PEARL – Three Rankin County students won full tuition scholarships for a year to Hinds Community College after placing first place in the annual Hinds Literary Festival on April 4.
Winning first place and the scholarships to Hinds were, from left, Maria Hungerford of Richland, Discovery Christian School, poetry; Marley Dew of Flowood, Hartfield Academy, essay and Starlee Rebecca Weir of Flowood, Hartfield Academy, short story.
Poetry winners include, from left, Maria Hungerford of Richland, Discovery Christian School, first; Dillon Bullock of Florence, Park Place Christian Academy, second; Adalyn Raye Herrington of Brandon, Brandon High School, third; Samuel David Prystupa of Florence, Discovery Christian School, honorable mention; Haley Goodard of Sand Hill, Pisgah High School, honorable mention and Sarah May of Puckett, Puckett High School, honorable mention.
Essay winners include, from left, Marley Dew of Flowood, Hartfield Academy, first place; Ava Kosharek of Brandon, Brandon High School, second place; Haylee Hammersley of Brandon, Northwest Rankin High School, honorable mention and Colin Williamson of Sand Hill, Pisgah High School, honorable mention. Not pictured are Lydia Collipp, East Rankin Academy, third place, and Audrey Hawk, East Rankin Academy, honorable mention.
Short story winners include, from left, Starlee Rebecca Weir of Flowood, Hartfield Academy, first place; Victoria H. Gladney of Raymond, Park Place Christian School, second place; Mary Anna Carson Boone of Puckett, Puckett High School, third place; Gage Janson Gilmer of Brandon, Northwest Rankin High School, honorable mention. Not pictured are Nathan Wayne Knight, Discovery Christian School, and Alexandra Spicer, Park Place Christian Academy, both honorable mention.
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