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Nonfiction
First Place - Gene Rodemich, Belleville Township High School West, Circle of Fifths
Second Place - Angela Case, Edwardsville Senior High School, A Northern Paradise and a Family Tradition
Third Place - Benjamin Watts, Belleville Township High School, eVirgin
Honorable Mention - Meara Dibadj, Belleville Township High School West, Any Questions?
Poetry
First Place - Anna Dennison, Highland High School, Chopin
Second Place - Allison Schaefer, Belleville Township High School West, In the Upstairs Room
Third Place - Kyle Newton, Columbia High School, Mind Games
Honorable Mention - Chelsey Mertz, Gillespie High School, You Are: A Birthday Poem
Fiction
First Place - Victoria Thompson, Belleville Township High School West, Kirtland's Pond
Second Place - Matt Mallon, Edwardsville Senior High School, When a Star Burns Out
Third Place - Samantha Schroeder, Columbia High School, Making My Own Tracks
Honorable Mention - LiAndre Beadle, Granite City High School, Untitled
Categories:
Fiction - 3,000 words or less
Non-fiction - 2,000 words or less
Poetry - 40 lines or less
Prizes:
First Prize in each category - $500
Second Prize in each category - $300
Third Prize in each category - $100
All contestants will receive a Certificate of Recognition
Who can enter:
Juniors and seniors from Illinois high schools in Bond,
Calhoun, Clinton, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison,
Monroe, Montgomery, St. Clair or Washington Counties
Deadline: Postmarked by February 13, 2009
Rules and entry forms:
Available from your English teacher
Sponsors
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