Each year, the brightest and most creative high school student writers from across the state of Arkansas are nominated by their English teachers to submit works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry to the A-State Department of English, Philosophy, and World Languages' High School Writing Competition. Committee members then select the first, second, and third place winners in each category. Certificates are awarded to each winning piece, and each of them is published below.
Current Committee Members: Rob Lamm (Chair), Khem Aryal, and Kerri L. Bennett
2024 Winners
ESSAY
- First place: Makayla Cross 11th grade, Greene County Tech High School. Teacher: Meredith Baine.
- TITLE: “Following the Leader”
FICTION
- First place: Jo Mitchell, 12th grade, Paragould High School. Teacher: Kelli Rollins-Stidham.
- TITLE: “mirror boy”
- Second place: Jaelunn “Mars” White, 12th grade, Jonesboro High School. Teacher: Katie Hamilton.
- TITLE: untitled
- Third place: Allie Carson, 12th grade, Jonesboro High School. Teacher: Nicole LaCount.
- TITLE: untitled
POETRY
- First place: Paetin Jennings, 11th grade, Bay High School. Teacher: Kalina Smith.
- TITLE: “Metamorphosis”
- Second place: Alahna Sampson, 12th grade, Highland High School. Teacher: Julie Sandy
- TITLE: untitled
- Third place: Chandle Davis, 12th grade, Paragould High School. Teacher: Kelli Rollins-Stidham
- TITLE: “Garden Rose”
