As ASFA-CW presses on in these uncertain times, we have good news to share: our students again did very well in the Alabama Writers’ Forum’s annual statewide High School Literary Arts Awards.
Here’s a complete rundown of the individual ASFA-CW students who received recognition this year:
- Izzy Cox (9th Grade) won first place for the Long Creative Nonfiction category and second place for the Fiction category.
- Emily Wilford (Senior) won second place for the Long Creative Nonfiction category and won a Senior Portfolio Scholarship. Emily also received Judge’s Special Recognition for Fiction and Poetry, and a Certificate of Merit for Poetry.
- Parker Snellgrove (11th Grade) was one of only four winners of a cash award in the newly created Short Creative Nonfiction category (winners weren’t ranked in that category) and received Judge’s Special Recognition for Fiction.
- Etta Putman (11th Grade) won first place for the Fiction category and received Judge’s Special Recognition in Long Creative Nonfiction and a Certificate of Merit for Poetry.
- Jane Ann Baggett (Senior) won first place for the Poetry category and a Certificate of Merit in Fiction.
- Cadence also won in the literary magazine contest for Exceptional Literary Content.
- Judge’s Special Recognition:
- Myra Grizzard (11th Grade) – Long Creative Nonfiction
- Raven Horn (11th Grade) – Long Creative Nonfiction
- Tessa McClinton (11th Grade) – Poetry
- Grace Sullivan (11th Grade) – Fiction
- Certificate of Merit:
- Abbe Coulter (Senior) – Fiction
- V. Spencer (11th Grade) – Long Creative Nonfiction
- Kenzie Price (11th Grade) – Long Creative Nonfiction
- Haley Pate (10th Grade) – Long Creative Nonfiction and Poetry
Congrats to all these students!
We’re looking forward to having poet Abraham Smith at ASFA this morning. He’ll be giving a reading in the ASFA Lecture Hall starting at 11 a.m. (please note: this is a time change; it was originally scheduled for 1:45 p.m.), then he’ll conduct a prosody master class for our students. Here’s a link to his 
