YOUNG WRITERS |
The Guild is open to suggestions on how to encourage young writers in the Saline County community. Young writers are always welcome at Guild meetings. Inspiring young writers is a Guild priority. |
- Bueker Middle School
- Marshall High School
- Slater | Alexander Elementary School
- St. Peter Catholic School
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Bueker Middle School With the assistance of 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts teachers, the Marshall Writers' Guild sponsors an annual writing contest at Bueker Middle School. There are two categories: fiction and non-fiction, and two winners from each grade. Semi-finalists are selected by Bueker with the Guild choosing finalists. A $25 award is given to each winner. |
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2024 Writing Contest Paislee Brunson, Drayton Charlton, Josie Miller, Kynlee Marshall |
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2023 Writing Contest Ivan Lin, Almary Benjamin; Brianna Carrillo, Piper Brunson; Guild President Ed Richards |
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2022 Writing Contest: 7th and 8th Grade Winners -- Jasmine Davis for Best Non-Fiction, Zy'Keriyah Napier for Best Fiction, Diana Blanco for Best Non-Fiction, Peyton Marshall for Best Creative Writing. Awards presenter, Guild Treasurer Carole Schaefer, says the welcome she received from Bueker students, teachers, and staff was heartwarming in 2022. |
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2019 Writing Contest Winners: Back row: (Guild President Melanie Dees Campbell) Talon Abarca, Dustin Campbell, Alyssa Lawson, (Guild Treasurer Carole Kays Schaefer); Front row: Kimberly Riley, Marissa Tobar, Halley Campbell, Delaney Snyder. Not pictured is Cheyenne Brown. | Categories: 5th and 6th Grades -- Creative Writing | Alyssa Flippen, Non-Fiction | Talen Abarca, Personal Narrative | Cheyenne Brown, Poetry | Dustin Campbell . 7th and 8th Grades -- Creative Writing, Kimberly Riley | Non-Fiction, Halley Campbell | Personal Narrative, Marissa Tobar | Poetry, Delaney Snyder |
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2018 Writing Contest Winners: Delaney Snyder, Vanessa Andrade, Shawnia William, Caiah Dunlap, Dustin Campbell, (Guild President Sidney West Sullivan, Guild Vice President Carol Mallman Raynor) Marissa Tobar, Ryan Smith, (Katie Berger, Library Media Specialist) | Categories: 5th and 6th Grades -- Creative Writing, Dustin Campbell | Personal Narrative, Shawnia Williams/Vanessa Andrade | Poetry, Caiah Dunlap . 7th and 8th Grades -- Creative Writing, Marissa Tobar | Personal Narrative, Ryan Smith | Poetry, Delaney Snyder |
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2017 Writing Contest Winners: Back Row: Honor Payne, Alexis McGill, Destiny Glanden, Jenna Johnson (Guild President Sidney West Sullivan); Front Row: Jasmin Perdomo, Abby Kessler, Adilynn Bolling, Crystal Castillo |
Categories: 5th and 6th Grades -- Creative Writing, Adilynn Bolling | Nonfiction, Crystal Castillo | Personal Narrative, Jasmin Perdomo | Poetry, Honor Payne . 7th and 8th Grades -- Creative Writing, Alexis McGill | Nonfiction, Abby Kessler | Personal Narrative, Jenna Johnson | Poetry, Destiny Glanden |
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2016 Writing Contest Winners: Categories: 5th and 6th Grades -- Creative Writing, Hailey Arndt | Nonfiction, Abigail Kessler | Personal Narrative, Marissa Tobar | Poetry, Aareyanna Larimore . 7th and 8th Grades == Creative Writing, Drew Arends | Nonfiction, Drew Arends | Personal Narrative, Montana Plattner | Poetry, Elizabeth McDonald |
On Monday, May 23, and Thursday, May 26, 2016, Guild member and journalist Chuck Scudder offers a two-day course on Journalism 100 to Bueker Middle School students at the Marshall Public Library. This two-day course is sponsored by the Guild with Katie Berger, Bueker's Library Media Specialist. |
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2015 Writing Contest Winners: (Librarian Media Specialist Katie Berger) Josh Garcia, Corey Thieman, Vanesa Reyes, (Guild Member Carol Raynor) Andrea Umana, Tiffany Young (Guild Member Authorene Phillips). Not pictured are Trinity Stewart and Connor Gastineau. BMS Presents Winter Writing Contest, The Marshall Democrat News, 3/13/2015 |
Categories: 5th and 6th Grades -- Creative Writing, Josh Garcia | Nonfiction, Cory Thieman | Personal Narrative, Vanessa Reyes | Poetry, Michael Putnam . 7th and 8th Grades -- Creative Writing, Tiffany Young | Nonfiction, Connor Gastineau, Trinity Stewart | Poetry, Andrea Umana |
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Marshall High School: The Marshall Writers' Guild sponsors the annual Authorene Wilson Phillips Writing Award given to the Marshall High School student selected by the school for this honor. Commencing with Mrs. Jackie Guthrey and, following her retirement, continuing with others from the MHS English Department and award coordinator Julia Riley, the Guild is grateful for this opportunity to encourage student prose and poetry. |
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- 2023 Recipient: Faith Sappington, author of Dragonfly Field
- 2022 Recipient: Maxwell Betz
- 2021 Recipient: Trevor Borgman, author of Friendship
- 2019 Recipient: Adison Stocksdale, author of The Procrastination Queen
- 2018 Recipient: Eli Jackson, author of Paco the Walking Taco
- 2017 Recipient: Jalal "Jay" Alhamzawi, author of The Places Life Can Take You. Alhamzawi's poetry appears in the Guild's 18th anthology, Saline County Structures and Stories, Volume II.
- 2016 Recipient: Jacob Holloway, author of Jacob Holloway's Poetry
- 2015 Recipient: Abigail Henke, author of To Be "Incandescently Happy"
- 2014 Recipient: Cindy Umana, author of Blue
- 2013 Recipient: Abrea Mizer, author and presenter of the Class of 2013 Valedictorian Speech
- 2012 Recipient: Megan Hager, author of In Which a Late Night Becomes Ludicrous
- 2011 Recipient: Chanelle Koehn
- 2010 Recipient: Lexie McDanel, author of Poppzies
- 2009 Recipient: Flannery Crump
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Slater | Alexander Elementary School: In association with Principal Becky Drummond and writing coordinator and teacher Cheryl Anderson, the Marshall Writers' Guild sponsors an annual writing contest for 7th and 8th grade students whose writing the school judges best. Beginning in 2019 a $25 award is given to the winner in each grade. The 2023 winners are Maggie Hill, 7th grade, and Reagan Holt, 8th grade. |
2024: 8th grade winner Reagan Holt and 7th grade winner Maggie Hill | |
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2019: Guild president Ed Richards, Writing Teacher Cheryl Anderson, 7th grade award winner Alexis Eddy with The Birthday Abandonment, Communication Arts Teacher Kathy Thomas | |
2019: Principal Becky Drummond, 8th grade award winner Madelyn Miller with Hideout, Writing Teacher Cheryl Anderson | |
2018: Guild president Ed Richards, award winner Mattie Thies, Communication Arts Teacher Kathy Thomas, Principal Becky Drummond | | 2017: Guild president Ed Richards, award winner Caleb Bales, Communication Arts Teacher Kathy Thomas, Principal Becky Drummond | |
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The Guild is indebted to member Holly Forsman for her first class photos. |
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