English majors recognized for excellence at competitions and conferences this spring
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Students in Lipscomb’s Department of English and Modern Languages had a busy spring semester as they have presented their works, published and recognized for excellence at competitions and conferences across the country.
At the Southern Literary Festival hosted at the University of Mississippi in April Kearra Weiting (’24) won first place in creative nonfiction for "Play Pretend.” Junior Abigail McQueen won first place in the formal essay competition for her paper, "Catcher in the Rye and Post-COVID America.” The mission of the Southern Literary Festival is to create and foster a community of Southern writers and writing programs for undergraduates.
Faith Adams won the Evelyn Waugh Society's undergraduate competition. The Evelyn Waugh Society is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote, for the public benefit, interest and research into the life and works of the English author Evelyn Waugh.
This spring ten majors in the Department of English and Modern Languages had works accepted for the Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, national conference in St. Louis April 3-6. These students had the opportunity to read their works — research essays, poetry, and short fiction — at the conference. Lipscomb students selected for their outstanding works are Mac Chamberlain, Courtney Grable, Martha Harris, Sean McConnell, Abigail McQueen, Abigail Morelock, Ashlynn Perry, Katherine Shell, Emma Visker and Kearra Weiting.
Each student submitted work they had written for a class at Lipscomb. The convention showcased the best student works nationwide and recognized the high achievement of these exceptional writers. In addition to presenting their research essays, poetry and short fiction, students had the opportunity to hear from internationally-known authors and to participate in leadership events, professional development workshops and breakout sessions with schools from their region. The four-day experience is designed to help students develop their skills and talents in preparation for graduate school or professional lives after graduation.
In addition, Abigail Miller, an environmental science major, read original poetry at the Alpha Chi Convention this spring. Mac Chamberlain published poetry in Red Noise Collective and Literary Forest Magazine and Mar'a Harrishad had her poetry published in Gypsophila Magazine.
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