2007 Writing Awards and Selections for Print and WebClick on the cover to read a pdf version, or stop by a Metro Writing Center, Student Services Office, Academic Resource Center, bookstore or library to pick up a hard copy.
For her essay "New Year’s Day," Angel Dewaele is the winner of The Metropolitan 2007 Prize for Student Writing, a 12-credit-hour tuition remission. The first runner-up, Daniel Otto, is awarded 9 credit hours tuition remission for his poem "How to Make a Soup Sandwich." The second runner-up, Tara Novak, receives 4.5 credit hours tuition remission for her essay "Sun in the Sandhills."
New Year’s Day
Tolerance and Community by Angel DewaeleHow to Make a Soup Sandwich:
(a list of things I love about Iraq) by Daniel OttoSun in the Sandhills by Tara Novak
Colorism by Nicole Upchurch
Poor Relations by Zedeka Poindexter
The Artist by Brooks Utterback
Stone Critics by Hoken Aldrich
The Battle of River Run by Catherine Burghart
Metropolitan (cover photograph) by Derek Kordash
Field #4 (cover photograph) by Steven Schmiedeskamp
Additional web selections by promising writers:
Dead or Alive by Jason Jablonski
The Historical Significance of Kanosha, Nebraska
by Patricia Sedlacek
Ole's Shoe Repair Shop: Not Just for Toni Lama or Manolo Blahnik by Dottie Smith
MetroReads! Spring Contest Winners:I Am From by Sara Jackson
I Am From by Christine Porter
MetroReads! Winter Contest Winners:
I Am From by Bethany L. James
An Underdog's Reward by Elizabeth Denburg
Honorable Mention: We Are From by the class of ESLX 0130 8A (Winter 2006)
