Creative Writing Award winners honored Sunday

Hays Post

The winners of the 50th Annual Hays Arts Council Creative Writing Awards were celebrated Sunday in Grand Ballroom of the FHSU Memorial Union.

This project continues to touch a broad scope of young people as it invites entries from every public and private school in Ellis County – kindergarten through 12th grade, in both prose and poetry, Brenda Meder, Hays Arts Council executive director, said.

For many of the students, writing is their primary creative medium and an important aspect of self-expression, she said in a grant request letter. For others, it is another facet of their educational and cultural interests.

The FHSU English Department partnered with the arts council on this project, with a team of qualified team of judges assembled by the department project chairperson, Paulia Bailey.

The arts council asks each instructor to screen the entries and submit 15 works in prose and 15 in poetry for each section of English they teach. Even with this stipulation, the council typically receives almost 1,000 entries per year.

The Hays Optimist Club was a sponsor for the program this year.

The students who were awarded honors for the prose and poetry contests are as follows:

2017 Creative Writing Awards ~ Poetry

Gr.

Award

Student

Title of Work

School

Instructor

1st

Aubree Scheele-Creek

“If I had a Dog…”

Washington (Ellis)

Stacy Befort

2nd

Makala Brown

“Grandpa”

Washington (Ellis)

Stacy Befort

3rd

Logan Hook

“Basketball”

Washington (Ellis)

Stacy Befort

Rowan Bader

“Dinosaurs”

Washington (Ellis)

Stacy Befort

1st

Cidnee Werth

“My Baby Sister”

Wilson

Lisa Schreck

2nd

Arien LaDuke

“Beautiful Horse”

St. Mary’s

Megan Everett

3rd

Shiloh Gaschler

“My Fish”

St. Mary’s

Megan Everett

Kinley Pfannenstiel

“My Calf”

Wilson

Lisa Schreck

Jade Harmon

“Star”

Washington (Ellis)

Ashley Crump

1st

Madeline Pembleton

“Thanksgiving”

Holy Family

Paula Beck

2nd

Kennedy Normandin

“At My House”

Roosevelt

Jan Burkholder

3rd

Kenlee Vehige

“Lurking”

Washington (Ellis)

Kelly Hansen

Camden Luck

“Fish Conversation”

O’Loughlin

Joan Steinkuhler

Cate Rackaway

“Butterfly”

Roosevelt

Dawn Keil

Jakob Sloan

“Paper”

Wilson

Candace Sage

1st

Jacob Schaffer

“Yellow”

Holy Family

Jennie Helget

2nd

Derek Becker

“Church”

Holy Family

Jennie Helget

3rd

Kia Mader

“Winter Fun”

St. Mary’s

Patty Meagher

1st

Grace Glover

“Heading Home”

O’Loughlin

Sonya Herl & Kristy Oborny

2nd

Sophie Miller

“One Crazy Teacher”

O’Loughlin

Kenda Leiker (Amy Haskell)

3rd (t)

Journey Rohleder

“The Magic Box”

O’Loughlin

Sonya Herl & Kristy Oborny

3rd (t)

Breana Seiler

“One Day”

Holy Family

Teresa Schrant

Lauren Klein

“Softball”

Victoria

Jeanne Brungardt

1st

Nate Henderson

“Me and My Drum”

Wilson

Leslie Karlin

2nd

Lacey Jacobs

“Colors of Me”

Wilson

Leslie Karlin

3rd

Leonardo Hernandez

“The Ancient Giants of the Seas”

O’Loughlin

Henry Armknecht (Karen Smith)

Elijah McCullough

“An Ode to Star Wars”

Wilson

Leslie Karlin

1st

Joy Glover

“A Wishing

Star”

Hays Middle School

Sydney Niernberger

2nd

Dakota Metzler

“Winners”

St. Mary’s

Jackie Baxter

3rd

William Crawford

“Baseball”

St. Mary’s

Jackie Baxter

1st

Ryan Schuckman

“Snowstorm”

Hays Middle School

Brenda Rose

2nd

Lance Lang

“The Warrior

of Alborior”

TMP-Marian JH

Carol Brull

3rd

Kristen Kuhl

“Poetry is Not

My Thing”

Hays Middle School

Brenda Rose

Chris Goodale

“All Eyes on Me”

Hays Middle School

Brenda Rose

1st

Hannah Flynn

“Grief”

TMP-Marian JH

Carol Brull

2nd

Annie Wasinger

“An Ode to

Fries”

TMP-Marian JH

Carol Brull

3rd

Monique William

“The Big Red

Barn”

TMP-Marian JH

Carol Brull

1st

Zachary Eck

“Wise Old Buck”

Ellis High

Matthew Spurlock

2nd

Natalie Kelsey

“New House, Old Home”

Ellis High

Matthew Spurlock

3rd

Noah Lohrmeyer

“Space”

Ellis High

Matthew Spurlock

Tanner Diehl

“Dandelion”

TMP-Marian

Vanessa Schumacher

1st

Cori Isbell

“Purposeful Journeys”

Hays High

Kathy Wagoner

2nd

Emily Schulte

“Canvas

of Color”

TMP-Marian

Joe Hertel

3rd

Kallie Leiker

“The Real Me”

Hays High

Kathy Wagoner

Kaitlyn Lindberg

“Untitled”

Ellis High

Sheri Bedore

1st

Anna Speno

“Painted

Hands”

TMP-Marian

Joe Hertel

2nd

Elly Lang

“Oblivious Beauty”

TMP-Marian

Joe Hertel

3rd

Elly Lang

“Pre-Performance Panic”

TMP-Marian

Joe Hertel

Chase Werth

“The Unknown Grandma”

TMP-Marian

Joe Hertel

1st

Madison Crees

“I’m Messy”

Hays High

Kathy Wagoner

2nd

Madison Crees

“It’s OK.”

Hays High

Kathy Wagoner

3rd

Rachelle Lumpkins

“The Calm has Left the Storm”

Hays High

Kathy Wagoner

Peyton Augustine

“I Told Your Secret”

Hays High

Kathy Wagoner

		2017 Creative Writing Awards ~ Prose
Gr.	Award	Student	Title of Work	School	Instructor
K	1st	Jack Reed	“Deer and His Friends”	St. Mary’s	Susan Henrickson
K	2nd	Emilie Priest	“The Day Red Monkey Got Out”	Washington (Ellis)	Kristen Gaschler
K	3rd	Colt McCoy	“The Three Little Wolves”	St. Mary’s	Susan Henrickson
K	HM	Faythe Rummel	“Laura the Fairy Queen”	Washington (Ellis)	Stacy Befort

1	1st	Harmony Demoret	“Haunted House”	Washington (Ellis)	Ashley Crump
1	2nd	Kori Whited	“My Two Sisters”	St. Mary’s	Megan Everett
1	3rd	Asher Haag	“A Scary Dream”	St. Mary’s	Megan Everett
1	HM	Libby Schiel	“Mickey Mouse”	Washington (Ellis)	Ashley Crump

2	1st	Mattias Marintzer	“Super Dogs”	Holy Family	Paula Beck
2	2nd	Lucas Dreher	“The Paintball Surprise”	O’Loughlin	Joan Steinkuhler
2	3rd	John Walters	“The Survivor”	O’Loughlin	Kenda Leiker (Beth Simon)
2	HM	Jocelyn Eck	“Super Baby”	St. Mary’s	Amber Deutscher
2	HM	Jersee Fabrizius	“Creepy Shopper”	Washington (Ellis)	Kelly Hansen

3	1st	Afton Froelich	“Pots of Gold”	Holy Family	Jennie Helget
3	2nd	Carson Liles	“The Flying Car”	Holy Family	Jennie Helget
3	3rd	Brody Fischer	“The Coyote Hunt”	Washington (Ellis)	Kay Poland
3	HM	Jenna Brull	“The Hot Air Balloon”	Holy Family	Jennie Helget

4	1st	Kritin Sharma	Fighting for Life	O’Loughlin	Sarah Smith
4	2nd	Marisa Wasinger	“Hide and Seek”	O’Loughlin	Amy Haskell
4	3rd	Kritin Sharma	“King of Chess”	O’Loughlin	Kenda Leiker (Sarah Smith)
4	HM	Kolynn Denning	“Milton and the Rabbit”	O’Loughlin	Kenda Leiker (Amy Haskell)

5	1st	Austin Carroll	“Everest”	Washington (Ellis)	Holly Lang
5	2nd	Addison Otte	“Not so Ordinary”	Lincoln	Henry Armknecht (Kerri Lacy)
5	3rd (t)	Kyzer Fox	“The Boy from the Other Side”	Holy Family	Henry Armknecht (Brenda Stoecklein)
5	3rd (t)	Hope Jones	“My Furry Friend Series: Me and My Ferret”	Washington (Ellis)	Holly Lang

5	HM	Hailey Klein	“The Hay Bale Fall”	Roosevelt	Michaela Gower

6	1st	Natalie Loftus	“My Hero”	Holy Family	Shirley Dinkel
6	2nd	Delaney Staab	“The Naughty Nutcracker”	Holy Family	Chris Dinkel
6	3rd	Emily Eck	“Flipped Upside Down”	St. Mary’s	Jackie Baxter
6	HM	Tanner Werth	“Be Generous With Your Time”	Holy Family	Shirley Dinkel

7	1st	Ryan Schuckman	“I Have Your Back”	Hays Middle School	Brenda Rose
7	2nd	Brooklyn Lewallen	“23 on Top”	Hays Middle School	Brenda Rose
7	3rd	Willow Arnold	“Gone”	Hays Middle School	Brenda Rose

8	1st	Anna Brull	“Always Second”	Hays Middle School	Mary Jo Chambers
8	2nd	Makinsey Schlautmann	“The Princess Who Smelled of Fresh Peaches”	TMP-Marian JH	Carol Brull

8	3rd	Kalyssa Boyle	“Sunrise Plaza”	Hays Middle School	Mary Jo Chambers
8	HM	Leah Mages	“Chased”	TMP-Marian JH	Carol Brull


9	1st	Trinity Bollig	“The Great Mush”	Ellis High	Matthew Spurlock
9	2nd	Brady Kreutzer	“The Envious Flower”	TMP-Marian	Vanessa Schumacher
9	3rd	Lauryn Becker	“Jury Duty”	Ellis High	Matthew Spurlock

10	1st (t)	Trey Hudson	“The Trenches”	Ellis High	Sheri Bedore
10	1st (t)	Lane Fischer	“SSHHHHH!”	Ellis High	Sheri Bedore
10	2nd	Dylan Brown	“Sahara”	Ellis High	Sheri Bedore
10	3rd	Alexandria Hagerman	“Them”	Hays High	Kathy Wagoner

11	1st	Trae Megaffin	“Spy-ders From Hell”	TMP-Marian	Joe Hertel
11	2nd	Abby Burton	“Mom and Dad”	Ellis High	Alyssa Dawson
11	3rd	Elly Lang	“Irregular Irritations”	TMP-Marian	Joe Hertel

12	1st	Alayna Arnhold	“My Eternal Race”	Hays High	Kathy Wagoner