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2023 Student Contest Winners

Contest News · May 5, 2023

Congratulations to Alamance County Student Writers!

Spark the Arts: Fellowship, Healing, Vitality

The Burlington Writers Club annually sponsors the Student Writing Contest to recognize exceptional student writers in Alamance County. The contest is made possible in part by a grant through the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, and Alamance Arts.

North Carolina Arts Council Fifty Years of Leadership

An award ceremony was held at Alamance Community College on April 23, 2023. A total of 20 schools submitted 129 entries from grades 3-12: 81 private school, 5 home school, and 41 public school. Contest entries broken down by category: elementary school poetry, 1; middle school poetry, 21; high school poetry, 9; elementary school fiction, 59; middle school fiction, 32; high school fiction, 7. With one entry in the Elementary School Poetry category, the student was awarded Honorary Poet in lieu of first place.

Elementary School

Fiction

1st place: Elaina Meredith
2nd place: Ella Lopes
3rd place: Sam Devries
Honorable Mention: Lydia Davis

Poetry

Honorary Poet: Molly Moorhead

Middle School

Fiction

1st place: Savannah Drews
2nd place: Jonathan Fox
3rd place: Luke Randall
Honorable Mention: Karsen Elliot (not pictured)
Honorable Mention: Samuel Ramsey (not pictured)

Poetry

1st place: Tifa Davis
2nd place: Walker Jourdan
3rd place: Savannah Drews
Honorable Mention: Jayda Pitts (not pictured)

High School

Fiction

1st place: Samantha Fish
2nd place: Katie Beth Jourdan
3rd place: Jacob Greene (not pictured)
Honorable Mention: Hannah Ferencik

Poetry

1st place: Samantha Fish
2nd place: Katie Beth Jourdan
3rd place: Cooper Dark
Honorable Mention: Emma Kirkman

Cheryl Wilder

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213 S Main St
Graham, NC 27253

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