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts Peter Gray, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts Parker Leonard, student of T.J. Beitelman, Alabama School of Fine Arts Timothy Dunlap, student of Jon Carter, Briarwood Christian School Name Withheld, student of Priscilla Cooper, Sequoyah School Name Withheld, student of Priscilla Cooper, Sequoyah School Stephanie Godwin, student of Chris Copeland, Vestavia Hills High School Name Withheld, student of Tony Crunk, McNeel School Christianna Arriaga, student of Becky Dobelstein, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School Antoinette Forstall, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Danielle Hurd, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Abby Melton, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Tyler Pratt, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Emily Swanagin, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts Mary Locker, student of Darlene Freemon, Florence High School Casey Nichols, student of Connie Nolen, Pelham High School Caitlin Brown, student of Naomi Pryor, Greenville High School Jessica Mayberry, student of Naomi Pryor, Greenville High School Laura Oliver, student of Iris Rinke-Hammer, Alabama School of Fine Arts sCHOLARSHIP WINNERS (seniors). Award: $500 cash to use toward college of recipient's choice. Maggie Schnell, student of Lewis Cobbs, Randolph School, winner of the Ruth & Jay Ott Senior Portfolio Scholarship Peter Gray, student of T.J. Beitleman, Alabama School of Fine Arts, winner of the Mozelle Purvis Shirley Senior Portfolio Scholarship Clay Greene, student of Stuart Flynn, Alabama School of Fine Arts, winner of the Lindsey Stricklin Senior Portfolio Scholarship Audrey Orteza, student of Jon Carter, Briarwood Christian School, winner of the Alabama State Council on the Arts Senior Portfolio Scholarship LITERARY MAGAZINE COMPETITION Exceptional Literary Content Winner: Artisan (Briarwood Christian School) Editors: Amanda Muir and Laura Foster, students of Jon Carter $150 to the magazine Exceptional Graphic Design and Layout of Literary Magazine Winner: Counterpane (Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School) Editors: Amanda Sockwell, Mariah Gibson, Engram Wilkinson, students of Becky Dobelstein $150 to the magazine Best Overall Literary Content & Graphic Design Winner: Cadence (Alabama School of Fine Arts) Editors: Peter Gray & Abby Melton, student of Stuart Flynn $250 to the magazine

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