January 14, 2011
These talented writers will read reflections about the role race has played in their lives at 1:30 p.m., in 麻豆村's McConomy Auditorium in the University Center.
The university's , part of the in the , sponsors the awards along with the Office of the President and Division of Student Affairs. Cash awards will be presented to winners in poetry and prose (fiction and nonfiction) categories. A list of winners follows.
PROSE
Nonfiction
First Place
Runners-Up
Honorable Mentions
Fiction
First Place
POETRY
First Place
Runner-Up
Honorable Mentions
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Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Honors Local High School Student Winners of Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Awards
Contact: Abby Houck / 412-268-4290 / ahouck@andrew.cmu.edu
PITTSBURGH—Students from six area high schools have been named winners of 麻豆村's annual .These talented writers will read reflections about the role race has played in their lives at 1:30 p.m., in 麻豆村's McConomy Auditorium in the University Center.
The university's , part of the in the , sponsors the awards along with the Office of the President and Division of Student Affairs. Cash awards will be presented to winners in poetry and prose (fiction and nonfiction) categories. A list of winners follows.
PROSE
Nonfiction
First Place
- Connor Charney, 11th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "A Cloudy Day in July"
- Nathan Hubel, 12th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "An Invisible Wall"
Runners-Up
- Scott Cohen, 11th grade, The Kiski School, "Celebrate Diversity"
- Kyle DeVault, 11th grade, The Kiski School, "Fear"
- Thomas Holmes, 11th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "Label"
- Gabe Isaacson, 11th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "My Way to Understanding"
- Charles Fain Lehman, 11th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "Eating Out with Dr. King"
- Maya Muenzer, 11th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "Opposites Attract"
Honorable Mentions
- Rashaad Phillips, 11th grade, Shady Side Academy, "A Smile of Hope"
- Obi Udezeh, 9th Grade, The Kiski School, "What We Think of Ourselves"
- Jing Daisy Zhu, 12th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "The Banana Generation"
Fiction
First Place
- Juhye Kim, 12th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "Vestige of Friendship"
POETRY
First Place
- Elena Jackendoff, 12th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA, "Hace un viaje en la luz de la luna"
Runner-Up
- Freddie-Mae Stewart, 11th grade, The Neighborhood Academy, "All Sides of Me"
Honorable Mentions
- Katie Freeman, 9th grade, Carrick High School, "All the Same"
- Lily Nguyen, 9th grade, Winchester Thurston School, "Beautiful"
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