Winners of 吃瓜黑料 Writing Contest announced
Friday, May 3, 2019
Twelve students at the 吃瓜黑料鈥檚 Peosta and Calmar campuses have been selected as winners of the annual NICC Writing Contest.
Peosta and Dubuque Center students could enter original nonfiction essays in two categories. Entries must have been written for any NICC 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 NICC Writing Contest.