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Princeton University awards poetry prize to SC Governor's School creative writing student
SOUTH CAROLINA - October 28, 2011 - SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) creative writing students were recognized in the Leonard Milberg ‘53 Secondary School Poetry Prize contest presented by Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing, with Sarah Rhu winning 1st place.
The national contest recognizes six works: 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place with three honorable mentions. SCGSAH students were awarded four of the six: 1st place, 3rd place and two honorable mentions.
Sarah Rhu won 1st place, along with $500; Sophia Wiltrout placed 3rd, receiving $100. Boyce Gladden and Anna Pittman were honorable mentions. As an additional reward, Sarah and Sophia traveled to Princeton to have lunch with the University's poetry faculty.
"Whenever students dominate national competitions, as they did in the Milberg Poetry Contest, I'm initially stunned," says Mamie Morgan, SCGSAH poetry instructor. "Then I'm reminded that these four quiet, brave poets exhaust themselves in their work. With their careful consideration and relentless fortitude, successes such as these become less surprising."
Students, winning Poetry and hometowns:
First Place: Sarah Rhu, Sao Joao Columbia, SC
Third Place: Sophia Wiltrout, Across the Homeland Myrtle Beach, SC
Boyce Gladden, Move Kid Abbeville, SC
Anna Pittman, Performance Art Greenville, SC
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