SMAC Announces
2009 Student Writing Contest Winners
2009 Student Writing Contest Winners
On June 2, 2009 Lake Writers presented awards to the winning essay writers in two categories, middle school and high school, at the Smith Mountain Lake Library in Moneta. The theme of the contest was "A Family Memory."
Hannah Vickery, Katie Nicholson and Alexandra Powell.
Marion Higgins and Jim Morrison.
First Place Winners
For the first time, sisters won first place in both categories: Moriah Vickery won in the high school category for her story titled Jumping Out of Cars; her sister Hannah Vickery won in the middle school caterogy for All Because of a Mouse. Both girls are home-schooled.
Other Winners in the High School Category
Winners in the high school category were: Rachel Heideman, second place, for My Sunday Mornings (Jefferson Forest High School); Callie Burnett, third place, for Generations Reunited (Chatham High School); Hannah Oakes, honorable mention, for Symbolism, (Chatham High School); and Hollie Wade, honorable mention, for Song of the Sea (Chatham High School).Other Winners in the Middle School Category
Winners in the middle school category were: Katherine Nicholson, second place, for My Family Memory (Chatham Middle School); Alexandra Powell, third place, for A Family Memory (Chatham Middle School); Lindsay Bohn, honorable mention, for Family Memories Getting Chicks (Forest Middle School); Megan E. Enneking, honorable mention, for A Hawaiian Memory (Forest Middle School); and Megan Beisser, honorable mention, for Across America in Thirty Days (Bedford Middle School.)
The Lake Writers (http://www.lakewriters.webs.com/) is a group of writers from around the Smith Mountain Lake area that was founded in 2000 and meets under the auspices of The Smith Mountain Arts Council. The group includes writers of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry. Some are published writers, and some are aspiring to getting their work published.