April 20, 2008

MORE NEWS RELEASES

High School Writing Winners Announced 

The Northeast Alabama Community College chapter of Sigma Kappa Delta, the English honorary for two-year schools, is proud to announce its winners of the 2008 Writing Competition for students in area middle schools and high schools.  NACC’s Epsilon Alpha chapter began sponsoring the high school/middle school competition in 2001. Since then, students from Jackson and Dekalb counties have proudly displayed their writing talent. This year, Dade County was included in the competition. Each year the college asks area teachers to submit poetry, fiction, and essays from students in grades 7-9 and 10-12.  These entries are then judged by a panel of Sigma Kappa Delta members and NACC faculty.  The top three students in each area of each division are given certificates and pen sets and are recognized at NACC’s annual awards day program.  Additionally, the student’s work will be published in the upcoming edition of the Aurora, the college’s literary magazine.

This year’s competition was quite successful.  The college received seventy entries from schools in DeKalb County, Jackson County, and Fort Payne City systems.  The winners are as follows: Fiction 7-9—1^st Place Carly Gamblin (Crossville), 2^nd Place Colby Palmer (Pisgah), and 3^rd Place Keelie Wilkes (Crossville); Poetry 7-9—1^st Place Ryan Thurmond (Dutton), 2^nd Place Rachel Stewart (North Jackson), and 3^rd Place Ashley Bradley (Crossville); Essay 7-9—1^st Place Garrett Lowry (Crossville), 2^nd Place Chelsea Miller (North Sand Mountain), and 3^rd Place Keelie Wilkes (Crossville); Fiction 10-12—1^st Place Angelica Williams (North Sand Mountain), 2^nd Place Alex Pointer (Crossville), and 3^rd Place Hannah Underwood (Crossville); Poetry 10-12—1^st Place Matthew Gorbachev (Three Springs), 2^nd Place Graham Nelson (North Jackson), and 3^rd Place Kelly Jones (Dade County); Essay 10-12—1^st Place Dusty Shrader (North Sand Mountain), 2^nd Place Leah Dorsett (Crossville), and 3^rd Place Olivia DeBerry (Crossville).

Congratulations to all these talented students and their teachers.  The teachers who are responsible for working with these students are Jeff Hawes (Dutton), Carla Luther (Crossville High), Melanie Nevels (North Jackson High), David Tombrello (North Jackson High), Nia Stivers (North Sand Mountain), Pam Vaughn (Pisgah), Patsy Townson (Crossville), Carolyn Johnson (Three Springs), Cynthia Bowden (Dade County), Tracy Gilliland (Crossville). For  more information about the literary competition sponsored by Northeast, please contact Ms. Joan Reeves at 638-4418 x347.

Pictured (L-R) Cyndy Bowden,  Kelly Jones, and Joan Reeves