The conference gave students the opportunity to work with C-SC faculty and students on a variety of approaches to writing, including creative writing, poetry, self-reflection, theatre, music technology and writing for literary publication, showcasing C-SC鈥檚 literary magazine,聽Harmony.

Tim Ayers, the author of several books, including 鈥�Brain Byters: A Nanobot Kids Adventure鈥澛�and聽鈥淔ive Little Christmas Dramas for Today鈥檚 Kids,鈥澛�gave the keynote speech. Students then moved on to hands-on writing sessions on a variety of different writing topics and rhetorical approaches.

Maple was honored for his description of surviving an automobile crash in the Character Building and Fanfiction category. Rieffer was recognized for her poem about an oil painting called 鈥淪ummer Lake鈥� by Richard Dutton in the Inspired by Art: Writing in Response to Artistic Creations category.

Other winners at this year鈥檚 conference were:

Drawing From Experience: Crafting a Graphic Memoir:聽Cierra Courtois, Quincy Notre Dame and Noah Crenshaw, Canton

Form and Function: Analyzing and Crafting Poetry:聽Isabella Brinkman, Quincy Notre Dame

Character Building and Fanfiction:聽Erieland M. Cady, Canton

Inspired by Art: Writing in Response to Artistic Creations:聽Jason Crane, Griggsville-Perry (Ill.)

The conference was founded by Professor Emeritus Carolyn Kane, who still funds it each year.

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