Princeton University awards poetry prize to SC Governor's School creative writing student
November 8, 2011
SOUTH CAROLINA – November 8, 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
The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities
The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities is a public residential high school located in Greenville, South Carolina, providing a unique arts and academic education to the state’s emerging artists. Young artists, usually in 11th or 12th grade, study creative writing, dance, drama, music, or visual arts during the academic year and rising 9th and 10th grade students attend summer programs in these areas, with summer dance programs open to rising 7th through 12th grade students. For more information, visit www.scgsah.org or call 864.282.3713.
