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 LaTonya Pittman . Download an application here.
2011 Winners
First Place
Kate Thompson for her poem "Mama's Hands "
Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus
Second Place
Anna Adorno for her poem "thunder"
Mississippi School for the Arts, Brookhaven
Past Winners
2010
First Place: Alexandra Franklin, Jackson Preparatory School, Jackson
Second Place: Zack Grossenbacher, Madison Central High School, Madison
2009
First Place: Tiffany Croft, Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus
Second Place: Elizabeth Seratt, Mississippi School for Math and Science
2008
First Place: Stella Nickerson, Mississippi School for Math and Science, Columbus
Second Place: Stacy Parker, Cathedral High School, Natchez
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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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