Eudora Welty Awards

Each year the Center for the Study of Southern Culture gives the Eudora Welty Awards for Creative Writing to two Mississippi high-school students for short stories and poetry written during the previous school year. First place carries a prize of $500, and second place a prize of $250.

Schools may submit one entry in each category. Faculty of the University of Mississippi's English Department will judge the entries; the awards will be presented during the University's annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.

The deadline for submissions is April 15. For more information, please e-mail Sally Lyon.

2008 Winners


First Place

Stella Day Nickerson, Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus

for her short story "My Candle Burns"

Second Place

Frederick Stacy Parker, Catherdral High School, Natchez

for his poem "Letting Go"

Past Winners

2007

First Place: Lauren Klaskala, Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus

Second Place: Jonathan Hughes, Madison Central High School, Madison

2006

First Place: Roxann Jackson, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Jackson

Second Place: Christi Positan, Clinton High School, Clinton

2005

First Place: Julie Armstrong, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Jackson

Second Place: Andrew Thomas, Jackson Preparatory School, Jackson

2004

First Place: Nyssa Perryman, Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus

Second Place: Joseph Noel, Lee Academy, Clarksdale

2003

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2002

First Place: Kilby Allen, Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus

Second Place: Leann Peterson, Jackson Preparatory School, Jackson

2001

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1999

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1998

First Place: Matt Hedges, Corinth High School, Corinth

Second Place: Robert Moore, Hattiesburg High School, Hattiesburg

1997

First Place: Olivia Foshee, Oxford High School, Oxford

Second Place: Charles Johnson, West Point High School, West Point

1996

First Place: Will Renick, Marshall Academy, Holly Springs

Second Place: Jessica Mitchell, Cleveland High School, Cleveland

1995

First Place: Natalie Tropp, Oxford High School, Oxford

Second Place: Casey Crosthwait, Jackson Academy, Jackson

1994

First Place: Matthew Gill, Hattiesburg High School, Hattiesburg

Second Place: Paige Porter, Jackson Academy, Jackson