Eighteen students honored as Young Southern Student Writers
Fifth grade winners (left to right): Jeremiah McGraw, Liam Jones, Yousef Alani, Zoe Pearson, Eliza Osborne, Ellie Brown.
Young writers and poets were recognized in the Young Southern Student Writers contest organized by SoLit and the UTC English department.
The Young Southern Student Writers (YSSW) contest was started in 1999, and this year, there were more than 3,500 entries by students in public and private schools and home schools in Hamilton County. Faculty in the UTC English department read each entry and award winners from each school and grade in prose and poetry in grades K-12. All Bright School third, fourth and fifth graders submit entries. There are 18 Bright student winners, and three students won in both prose and poetry.
3rd grade winners:
Charlie Gonzalez - poetry
Kate Eichelberger - poetry
Gracie Colleran - prose
Mary Nerren Pratt - prose
Charlotte Sommer-prose
Ella Manyam-poetry
Callum Fuller - poetry and prose
4th grade winners:
Olivia Shepperd- poetry
Marion Moore- poetry and prose
Zane Rose- poetry
Ruby Doyal- prose
Max Reyes- prose
5th grade winners:
Yousef Alani - prose
Liam Jones - prose
Ellie Brown - poetry and prose
Jeremiah McGraw - poetry
Eliza Osborne - poetry
Zoe Pearson - poetry
An awards ceremony was held on Tuesday, April 28, at the Roland Hayes Concert Hall at UTC.
Fourth grade winners (left to right): Max Reyes, Zane Rose, Marion Moore, Ruby Doyal, and Olivia Shepperd
Third grade winners (left to right): Charlotte Sommer. Charlie Gonzalez, Ella Manyam, Gracie Colleran, Callum Fuller, Mary Nerren Pratt, Kate Eichelberger
- YSSW