By KATHERINE H. ELLARD
Holmes Community College
GRENADA — Each year, the Holmes Community College Grenada campus holds a creative writing contest.
All winners receive cash prizes furnished by the Holmes Foundation. First- and second-place winners are forwarded to the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association Contest and will be published in Holmes’ literary magazine, Reflections.
Winners of the “Poetry” category were:
» First place: Olivia Pharr of Charleston, for “Gotta Little Bit of Heaven on My Mind”
» Second place: Benjamin Childers of Carrollton, for “Evil Men and Their Fate”
Winners of the “Short Story” portion were:
» First place: Alexander Willoughby of Grenada, for “The Forest of Shadow”
» Second place: Kevion McGee of Grenada, for “The England Killer”
Finally, Jillian Craig of Grenada took home first place in “Creative Non-Fiction” for her work titled “Burning Icy Bridges.”
For more information about the Grenada campus creative writing contest, contact Amy Land at aland@holmescc.edu.
