ACC Awards Student Writers

Alamance Community College presented its annual student and faculty/staff writing awards in December 2017 in the categories of essay, fiction and poetry.  

Student writing was judged by a panel of ACC faculty; faculty/staff writing was judged by professionals outside the college. Monetary prizes for students were provided by the SGA and by the ACC Foundation for faculty/staff winners. All first place winners in the writing categories will be published in the spring 2018 campus literary magazine, The Explorer.

Student Writing Contest

Research Essay

1^st: “Tooth Decay” – Chatmongkhol Phromtha

2^nd: “Clear Cutting” – Laura Jones

3^rd: “Deeper Than Roots” – Ja’nyla Thompson

4^th: “Gender Roles in Society” – Anna Green

 Personal Essay

1^st: “Strength in Numbers” – Delaney Schauble

2^nd: “How To Let Go” – Chatmongkhol Phromtha

3^rd: “Red of My Rainbow” – Ja’nyla Thompson

4^th: “Illogical Illusions” – Modupe Fabiola

Short Fiction

1^st: “Thanks For Your Service” – Anna Green

2^nd: “The Eve” – Linda Xiao

3^rd: – The Forest’s Protector” – Kathren Crickon

4^th: “In Broken Places” – Alina Cardwell

Poetry

1^st: “Little Girl” – Kaylee Bryner

2^nd: “What You Don’t See” – Dee Reid

3^rd: “How Fragile the Mind” – James Gilchrist

4^th: “Bitter Sweet” – Linda Xiao

Faculty/Staff Writing Contest

Narrative/Story

Faculty

1^st: “The Marginalized Left” – Debra McCusker, IT System Security Instructor

2nd: “The Day Tom Petty Died” – Thomas Drago, English Instructor

3^rd: “For David” – Susan Dalton, English Instructor

Honorable Mention: “Restoration” – Olivia Stogner, English Instructor

Staff

1^st: “Here & Now” – Ed Williams, Public Information/Marketing Director

2^nd: “The Crack” – Jessica Turner, Financial Aid Specialist

3^rd: “Shooting Stars” – Jessica Turner, Financial Aid Specialist

Honorable Mention: “Came To Believe” – Colleen Macklin, Librarian

Poetry

Faculty/Staff

1^st: “On Seeing Rodin’s ‘Fallen Caryatid with a Stone’” – Olivia Stogner, English Instructor

2^nd: “Fasten Nation” – Debra McCusker, IT System Security Instructor

3^rd: “Gum Creek Baptist Homecoming” – Jennifer Meritt, English Instructor

Honorable Mention: “Summer in the City” – Julie Johnson, EFL Instructor