PEARL – Jordan Olivia Watts, a Northwest Rankin High School student, and Alexandria Carr, a Park Place Christian Academy student, were the winners of [tweetable alt=””]full tuition scholarships to Hinds Community College for taking first place in the annual Rankin Campus Literary Festival on April 8.[/tweetable]
Winners in the essay category at the 2016 Rankin Campus Literary Festival are, front row from left, Alexandria Carr, of Park Place Christian Academy, first place, Kathryn Long, Hartfield Academy, honorable mention; back row, from left, Zachary Tyler Harper, Pelahatchie Attendance Center, honorable mention, James Mitchell Flickner, East Rankin Academy, third place, and Haley Beth Williams, Park Place Christian Academy, second place. Not pictured is Tia Patrick, of Northwest Rankin High School, honorable mention. (April Garon/Hinds Community College)
Watts won in the poetry category for “The Death Penalty.” Carr took the top honor in the essay category for “Our Greatest Resource.” In addition to the scholarship, both won $100, a medallion and certificate.
Winners in the poetry category at the 2016 Rankin Campus Literary Festival on April 8 were, from left, Molly Clair Saunders, of Park Place Christian Academy, second place; Dakota Conway, Richland High School, honorable mention; Jordan Olivia Watts, Northwest Rankin High School, first place; and Alexandra Ownby, Northwest Rankin High School, honorable mention. Not pictured is Mari Kathryn Cook, of Pearl High School, third place. (April Garon/Hinds Community College)
Winners of the annual festival also included:
- Molly Clair Saunders, Park Place Christian Academy, second place, poetry
- Mari Kathryn Cook, Pearl High School, third place, poetry
- Dakota Conway, Richland High School, honorable mention, poetry
- Alexandra Ownby, Northwest Rankin High School, honorable mention, poetry
- Haley Beth Williams, Park Place Christian Academy, second place, essay
- James Mitchell Flickner, East Rankin Academy, third place, essay
- Tia Patrick, Northwest Rankin High School, honorable mention, essay
- Zachary Tyler Harper, Pelahatchie Attendance Center, honorable mention, essay
- Kathryn Long, Hartfield Academy, honorable mention, essay
Second place winners won $50 and a certificate; third place winners won $25 and a certificate.