USU's Creative Writing Contest Winners Announced

Utah State University’s Department of English and the Creative Writing Program have named the 2012 Creative Writing Contest winners.

Open to all USU undergraduate and graduate students from all departments and disciplines, the contest received 185 entries from students in 22 areas of study across five colleges — a 17 percent increase over last year’s total.

With so many excellent entries, the contest was a very tight race this year, contest organizers said. They thanked all entrants for raising the level of the competition and making this year’s contest the best one yet.

The winning entries will appear in Scribendi, which will be released April 26 at a special night of Helicon West. Congratulations to the 2012 USU Creative Writing Contest winners.

Scribendi Winners 2012

Fiction Undergrad

1st—Brian Jackson, “Scar Tissue”

2nd—Christina Sitton, “Grief Wrinkles”

3rd—Heather Frost, “The Obituaries Section”

Fiction Grad

1st—Dallin Bundy, “The City Proper”

2nd—Joseph Bradbury, “Boisea Trivittata”

3rd—Kevin Larsen, “Fishmeal”

Nonfiction Undergrad

1st—Brian Jackson, “Harvesting Animals”

2nd—Kuniko Poole, “Rings”

3rd—Jessica McDermott, “Primrose”

Nonfiction Grad

1st—Kevin Larsen, “Of Cartoons and Storms”

2nd—Joseph Bradbury, “We Three”

3rd—Ryan Price, “My Father’s Shortgun”

Poetry Undergrad

1st— Tessa Ryser, “Attachment Therapy,” “Rain Falls in Strings at My Cousin’s Wedding,” “Rollover”

2nd—Jessica McDermott, “Bear River Massacre,” “Brisk Air,” “My Scar”

3rd—Eliot Scheelke, “By the Red Door,” “They Wear Their Hats,” “Thirteen”

Poetry Grad

1st—Tori Edwards, “Stolen Plums,” Beyond Black and White,” “Dragonfly Soldier”

2nd—Ian Weaver, “When Landlords Turn the Drunken Bee,” “Pruning a Mugo,” “Overlooking a Valley”

3rd—Jeff Howard, “Bug Collection,” “The Jar,” “On Tasting Manure for the First Time”

Art Undergrad

1st—Tessa Ryser, “One Sunday Afternoon”

2nd—Grace Ryser, “Headless”

3rd—Tina Sitton, “Crimson Zen Blossom”

Honorable Mentions—Weston Cook, “Backgammon”; Grace Ryser, “Shower Door,” and “Sibling ZZZZZZ”; Tina Sitton, “The Sonoran”; Vardan Semerjyan, “Surrender Means Die”; Shanelle Galloway, “Starfish on Brighton”; Tessa Ryser, “He slept and I painted”

Art Grad

1st—Sara Jordan, “Sierra Leone – In God We Trust”

2nd—Tori Edwards “High Flying”

3rd— Sara Jordan, “Sierra Leone – Posters”

Honorable Mentions—Sara Jordan, “Spain—Make Pretty Things” and “Barcelona Graffiti”

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