NCETA Writing Competitions
NCETA invites your students to enter one of the writing competitions. NCETA sponsors the Amy Charles Competition and the Watterson-Timberlake Non-fiction Competition. NCETA coordinates the Wade Edwards Short Fiction Competition for the Wade Edward Foundation, and the Student Poet Laureate Competition for Kathryn Stripling Byer, former North Carolina Poet Laureate.
If you have questions, please contact the Director of Writing Awards. For the email address, go to CONTACT INFORMATION.
The Watterson-Timberlake Non-fiction Award
The Amy Charles Writing Awards
The Wade Edwards Short Fiction Awards
The North Carolina Poet Laureate Awards
2009 Student Poet Laureate Winners
Kathryn Stripling Byer has announced the following North Carolina 2009 Student Poet Laureate winners and honorable mentions:
MIDDLE SCHOOL:
First Place:
C.J. Murphy
“Where I Come From”
W. Lincoln Middle
Read more about C.J.
Second Place:
Falecia Metcalf
"The Rain"
N. Buncombe Middle
Honorable Mention:
Allie Sekulich
“On the Ice”
Charter Neuse Middle
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place:
Sarah Brady
“Vocabulary Words”
Holly Ridge, now at UNC
Erin Walkle
“Agape”
Cardinal Gibbons High
Second:
Courtney Duckworth
“Ode to Karen Dalton”
R.L Patton High
Chelsea Hansen
“Met Death”
Penn-Griffin School
Maria Evans
“A Breath”
Leesville Rd. High, now at UNC-CH
Honorable Mention:
Allison Kupatt
"Cult Classics"
Enloe High School
Rachel Thompson
“Aqua, Zephyr, Terra”
Penn-Griffin
Amanda Honey
“Runners”
Carrboro High
Megan Przybyla
"Summertime"
Leesville Road High School
The first and second place winners were invited to attend the luncheon at the Western Region Drive-in Conference held October 17, at Caldwell Community College in Hudson, NC.
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