Jill Perkins Young Writers Contest Winners Announced

The entries are in and we have selected the winners of our 9th annual contest for the young writers from Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas. The winners will receive a cash prize at the St. Joseph Writers Guild monthly meeting at 1 P.M.on March 18th at the Rolling Hills Library (1904 N Belt Hwy, St. Joseph, MO).

And the winners are:

Poetry

1^st place: Jo’Anna Harris with “Fourth of July” 

(Benton High School Senior)  

2^nd place: Matthew Baig with “Paper Boy”

 (Benton High School Junior)

3^rd place: Gracie Bradley with “Dance Competition” 

(Bode Middle School 7^th grade)  

Short Story

1^st place: Elizabeth Reynolds with “The Thing Under the Rug” 

(Benton High School Junior)

2^nd place: Eli Embray with “The Diaries of The Lonely” 

(South Park Christian Academy Sophomore)

3^rd place: Emma Rule with “Sirens on a Neighboring Street” 

(Chillicothe Middle School 8^th grade)

Essay

1^st place: Shaya Force with “Being an Introvert”

 (Benton High School Senior) 

2^nd place: Braden Hensley with “Nativism and the Negative Effect It Has on Our Country” 

(Benton High School Senior)  

3^rd place: Baileigh Castandeo with “Does Having a Negative Body Image Change Your Perspective on the World Around You?” (Benton High School Junior)