Shane Margeson's poems were chosen by Richard Hague as first place poetry winner in the John Foster West Creative Writing Competition. That distinction comes with an $525 tuition scholarship.
Here's what Professor Hague had to say about his work: "From an erotically-charged longer poem filled with lush figurative language to two much-shorter and ironic quick-hitters, these poems demonstrate an admirable range of concept and register."
Connor Childers' poems were chosen by Richard Hague as the second place poetry winner in the John Foster West Creative Writing Competition. Here's what Professor Hague had to say about his work: "Two of the three poems are satisfyingly formal and filled with imaginative riffs: “The Mother of Red/like an icon” (“Blush”) is particularly vivid. The third, “Pharaoh,” brings to mind Shelley’s “Ozymandias” transplanted to the American Midwest."
Ryan Morris's “And A Lie,” was chosen by Richard Hague as first place prose winner in the Marian Coe Creative Writing Competition. That distinction comes with an $800 tuition scholarship.
Here's what Professor Hague had to say about his work: "The central characters in this story are a couple of unlikeable yet memorable bad boys. The tale unfolds in effective scenes and dialogue, risky lies mixed with damning truths throughout, and a final narrow escape from a police officer. A kind of intellectual machismo rules; justice fails. Grudgingly, the reader feels the attraction of outlawing."
Megan Gower's “Enter Marina,” was chosen by Richard Hague as second place prose winner in the Marian Coe Creative Writing Competition. Here's what Professor Hague had to say about her work: “This first-person story of traditional repression meeting up with post-modern sexuality is convincing in its psychology. It develops the coming-to-consciousness of a Mormon girl, and her first tentative exploration of the ambiguous landscape of desire.”
Richard Hague, the distinguished final judge in the competitions, will read on April 17 in our Visiting Writers Series. Special thanks to ASU English faculty who served as preliminary judges: Katie Adams, K.C. Clemens, Kelly Jones, Leon Lewis, and Suzanne Samples.