2012 Mississippi Literary Competition
	St. Andrew’s writers accounted for four of the ten prizes awarded in this year’s Mississippi Literary Competition.  Submissions from around the state in essay, short story, poetry and drama were judged by the Millsaps faculty, resulting in a Third Place award for the short story “Sole,” by John Taylor Kitchings;  a Second Place award for the short story “Mal’s Used Cars,” by Lee Schmidt; a  First Place in Poetry for “Love Poem,” by Emma Liston;  and a  First Place in Drama for Welcoming Party by Meredith Blackwell.  Congratulations to these outstanding writers!

	2012 Mississippi Literary Competition Winners
	ESSAY First Place Catherine Croney “For the Love of Rhett Butler” The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Second  Place Emily Wilson “Coyote Ugly” The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Third Place Michelle Zeng “Mahjong” The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science SHORT STORY First Place Carly Melton “Animals” Clinton High School Second Place Lee Schmidt “Mal’s Used Cars” St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Third Place John Taylor Kitchings “Sole” St. Andrew’s Episcopal School POETRY First Place Emma Liston “Love Poem” St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Second Place Emily Wilson “Goodwill” The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Third Place Karien Dixon “Disco Inferno” The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science DRAMA First Place Meredith Blackwell Welcoming Party St. Andrew’s Episcopal School