Writing Contest

The School of Arts and Humanities at Mount St. Joseph University hosted its 23rd Annual Writing Contest.

High school sophomores from around the Greater Cincinnati area submitted writing pieces in the following categories for cash prizes:

Fiction
Personal Essay
Poetry

Prizes Per Category:

1st Place - $100
Honorable Mention (2) - $50 each

The awards ceremony was held March 20, 2019.

Contest Rules:

Contestant must be a sophomore in high school.
Entries must be submitted through the high school English teacher with an official entry form.
Entries must be original work.

Writing Contest 2019 Judges

Madison Axtell, London Bishop, Anna Fischer, Megan Gilpin, Skylar Houser, AJ Keith, Paige Naber, Chandler Palmer, Kevin Polking, Amber Reinert, and Katie Schmelz

Winners of the 2019 Writing Contest

Personal Essay

First Place: Ashley Meyer, Franklin County
Honorable Mention: Hannah Marcum, Cincinnati Christian
Honorable Mention: Andrew Nixon, Taylor

Fiction

First Place: Michael Thiel, Covington Catholic
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Dusing, Cincinnati Christian
Honorable Mention: Aiden Henkel, Taylor

Poetry

First Place: Abby Casavant, Mount Notre Dame
Honorable Mention: Hailey Fisk, Deer Park
Honorable Mention: Christiana Hardie, Lebanon

High Schools Represented in Writing Contest

Beechwood High School
Campbell County High School
Cincinnati Christian Schools
Covington Catholic High School
Deer Park High School
East Central High School
Elder High School
Franklin County High School
Hamilton Badin High School
Holy Cross High School
Indian Hill High School
Lebanon High School
Loveland High School
Mariemont High School
Mason High School
Mercy McAuley High School
Mount Notre Dame High School
Northwest High School
Norwood High School
Notre Dame Academy
Oldenburg Academy
Roger Bacon High School
Seton High School
St. Xavier High School
Summit Country Day School
Taylor High School
Ursuline Academy
Wilmington High School

2019 Writing Contest Participants

Carollen Aboagye
Ellie Adam
Hannah Amah
Kyria Anderson
Casey Anderson
Daniel Aug
Brendan Barker
Ivory Besse
Autumn Boone
Annabelle Bridgewaters
Grace Brunetto
Matthew Butcher
Abby Casavant
Noelle Cottingham
Kaitlyn Covey
Garrett Darwish
Paige Davies
Kalene Dean
Erin Devine
Jakob Duerstock
Josephine Durbec
Rebecca Dusing
Izac Elliott
Hope Evans
Olivia Faucett
Hailey Fisk
McKenna Francis
Antonia Frater
Eliza French
Kennedy Frost
Gabriela Garlo
Margaret Gartner
Athanasius Ghering
Nathan Goebel
Abigail Good
Julia Gooding
Kate Gordon
Sammy Grady
Bella Groh
Ally Guo
Logan Hage
Christiana Hardie
Miranda Heid
Anna Heilers
Aiden Henkel
Tommy Hensler
Alexis Herold
Ethan Herzog
Lili Horne
Eleanor Hudepohl
Callie Jacobs
Hayley Jansen
Camrin Jessee
Maggie Jones
J.J. Kampinga
Caroline Kelley
Nicole Kies
Anne Kleier
Elle Koch
Haley Kollstedt
Connor Kurtz
Julianne Lambert
Allison Laughlin
Brooke Lewis
Ophelia Li
Desirae Marcum
Hannah Marcum
Jordan Martin
Max Mason
Megan McDaniel
Ashley McKinney
Ashley Meyer
Abigail Minnich
Olivia Monroe
Abby Morgan
Hannah Moss
Sydney Moy
Benjamin Murray
Andrew Nixon
Ava Norton
Tatum Oliver
Abigail Perkins
Ceceilagh Pitstick
Gabrielle Porter
Sydney Ragland
Olivia Reese
Jason Reid
Isabel Rennekamp
Lily Ritch
Sophie Ryan
Zachary Schlake
Jim Scola
Carissa Shaw
Danielle Shoemaker
Grace Siemer
Olivia Simpson
Lydia Smith
Emily Spicer
Elise Stenger
Shania Stith
Nathaniel Sweeney
Natalie Swope
Samarah Taylor
Michael Thiel
Melina Traiforos
Emma Trusock
Shelby Turney
Joshua Uterstaedt
Andrew Vandewater
Ann Vettikkal
Kendall Visco
Briana Wegener
Olivia Weiss
Nicole Weiss
Matthew Weitmeyer
Alexis Whitney
Sophie Williams
Pete Williams
Isabella Williams
Abigail Wilson
Payton Wilson
Taylor Wissman
Bryana Woodard
John Yakimow
Vennis Yang
Bella Young
Rachel Young
Maria Zierolf
Jackson Zieziul
McKenzie Zobrist