Quill ceremony and poetry reading May 7

The Crowder Quill, a literary and art magazine of Crowder College, will host the annual awards ceremony with a campus- and community-wide poetry reading and luncheon. The 35th anniversary event will take place Thurs., May 7 from 11:30-1 in the Elsie Plaster Community Center on the campus of Crowder College in Neosho, Mo.

Quill staff alumni will be recognized, and a dedication will be made to Jon Finley, who has printed the Quill since 1987 and will retire this summer.Quill layout

“This year’s ceremony marks a milestone for the publication, showing the longevity of a publication with a mission to encourage and showcase our area’s authors and artists,” said Latonia Bailey, Crowder Quill adviser since 1994.

The public is welcome. RSVPs for poetry are requested; others are welcome to the microphone as time permits. Poetry that is NOT published in this edition of the Quill is encouraged, as the magazine will be made available following the ceremony.

All published entrants will receive a certificate for gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention. Award placements will not be announced until the ceremony. Afterwards, a light lunch will be served.

The Crowder Quill recently received a national award of “Best Community College Literary Magazine” from the American Scholastic Press Association for the 2014 edition, the second consecutive year for the prestigious award.

Begun in 1980, the Quill is published each spring; the contest deadline is Feb. 1 each year, and divisions are high school, Crowder students, and community adults. The categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, 2D art, 3D art, digital art, color photography, and black and white photography.

Entries are received online via the website www.CrowderQuill.com.

Members of the 2015 staff are Alexis Arenas-Andrade, Springdale, Ark.; Kerrigan Arnold, Reeds Springs; Alyssa Beck, Buffalo; Jacob Dalton, Anderson; Logan Hamby, Neosho; MaryBeth Hertzog, Pleasant Hill; Kate Kelley, Neosho; Ashley McGee, Jane; Sofia Sanchez Salcedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Owen Swearingen, Wheaton; Drew Young, Pierce City; and adviser Latonia Bailey, Goodman.

Winners of the contest, sorted by hometown, are as follows:

Anderson

Kalee Sweeten

Aurora

Kim McCully-Mobley

Ashley Sperandio

Mary Tacker

 

Bella Vista

Leandra Tuggle

 

Carl Junction

Bobby Beyer

Tarin Bruce

Chin-Li Chew

Mark Cole

Jessica Dean

Hannah Hoffman

Kenna Huffmaster

Olivia Klute

Erin Psajdl

Dayan Reynolds

Jessica Sellers

Bernadine Tyler

 

Carterville

Brenda Martinez

 

Carthage

Andrew Chartier

 

Cassville

Katelyn Brisco

 

Diamond

Shelby DeWeese

Dylan Flint

Dustin Miller

Liz Spencer

 

Exeter

Tyler Dallis

 

Fairview

Stormi Allen

 

Golden City

Zoe Rosenthal

 

Goodman

Sandy Jordan

Mary Smith

 

Granby

Eli Cole

Jacqueline Cole

Aubrey McDermott

 

Joplin

Chase Boyd

Amanda Calderon

Emily Cole

Tiffany Durbin

Joan Farmer

Mirana Heath

Ann Jernigan

Tiffany Kesinger

Joanne Kim

Randal “Chase” Kraft

Julie Krueger

Sophia Miller

Weston Moskalski

Breely Pilgrim

John Wheeler

Kathleen Wiley

Brandon Robertson

Billie Skelley

 

Lockwood

Ben Schnelle

 

Monett

Patrick Gorman

Amy Sampson

Jonathan St.Hilaire

 

Neosho

Kate Besser

Becky Biehl-Wylie

Debra Brown

Angus Cumming

Alec Fehring

David Fehring

Joshua Foster

Madeline Giebler

Al Gritten

Skylar Howe

Alexis Hutchinson-Caddy

Aaron Kocurek

Tori Murray

Casey Stueber

LaRaeda Sullivan

Jesse Walls

Shelly Weems

Elizabeth Wilks

Leslie Wright

 

Nevada

Kyle O’Bryan

 

Noel

Sarah Bodine

Henri Whitehead

Sandra Whiting

 

Oronogo

Samantha Berry

Johnathan Leach

 

Rocky Comfort

Katelyn Harriman

 

Seneca

Calvin Ackerson

Christian Smith

 

Webb City

Connor Ames