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• 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's Community Relations team wins more than 30 CPRAM awards

  Itawamba Community College’s Community Relations team received a total of more than 30 awards from the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi, which were presented during a recent conference in Bay St. Louis.             They include             C.J. Adams of Fulton – third place, Photograph, for “New Semester Excitement;” first place, Television Spots, for “2023 ICC Super Bowl Commercial;” third place, Radio Spots, for “Fall Preview Day;” first place, Television Program, for “Skilled to Work;” second place, Multi-Media Presentation, for “2023 Orientation Presentation;” second place, New Media, for “Fireworks CRM;” first place, New Media, for “Inside ICC;” third place, Social Media – Non-Sports, for “Itawamba Community College Nat’l Smarties Day;” third place, Social Media – Sports, for “LetsGoICC YouTube Shorts; second place, Sports Promo/Hype Video, for “2024 ICC Volleyball Schedule Release;” first place, Creative Partners, for “I See A Leader Partnership;”             Lee Adams of Fulton – second place, Digital Art/Photo Illustration, for “2023 ICC Softball Poster;” third place, Sports Photograph, for “Diving Catch;” second place, Sports Photograph, for “Boom;” first place, Sports Photograph, for “Strike;” third place, Television Program, for “ICC ...
• 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 ...
• 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 place in state writing competition

             Three students at Itawamba Community College were among the winners in the 2020 Mississippi Community College Creative Writers Association competition.             They include Charlie Wright of Pontotoc, first place in dramatic writing for “An Accumulation of Anguish;” Mary-Elizabeth Moore of Red Bay, Ala., third place in poetry for “The Question;” and Briana Polk of Tupelo, honorable mention in poetry for “Drowning.”             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, 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.