FEstival Schedule
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POETRY
First Place
“For Essie"
Dominic Diamond
Hendrix College
Second Place
“bacchanal"
Theodore Lopata
University of North Georgia
Third Place
“Interrogation”
Hannah Ritter
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Judge
Gale Marie Thompson
Playwriting
First Place
“Beasts in the Making"
Cameron Ireland
Christian Brothers University
Second Place
“Such a Liar"
Charlotte Miller
Hendrix College
Third Place
“You Can’t Put That on TV–Live"
Vieve Baddorf
Christian Brothers University
Judge
Ben Rutherford
Fiction
First Place
“Underwater, Underground”
Elliot Jackson
Hendrix College
Second Place
“Hook"
Anja Christensen
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Third Place
“A Brother’s Keeper"
Ethan Tatom
Christian Brothers University
Judge
Paul Cunningham
Creative Nonfiction
First Place
“Play Pretend"
Kearra Weiting
Lipscomb University
Second Place
“The Lucky Ones"
Clara Turnage
University of Mississippi
Third Place
“Colors Across Borders"
Luis Arteaga
Christian Brothers University
Judge
Nate Dixon
Formal Essay
First Place
"The Catcher in the Rye and Post-COVID America"
Abigail McQueen
Lipscomb University
Second Place
"On a Dark and Stormy Screen: Bringing Frankenstein to Life in Black and White Films"
Patricia Syner
Millsaps College
Third Place
"A Mission From God: The Blues Brothers as a Crusade Epic"
Ethan Holtzclaw
University of North Georgia
Literary Magazine
First Place
Aonian
Hendrix College
Second Place
Castings
Christian Brothers University
Third Place
The Switch: Literature and Fine Arts
University of Tennessee at Martin
Judge
Lillian Duffy
