Berry students win Southern Women Writers contest | Arts & Culture

ROME, Ga. -- Berry College's winners of the Southern Women Writers Conference student writing contest kicked off last weekend's event by reading their works.

The writing contest was open to female students at Berry, Georgia Highlands College, Georgia Northwestern Technical College and Shorter University. Blind judging was completed by Berry visiting professors Abby Greenbaum and Alex Quinlan.

In the fiction category, Berry senior and Knoxville, Tenn., resident Emily Caldwell won for her story, "A Brief Outburst of Pent-Up Aggression." The runner-up was Berry freshman Ciara Stephens of Decatur with her story, "Solo."

Berry sophomore Chelsea Fryer of Chattanooga, Tenn., won the poetry contest. Jenny VanFossen, a Georgia Highlands College sophomore, was the runner-up.

In the creative nonfiction category, Berry senior McKenzie Reeves of Cumming won with her story, "Popsicle Stick Jesus." Berry senior and Dacula resident Kasey Haessler was the runner-up with "Goodbye Squirrel."

All three first-place winners received $100 Barnes & Noble gift cards.