Andrea Abdale Wins Annual Writing Award(s) at Cedar Crest College

2017 Apr 27

Preterite is the name of Cedar Crest College's literary club, open to students of all majors. Onyx is Preterite's annual publication for winners of its creative writing contesPreterite

Each year, Preterite recognizes exceptional student work in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry with its creative writing contest. All Cedar Crest students-undergraduate, SAGE, or graduate-are invited to submit their best writing. Submissions are accepted throughout the fall and early spring semesters.

Preterite members review and edit contest entries during the submission process (in which works are reviewed without student names being identified). Come spring, prizes are given in each category (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) at the Writing Awards Ceremony, and the club publishes winning submissions in Onyx.

Award Winners:

Poetry:

1st - Nora Mahmoud, "Desert Sestina"

2nd - Amy Webster, "New Skins"

3rd - Nicole Roberts, "Depression is a Metaphor"

Honorable Mention-Nicole Roberts, "On Achilles"

Fiction:

1st - Allyson Hambridge, "Blood Ties"

2nd - Juliana Wall, "In the Wake of Him"

3rd -Tamara Drake, "Dinner"

Honorable Mention- Michelle Chavez, "The Bus Stop"

Creative Nonfiction:

1st - Andrea Abdale, "Broken Sisters"

2nd - Andrea Abdale, "Tetris to Tennis"

3rd - Jamie Kahn, "It's a Nine"

Honorable Mention- Jamie Kahn, "Car Trouble"

Onyx cover photo: Juliana Wall