2012 Kentuckiana Metroversity Writing Competition

Graduate Fiction Winner:

First Place: “In Excelsis Deo” by Jared Beek (University of Louisville)

Graduate Poetry Winner:

First Place: "Hodology," by Mark Allen Williams (University of Louisville)
Second Place: "Bone Bed," by Conyer Clayton (University of Louisville)

A complete list of winners can be found below. Thank you to all who entered.

Undergraduate Fiction
First Place: “A conversation one afternoon, following a haircut," by Jonathan Carson (Indiana University Southeast)
Second Place: “Appleseed” by Thomas Olges (Indiana University Southeast)

Graduate Fiction
First Place: “In Excelsis Deo," by Jared Beek (University of Louisville)
Second Place: from “The Motherly Epistles," by Jessica Caudill (Spalding University)

Undergraduate Poetry
First Place:  "Raw," by Melanie Smith (Indiana University Southeast) 
Second Place:  "Yield Point," by S.D. Lintz (Indiana University Southeast)

Graduate Poetry
First Place: "Hodology," by Mark Allen Williams (University of Louisville) 
Second Place:  "Bone Bed," by Conyer Clayton (University of Louisville)

Undergraduate Academic Writing 
First Place: “Otherwords: Discourse Analysis of James Joyce’s Ulysses," by Jonathan Carson (Indiana University Southeast)
Second Place: “Child Rights and Children’s Work in Diverse Contexts,” by S.D. Lintz (Indiana University Southeast)

Graduate Academic Writing
First Place: “A Quantitative Analysis of Anthocyanin Uptake," by David D. Tighe (Indiana University Southeast)
Second Place: “The Use of Conceit in ‘Ghosts’ by Marion Winik and ‘Keeping Records’ by Dianne Aprile," by Amy M. Miller (Spalding University)

Nonfiction (Themed)
First place: “The Girl Beneath the Mango Tree," by Madison Cyr (Indiana University Southeast)
Second place: “The Music Makers," by Karyl Anne Geary (Indiana University Southeast) 

International
First Place: “Life in Yakville," by Ngang Dorchi Lama (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Second Place: “It is Raining in my Heart!" by Maria Angelica Munoz (Jefferson Community and Technical College)