2005 Writing Awards and Selections Chosen for Print

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Leah Clare Hoins is the winner of The Metropolitan’s 2005 Prize for Student Writing, a 4.5 credit hour tuition remission, sponsored by the Metropolitan Community College Foundation. The first runner-up is Jessica Shimerdla. The second runner-up is Debbie Mansur.

The Footsteps of Maggie Dowdy by Leah Clare Hoins
You by Natalia Paz
You Left by Natalia Paz
A Runner's High by Jolene Moseman
Sarcarphagus by Jake Perrigo
Trigonometrical Cat by Jessica Shimerdla
Austin Bats by Sheila Magnuson
The Visitor by Debbie Mansur
Cover art: Landcycle II and Wind Whispers by Traci Osborn

Additional selections by promising writers:

Anticipation by Jolene Moseman
Jenny Ondioline by William Collen
Walking Alone by Francisco Saldana
my wall when i was eighteen/seventeen/sixteen by Catlin Bates
Unwritten by elt
I Scream, You Scream by Marhya Anderson
The Island of Freedom by Kim Talamantes
The House that Mommy Built: Getting Young Girls Interested in the Construction Field by Melissa Figueroa