Senior Misty Smith and MA students Justin McElroy and Nick White won the Howell H.Gwin Memorial Scholarship.
Senior Calen Oswalt was awarded the Helen W. Skelton Scholarship and the William H. Magruder Scholarship.
Junior Matthew Clark andMA students Leslie Adams, David Johnson, and Nick White won the Eugene Butler Creative Writing Award.
Tyler Trimm received the Peyton Ward Williams Distinguished Writing Award.
Calen Oswalt won the Lewis and Betty Noland Book Award.
The following students received awards at the Southern Literary Festival: Misty Smith, first place in fiction, “The Life and Times of Sarah Lee Greer: Easter Sunday”; Tameka Johnson, second place in fiction, “Timberk Creek; Jason Roberts, first place in poetry, “Apropos of Hell”; Jessica Balle, second place in poetry, “Ten Years Without You”; Jennifer Swain, third place in poetry, “Tuesday Night”; Jason Roberts, honorable mention in poetry, “To my Unborn Daughter”; Matt Clark, honorable mention in poetry, “Penance.”
Lauren Springer received the Outstanding Undergraduate Woman Award.
Tracey Smith , MA, teaches at Gainesville State College.
Allison Barrett was named the Outstanding Honors Senior.
Amy Myrick , MA, was awarded a $500 scholarship as MSU’s Outstanding Female Graduate Student.
Catherine Bryant , BA, has been accepted into law school at Ole Miss.
Sarah Griffith , MA, serves as coordinator of intramurals and Greek life at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, where she also teaches English.
Kelly Ward , BA, pursues her MA in English at UNC-Greensboro.
Annie Falor , BA, published “Everyday I Run” in the journal Marathon & Beyond.
The following students attended the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Atlanta: Leslie Adams, Jordan Doherty, Angela Fowler, Ryan Henderson, David Johnson, and Daniel White.
Our Xi Kappa chapter of the English honorary society, Sigma Tau Delta, has inducted twelve new members. Led by co-presidents Daniel White and Jordan Doherty and by advisor Dr. Michael Kardos, STD has continued donating books to Starkville Public Library and raising funds for The Boys and Girls Club.