{"id":4050,"date":"2023-03-21T15:05:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/language\/?p=4050"},"modified":"2023-05-02T09:28:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:28:08","slug":"2023-high-school-writing-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/language\/2023\/03\/21\/2023-high-school-writing-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 High School Writing Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2022-23 Nicholls State University launched its High School Writing Contest.<\/p>\n

For the inaugural contest, Nicholls solicited essays, poetry, and fiction related to folklore and the supernatural in any and all genres. High school students from across Louisiana submitted creative retelling or original study of folklore. The High School Writing contest features both \"Juliaa monetary reward and a formal award, given at the Humanities Symposium @ Scholars Expeaux<\/a> at Nicholls State.<\/p>\n

The first place award is named in honor of Mabel Bollinger Toups<\/strong> who taught high school English in Lockport, LA and had a special fondness for Louisiana Folklore and the Folklore of the Bayou Region.<\/p>\n

2023 Winners<\/h3>\n
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  • First Place\u2013The Mabel Bollinger Toups Award<\/b>, Julia Lion: \u201cThe Storm of the Night.” Mount Carmel Academy, New Orleans, LA<\/li>\n
  • Second Place<\/b>, Savannah West: \u201cMiss Marie.” Beekman Charter School, Bastrop, LA<\/li>\n
  • Third Place<\/b>, Maleik Lewis: \u201cThe Shade of the Willow.” Thibodaux High School, Thibodaux, LA<\/li>\n
  • Honorable Mention<\/b>, Jessica Chu \u201cEveryday Ghosts.\u201d Caddo Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA<\/li>\n
  • Honorable Mention<\/b>, Kaylah Derry \u201cBeware the Rougarou.” Bossier Parish, LA<\/li>\n
  • Honorable Mention<\/b>, Kayden Martin \u201cThe Legend of Germain.\u201d. South Lafourche High School, Lafourche Parish, LA\"High<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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