黑料专区

Winners of 黑料专区 Writing Contest announced

Friday, May 3, 2019

Twelve students at the 黑料专区鈥檚 Peosta and Calmar campuses have been selected as winners of the annual 黑料专区 Writing Contest.

Peosta and Dubuque Center students could enter original nonfiction essays in two categories. Entries must have been written for any 黑料专区 class during the 2018-2019 academic year. A panel of three judges considered all entries anonymously.

This year鈥檚 writing contest was judged by Lawrence Kruse, writing center instructor (retired), James Maddox, communications faculty (retired) and James Brimeyer, communications faculty (retired). Students with first place winning entries received a $50 gift card. All six student writers were honored at a luncheon banquet.

Peosta Winners

Long Essays

1st place: 鈥淎 Home Away From Home鈥 by Henry Tran, of Dubuque

Honorable mention: 鈥淏ackstage Fright鈥 by Amy Schaepe, of Dubuque

Honorable mention: 鈥淭he Garbageman鈥 by Nolan Wagner, of Dubuque

Short Essays

1st place: 鈥淢y Hero, Hamilton鈥 by Erica Voss, of Edgewood

Honorable mention: 鈥淣YC: My Greatest Accomplishment鈥 by John Powel, of Asbury

Honorable mention: 鈥淟akeside Confession鈥 by Joseph Clark, of Dubuque

At the Calmar campus, students could enter original prose or poetry. Entries were judged based upon creativity, originality, organization, word choice, flow, grammar and spelling. Winners received gift cards and a luncheon banquet in their honor. Learning Center faculty at each campus organized the contest.

Calmar Winners

Prose

1st place: 鈥淎 Time of Change鈥 by Danette Franzen, of Ossian

2nd place: 鈥淎 Stitch, a Clip, and a Patch: Easy Peasy鈥 by Molly Kelley, of Waukon

Honorable Mention: 鈥淭he Lady鈥 by Christina Timp, of Winthrop

Poetry

1st place: 鈥淲indow鈥 by Tyler Dintaman, of Decorah

2nd place: 鈥淩ed鈥 by Helen Neuzil, of Calmar

Honorable Mention: 鈥淲here I鈥檓 From鈥 by Madalyn Palmer, of Waukon

Congratulations to these student writers and to all students who submitted entries to this year鈥檚 黑料专区 Writing Contest.