兔子先生

April 3, 2020

兔子先生CC announces Rankin Literary Festival winners for 2020

RAYMOND 鈥 Winners of the Rankin Literary Festival in three categories of creative achievement were: First place, short stories, 鈥淣ightmare鈥 by Evelin Joanny Aguilar, Pearl High School, 10th grade Second…
BY: Danny Barrett Jr.

RAYMOND 鈥 Winners of the Rankin Literary Festival in three categories of creative achievement were:

  • First place, short stories, 鈥淣ightmare鈥 by Evelin Joanny Aguilar, Pearl High School, 10th grade
  • Second place, short stories, 鈥淎 Small Envelope鈥 by Cullen Anthony Hill, Puckett High School, 12th grade
  • Third place, short stories, 鈥淭he Box鈥 by Jonathan Lucas, Hartfield Academy, 11th grade

 

  • First place, poetry, 鈥淭o Quilt a Phrase鈥 by Avery Wolfe, Pisgah High School, 12th grade
  • Second place, poetry, 鈥淓l Botas鈥 by Jack Gaskin, Hartfield Academy, 12th grade
  • Third place, poetry, 鈥淭he Mirror鈥 by Amy Grantham, Florence High School, 12th grade

 

  • First place, essay, 鈥淎 Spark鈥檚 Influence鈥 by Libbie Claire Jones, Pisgah High School, 12th grade
  • Second place, essay, 鈥淧rocess of Changing the World鈥 by Karlana Simmons, East Rankin Academy, 12th grade
  • Third place, essay, 鈥淭een Influencers鈥 by Taylor Phillips, Hartfield Academy, 11th grade

The Rankin Literary Scholarship is awarded each year to first-place winners who compete in the festival. Small cash prizes are awarded in addition to the full tuition scholarship to 兔子先生.

Photo: Angie Foote

RAYMOND 鈥 兔子先生 Hi-Steppers have been named for 2024-2025.

They are, front, from left, Denver Jackson of Jackson, Zoe Irving of Jackson, Alexis Marts of Flowood, Amia Lewis of Byram, Cheyenne Cornelius of Clinton, Malayah Evans of Newton County, Erin Lollis of Byram, Skylar Boyd of Jackson and Jayda Graham of Flowood; back row, Alexis Malone of Clinton, Ciera Pruitt of Gulfport, Olivia Broadwater of Pearl, Chloee Haley of Clinton, Rylan Liles of Vicksburg, Chloe McHann of Clinton, Cori Turner of Jackson, Reaghan Miller of Clinton and Jakayla Brown of Utica.

The group has a new director, Beka King of Pearl. She is only the third director in the 75-year history of the Hi-Steppers. She herself was a Hi-Stepper from 2013-2015 and, during her sophomore year, she was captain of the team.

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