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The winning students’ writings from the Missouri Writing Region for the 2009 national Scholastic writing contest comprise this year's edition of Missouri Youth Write, a journal sponsored by the Missouri Association of Teachers of English and edited by Rebecca Dierking. Click above for the entire 157-page publication; click on students' names below to read and/or print their winning writings.
 

Missouri Scholastic Winners
Gold Key

Name Grade School Teacher Category
Samuel Barth 11 Park Hill High School Ronda Scott Personal Essay/Memoir
Megan Beney 12 McCluer North Senior High School Timothy Ryan Short Story
Emily Boresow 12 Blue Valley North High School Susie Schweiker Writing Portfolio General
Erin Chambers* 12 Hickman High School Kim Pettlon-Acopolis Journalism
Janice Clawson 12 Hickman High School Dean Stover Short Story
Sally Fritsche* 12 Hickman High School Dean Stover Personal Essay/Memoir
Jessi Glueck* 8 Leawood Middle School Amanda Witty Personal Essay/Memoir
Cassie Liu* 12 Wildwood Lafayette High School Crystal Maier Writing Portfolio General
Yunshu Luo* 8 Crestview Middle School Anne Schirmer Personal Essay/Memoir
Emily Perry 12 Park Hill High School Jennifer Gross Personal Essay/Memoir


Silver Key


Name Grade School Teacher Category
Maddie Douglas 8 Leawood Middle School Amanda Witty Short Story
Atreyo Ghosh 8 Jefferson Junior High School Paula Donoho Short Short Story
Jessi Glueck 8 Leawood Middle School Amanda Witty Short Story
Jessi Glueck 8 Leawood Middle School Amanda Witty Poetry
Mallory Hartigan11 St. Joseph Central High School/td> Amanda Moyers Personal Essay/Memoir
Emalie Jacobs 12 Parkway South High School Tracy Bouslog Personal Essay/Memoir
Alyson Jones 7 Blair Oaks Middle School Kelli Jones Personal Essay/Memoir
Cassie Liu 12 Wildwood Lafayette High School Crystal Maier Science Fiction/Fantasy
Britne Misner 12 St. Joseph Benton High School Kelly Lock Poetry
Claire Mullaney 8 Manchester St. Joseph School Tamara Dalton Poetry
Virginia Runcie 12 Mount Vernon High School Kimberly Witt Short Story
Virginia Runcie 12 Mount Vernon High School Kimberly Witt Poetry
Elizabeth Shannon9 Webster Groves High School Donald Johnson Short Short Story
Kate Welsh 12 Crossroads School Sarah Wolff Writing Portfolio General


Honorable Mention


Name Grade School Teacher Category
Nicole Banocy 10 Incarnate Word Academy Angela Kohnen Poetry
Ruth Boettner 12 Maryville High School Janet Jelavich Personal Essay/Memoir
Anna Bunton 10 Liberty Senior High School Victoria Jones Poetry
Maria Carlos 12 Hickman High School Dean Stover Poetry
Curtis Chapin 8 Delta Woods Middle School Curtis Chapin Short Short Story
Luke Christisen 12 Francis Howell North High School Shelly Grimshaw Writing Portfolio General
Maria Doerr 8 Jefferson Junior High School Paula Donoho Personal Essay/Memoir
Amber Flood 12 Blue Springs High School Ruth Hafner Poetry
Alice Floros 12 Nerinx Hall High School Noeli Lytton Short Story
Lauren Fuller 9 Jefferson Junior High School Lauren Fuller Journalism
Atreyo Ghosh 8 Jefferson Junior High School Paula Donoho Short Story
Kevin Hallagan 12 Hickman High School Kevin Hallagan Short Story
Ian Huyett 12 Shawnee Mission East High School Skip Graham Short Story
Kelsey Jarvis 12 Hickman High School Dean Stover Poetry
Melissa Kaster 10 Homeschool Chris Kaster Poetry
Kirsten-Anne Lambson 12 Hickman High School Dean Stover Poetry
Cade Lyon 9 Savannah High School Tyler Carlson Short Short Story
Megan Mitchell 10 Sherwood High School Lorraine Burns Short Story
Chelsea Muzar 10 Park Hill High School Jennifer Gross Short Story
Theresa Nienaber 12 Cor Jesu Academy Kimberly Cowan Writing Portfolio General
Emily Pierson 12 Maryville High School Janet Jelavich Personal Essay/Memoir
Mary Beth Rosenauer 10 Savannah High School Carol Bunse Personal Essay/Memoir
Abby Scribner 12 Parkway North High School Merle Singer Writing Portfolio General
Keiffer Stickens 11 Savannah High School Tyler Carlson Poetry
Jacob Taylor 8 George Bode Middle School Mary Rule Poetry
Rebecca Weeks 10 Homeschool Kathy Weeks Poetry
Emma Wilson 10 Mount Vernon High School Kimberly Blevins Personal Essay/Memoir
Crystal Wren 8 Hazelwood North Middle School Angela Selinger Short Short Story

*Missouri's Gold Key recipient also selected as 2009 National Scholastic Writing Awards Contest Silver Medal Winners.  The students and their teachers were recognized at the Art and Writing Awards national celebration--including an awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall--in New York, June 3 - 5, 2009. 

 

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The Missouri Writing Region, an affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, is sponsored by Prairie Lands Writing Project at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, MO; by the Missouri Writing Projects Network; and by the Missouri Association of Teachers of English.
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