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Nonfiction
First Place - Alexandra Booth, Mount Olive High School, Her House
Second Place - Amanda Pokojski, Mater Dei Catholic High School, The Kitchen
Third Place - Kevin Johnson, Belleville Township High School West, The Future Leaders of Illinois
Honorable Mention - Megan Hughes, Belleville Township High School East, The Spark of Imagination
Poetry
First Place - Benjamin Riggins, Columbia High School, Silent Serenity
Second Place - Katherine O'Truck, Belleville Township High School West, Volumes
Third Place - Camile McDonald, Lebanon High School, The Circle of a Peach
Honorable Mention - Jessica Cotton, Columbia High School, Catatonic Cocktail
Fiction
First Place - Gabriel Orlet, Althoff Catholic High School, A Burdon
Second Place - Connor Brennan, Columbia High School, Violet
Third Place - Kara Gerstenecker, Columbia High School, The Opposite of Love
Honorable Mention - Hunter Hempen, Mater Dei Catholic High School, The Baby Blue Eyes
Lincoln Bicentennial - Nonfiction
First Place - Erin Chapman, Waterloo High School, Taking the High Road
Second Place - Evan M. Foster, Litchfield Senior High School, Abraham Lincoln An Inspiration for a Fallen Man
Third Place - Tara Seboldt, Waterloo High School, An Alternative View on Freedom
Lincoln Bicentennial - Poetry
First Place - Susha Marten, Litchfield High School, This is Not the End
Second Place - Allison Barrows, Metro East Lutheran High School, The Man and His Hat
Third Place - Quanyce Smith, Cahokia High School, From the Past to the Present
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 12, 2010
Rules and entry forms:
Available from your English teacher
Sponsors
Friends of Lovejoy Library
State Farm Insurance
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Phone: (618) 650-2730; Email: cbell@siue.edu
