Middle School Students Earn Regional Writing Awards

Altamont School students have won seven of the nine middle school awards presented in this year’s University of Mississippi Writing Competition! This year’s competition invited students in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee to submit work on the theme of “A Celebration of Identity”. The Altamont students’ honors include:

 

First Place: “Away From the Shadows”- Searcy Colvin

Second Place: “Malaysian Girl”- Juda Maha

Third Place: “A Night of Celebration”- Rama Al-Balas

Second Place: “History of the Queer Community”- Collier Hughey

Third Place: “I’m Proud To Be Jewish”- Max Feinstein

First Place: “The Scarf Around My Mama’s Head”- Rama Al-Balas

Second Place: “Proud To Be A Human”- Vivaan Dudeja

“The students in the two Creative Writing classes I’ve taught this year are a talented, hardworking bunch,” said Altamont English teacher Dan Carsen. “They came into the class strong, and through their hard work and persistence, they got better with every assignment. I’m very proud of all of them.”

The winning entries will be published in the university’s youth literary magazine, Celebrations, later this spring.