Robertson, left, and Brady, right, are shown with Jackie Granberry, Hinds Community College vice president for Advancement and Student Success, who awarded the scholarships.
Poetry winnters include, from left, Natalie Brady of Puckett, Puckett Attendance Center, first place; Krista Mathis of Puckett, Puckett Attendance Center, second place; Taren Ashley of Puckett, Puckett Attendance Center, third place; Kali Russell of Pelahatchie, East Rankin Academy, honorable mention; James Flickner of Pelahatchie, East Rankin Academy, honorable mention.
Essay winners were, from left, Lauren Elizabeth Robertson of Pelahatchie, East Rankin Academy, first place; Hayden Sistrunk of Pelahatchie, East Rankin Academy, second place; Jalyn Mariah Jenkins of Brandon, Brandon High School, third place; Brandon Simpson of Morton, East Rankin Academy, honorable mention; Shelby Stubbs of Brandon, East Rankin Academy, honorable mention. Not pictured is Perry Jackson Harris of Brandon, East Rankin Academy, honorable mention.
Lauren Elizabeth Robertson of Pelahatchie and Natalie Brady of Puckett were the winners of a full tuition scholarship to Hinds Community College for taking first place in the annual high school Hinds Community College Rankin Campus Literary Festival on April 4.
Robertson, a student at East Rankin Academy, took first place for her essay “Big or Small: They Have It All.” Brady, a student at Puckett Attendance Center, took first place for poetry for “The Patches Around Regrets.”
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