Naperville Writers Group names winners of high school writing contest
The Naperville Writers Group announces the winning entries for this year’s High School Writing Prize.
Student writers from Naperville schools were invited to submit their work. Project coordinator Ray Ziemer and chairperson Andrea Visione recently presented the awards at Neuqua Valley High School. They will award the prize for nonfiction on April 30 at Naperville North High School.
They wish to thank Gillian Schneider from Neuqua Valley High School, Helena Hitzeman from Naperville North, and the judges for all their efforts in helping promote the art of writing in the community.
Two winners from Neuqua Valley High School are, for poetry, “Home of Resilient Olives” by Alisha Bilal, and for the short story, “House at the End of the Universe” by Daniel Srbinov.
The nonfiction prize for the essay “How To Build a Library” goes to Sarah Riemer from Naperville North.
Each winner received $300 and a certificate of achievement, as well as publication in the journal “Rivulets,” published by the Naperville Writers Group.
The three independent judges all have local connections. The poetry judge was Kristin LaTour of Aurora, author of 5 books of poetry and founder of the Aurora Writers Workshop. Fiction judge Matthew Thomas Meade of Oswego has published short fiction widely and is a prize-winning memoir writer. The judge for the nonfiction entries was Richard Holinger, teacher, author, and Pushcart Prize nominee from Geneva.
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