April 10, 2009
English Department announces winners of 2009 writing contests
James Kobialka '10 won first place in The Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest for his poem "Ninety Six Feet of Zen." Naomi Cher '09 took second place for "Beomoose." Third place was the subject of a dramatic tie, with Rebecca Good '09 and Amital Sachs '09 splitting the award between Good's "How to Dodge Bullets" and Sachs' "The Tin Soldier Stands This Way."
Three seniors swept the Betty '79 and Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest. Danielle Coles '09 took first place for "Genesis, Inc," Janna King '09 came in second with "On the Wire," and Linnie Bendor-Grynbaum '09 took third place for "Eighty-Six."
First place in the Loring Holmes and Ruth Dodd Drama contest went to Sean Morrow '11 for "You, Me and the Cake." Fana Hickinson '10 won The Leroy Allston Ames Essay Contest for "The Young Lead the Old: The Construction of the Ideal Citizen in Children's Abolitionist Literature."
All first place winners were awarded $250; second and third place winners received $100 and $50 respectively. The winners of the English Department writing contests will present their work at Academic Spree Day on Wednesday, April 22.
To read some of the winning entries, visit http://www.clarku.edu/departments/english/news/writingcontest.cfm