Writes of Spring
Writes of Spring is Metro's annual writing contest. Any registered MSCD student may submit entries. Cash prizes are awarded for the top three entries in each of five categories: Poetry, Drama, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Analytical Essay.
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*Congratulations to the 2008 Winners!*
Fiction
1. "Begging For Big Moons" by Bridgette Burgess
2. "Poisoned Tea" by Anita Lonergan
3. "Racsquche at the End of Time" by Mike Stone
Honorable Mention "Fruit Picker" by Chris Armenta
Poetry
1. "Perception in Blue" by Barbara Test
2. "Vandenberg" by Erin Rosa
3. "Sara (A Poem in the Style of Tichborne's Elegy)" by Robert Applegate
Honorable Mention "An Apology to Mr Sandoval" by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Honorable Mention "To the Crossing-Guard" by Sara Fall
Honorable Mention First Line "I Sing Love Ballads�" by Tameca Coleman
Drama
1. "Drinkwine Mortuary" by Jordan Felker
2. Excerpt from "A Ghost of a Chance" by Tressa Tenille Pippenger
3. "Persuasion" by Amanda Siton
Honorable Mention excerpt from "By Her Own Grace" by Bridgette Burgess
Honorable Mention "Birth" by Jonathan Decker
Creative Non Fiction
1. "Concrete is Thicker than Blood" by Christina Galindo
2. "Breathing" by Milanne Kolquist
3. "War Story" by Marissa Madl
Honorable Mention "Motorized Fly Gods and Cargo Cult of Personality" by Jeremiah Pamer
Honorable Mention "See Jane Seduce" by Jordan Felker
Linguistics
1. "The Fledgling Acquisition of German by a 2-year-old English Speaker" by Ross W. Etherton
2. "Dangerous Evolution: One Word's Journey through the English Language" by Marisela Kristen Chapman
3. "Pennsylvania German and the Old Order Amish" by Will Heydt-Minor
Honorable Mention "Fiitteng for aa Fonetik Eenglish: A Look at Spelling Reform" by Thomas Hummel
Academic Essay
1. "An Autobiographical Critique: Seeing" by Jenifer Kettering
2. "Sovereign Lady or Wicked Wife: Chaucer's Wife of Bath as Proto-Feminist" by Aimee McAdams
3. "The Dubliners Family" by Elyssa Lewis
Honorable Mention "The Blink of an I, an Experiment in Fragments: Charlotte Smith's Beach Head" by Sara Fall
Honorable Mention "One-Upping God: the Impossible Paradigm of Walden Two" by Erik Skelton
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Coordinator: Dr. Jason Miller
