27 February ICC selects creative writing winners February 27, 2025 By Thomas, Donna S. General 0 Itawamba Community College has selected winners of its creative writing competition, and they will be honored during Sigma Kappa Delta’s spring induction ceremony on the Fulton Campus. They include Calhoun City – Brady Edington, “Why Modern America is Failing:” second, Creative Nonfiction; McCool – Jalynn Black, “The Voice That Wouldn’t Fade,” second, Short-Fiction Prose; Mooreville – Sharlee Shumpert, “I Am Ambitious,” second, Poetry; Mary Puckett, “The Combination of Insanity and Intellect in the Writings of Edgar Allen Poe,” first, Literary Critical Essay; Smithville – Sara Davis, “Preacher Man,” first, Poetry; Tupelo – Emma Kate Smith, “Somewhere Between Yesterday and a Dream,” first, Short-Fiction Prose; and Mariana Lazcano, “A Place Nothing Like America,” first, Creative Nonfiction; Their work will be entered into the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association competition, and winners will be notified on Mar. 21. State-level winners will receive certificates and a copy of Writer, which publishes the student winners, at the in-person MCCCWA conference, Apr. 11 at the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Natchez Campus in the W.L. Nelson Multi-Purpose Room. At the conference, the statewide first, second and third place winners will receive monetary prizes of $100, $60 and $40 respectively. Related Articles ICC students advance to state creative writing competition Itawamba Community College has selected winners of its creative writing competition, and they will be honored during Sigma Kappa Delta’s spring induction ceremony on the Fulton Campus. They include Mooreville – Carmen Birmingham, second place, essay, for “Anne Bradstreet’s Poems Upon a Closer Look;” Alexandria Christian, second place, poetry, for “Counting Stars;” Okolona – Tytianna Brooks, first place, short story, for “Don’t Go;” Pontotoc – Anna Thomas, first place, poetry, for “Coin Purse;” Saltillo – Lauren Paul, second place, short story, for “To Everything I Had Once Loved;” Smithville – Blake Ligon, second place, drama, for “Happy Anniversary;” Tupelo – Luke Nichols, first place, drama, for “AD&D 5e Story – Chapter 1;” and James Ross, first place, essay, for “Analysis of the Portrayal of Death in the Poem ‘Because I Could Not Stop for Death’” by Emily Dickinson. Their work will be entered into the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association competition, and winners will be notified on Mar. 22. State-level winners will receive certificates and a copy of Writer, which publishes the student winners, at the in-person MCCCWA ... ICC students, faculty among Mississippi Community College Creative Writers Association competition winners Itawamba Community College students and faculty were among the winners in the 2023 Mississippi Community College Creative Writers Association competition. They include Kent Humphries of Vina, Ala., first place in dramatic writing for “Nun with a Gun;” Emma Logan of Fulton, second place in literary essay for “Literature and Disney Classics;” editor-in-chief Shawn Whittington of Saltillo, poetry editor Keith Morris of Tupelo, and student poetry editors Connor Monaghan of Aberdeen and Jessica George of Tupelo, first place in literary magazine. This is the sixth year in a row that ICC has won the dramatic writing category and the second year in a row, the literary magazine category. The competition included poetry, short story, essay (creative nonfiction), literary essay, dramatic writing and college literary magazine. First and second place winners received monetary prizes of $100 and $60, respectively. ICC students place in state creative writing competition Four students at Itawamba Community College were among the winners in the 2022 Mississippi Community College Creative Writers Association competition. They include Ally Melendez of Plantersville, first, short fiction for “Always Watching;” Shelby Tutor of Ecru, third, creative nonfiction for “No One’s Gonna Love Us;” Brody Johnson of Guntown, first in theatre for “Apex;” and Aliyah Birmingham of Tupelo, third in literary essays for “The Yellow Wallpaper.” The competition included poetry, short story, essay (creative nonfiction), literary essay, dramatic writing and college literary magazine. First, second and third place winners received monetary prizes of $100, $60 and $40, respectively. ICC students among recipients of 2021 Creative Writing awards Three students at Itawamba Community College were among the winners in the 2021 Mississippi Community College Creative Writers Association competition. They include Valerie Murrell of Mooreville, first place in creative nonfiction for “Blessed Beyond Belief;” Charlie Wright of Randolph, first place in drama for “East Of Damnation: Chapter 1;” and Morgan Wilson of Tupelo, third place in short fiction for “A Trait Very Much Admirable.” Wright also won a first place award last year. The competition included poetry, short story, essay (creative nonfiction), literary essay, dramatic writing and college literary magazine. The awards were presented Apr. 23 during a virtual ceremony originating at the Pearl River Forest County Center in Hattiesburg. Students place in ICC 2022 Creative Writing competition Several Itawamba Community College students were among those whose work was selected as winners in the 2022 Creative Writing competition. They include Aberdeen – Connor Monaghan, first place in poetry for ‘Static Ambiance;’ third place in fiction for ‘Be No Evil;’ third place in drama for ‘TO CAPTURE A HEART;” third place in essay for ‘Mother Nature and the Father;’ third place in nonfiction for ‘Trauma;’ Amory – Jack May, first place in essay for ‘The Dastardly Villagers;’ Ecru – Shelby Tutor, second place in nonfiction for ‘No One’s Gonna Love Us;’ Fulton – Brandon Harris, honorable mention in drama for ‘ELIZABETH WINTRY’ and ‘HAPPY HAPPY FUNNY FUNNY BURGER;’ Guntown – Brody Johnson, first place in drama for ‘Apex;’ Mantachie – Emory Reinhard, third place in poetry for ‘Tend To Your Garden;’ Plantersville – Ally Melendez, first place in fiction for ‘Always Watching;’ Chloe Evans, second place in fiction for ‘One Brave Bug;’ Lana Dozier, honorable mention in drama for ‘TORN;’ Pontotoc – Anna Gregory, second place in poetry for ‘Sense Me;’ ... ICC students place in SKD creative writing competiton Several Itawamba Community College students have placed in the Sigma Kappa Delta chapter's creative writing competition. They include Dixie Owens of Amory, third place in poetry for “Staring;” second place in short story for “Good Morning” and third place in short story for “Hide and Seek;” Emma Logan of Fulton, first place in literary essay for “Literature and Disney Classics;” Sydney Freeman of Houston, honorable mention in poetry for “Tamagotchi;” Madeline Comer of Mantachie, first place in poetry for “Just Pictures;” Emory Reinhard of Mantachie, honorable mention in short story for “Deborah and Candice;” Adam Harmon of Nettleton, first place in short story for “Amidst Butterflies and Crows;” Anna Maldonado of Nettleton, first place in essay (creative nonfiction) for “Tied up with Twins;” Kent Humphries of Vina, Ala., first place in drama for “Nun with a Gun;” and Mackenzie Sneed of Thaxton, second place in poetry for “Ink.” They will be recognized during SKD’s induction ceremony, Apr. 17 at 6 p.m. at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center ... Comments are closed.