The Pearl S. Buck Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the second annual Pearl S. Buck writing competition winners
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| The Pearl S. Buck Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the second annual Pearl S. Buck writing competition winners. Students submitted an original piece in any literary genre that best reflected the life and values of Pearl S. Buck. The contest was open to students attending a West Virginia high school or college/university (undergraduate and graduate students). The WVU President’s office sponsored cash prizes for all categories and the WVU Department of English awarded a scholarship to the winning high school student for the summer WV Writer’s Workshop. The winning entry for high school students was Ciara McGee, from Bluefield High School, in Bluefield, WV for her untitled poem on the regrets a parent felt as they were dying of an overdose when he realizes too late the hold addiction had on him. Winner in the undergraduate category was West Virginia University student Jadeyn Dahang-Young, an English major with a minor in Women & Gender Studies, from Charleston, WV. She is currently studying the Chinese language and said that her study abroad trip last year to China was a really big inspiration for winning entry Silk & Steel; her story was about a Chinese American woman giving advice on the struggles an adopted Chinese girl may face growing up in America. Ms. Dahang-Young said “I read The Good Earth as a child and loved it, so I'm so happy that a piece that I feel so strongly about could be a part of the Pearl S. Buck writing competition.” After college, she plans on pursuing writing and becoming an author. The winner in the graduate student category was Amber Milstead, a West Virginia Wesleyan College graduate student from Circleville, WV for her story Grace about coming home to WV. Once she finishes her MFA, she intends to pursue a doctorate in creative fiction with a focus on magical realism. Ms. Milstead said of her piece “This piece was written at the intersection of Appalachian family ties and conflict of place in regards to sexual orientation. It is important for Queer Appalachian voices to have representation as both queer and Appalachian, and hopefully through my continued work on this topic, stigmas and stereotypes on both sides of this identity can be illuminated.” Associate Vice President for Creative and Scholarly Activity and awards committee chair Melanie Page said “all of the winning entries were impressive – I found myself wanting to know more about each of the characters and sad when the stories ended”. All of the winning entries can be read at http://research.wvu.edu/students/pearl-s-buck-writing-contest. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 3.99 Kb. Share with your friends:
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