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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WRITING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM HONORS 23 YOUNG AUTHORS
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., April 19, 2002 - Twenty-three of the best young writers from among 43 schools in Southeast Missouri and the St. Louis metropolitan area were honored April 13 at the 21st annual awards ceremony for the Southeast Missouri Writing Achievement Awards program held in the Robert A. Dempster Hall atrium on the Southeast Missouri State University campus.
The program was begun in 1982 by the University's Department of English. The Department of English sponsors the annual program to encourage students in grades four through 12 in their writing.
This year's luncheon followed a presentation on creative writing by Nora Naranjo Morse, Tewa Pueblo Native American poet and sculptor.
Forty-three schools from the Southeast Missouri area participated with 166 students entering their writing. The winning entries, judged by a team of Southeast Missouri State University English professors, represent some of the best young writers in the state.
At the ceremony, first place awards and two honorable-mention awards were presented to writers of fiction, essays and poetry in three grade ranges: grades 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. The winning entries were published in booklet form and presented to the winners and their schools. Each first-place winner is also awarded a special T-shirt and a certificate of their achievement.
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