{"id":5500,"date":"2016-05-11T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T13:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2016-05-11T12:56:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T17:56:46","slug":"creative-writing-festival-benefits-endowment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2016\/creative-writing-festival-benefits-endowment\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing Festival benefits from endowment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5502 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-1-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"20th Anniversary of the Gerald F. and Betty Fincher Scott Endowment\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-1-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-1-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-1-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For the past twenty years, the Gerald F. and Betty Fincher Scott Endowment has provided funding for the annual Southern Arkansas University Creative Writing Festival hosted by the SAU Department of English and Foreign Languages.<\/p>\n<p>The annual festival grew out of a summer writing class taught by Dr. Kathleen Mallory, former professor of English. Approximately 415 students from 20 area schools participated in the April 1 event at the SAU Reynolds Center. Students had the opportunity to enter their work in three separate categories: Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, and Fiction.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Prize awards were made possible through an endowment established in 1996 by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fincher in honor of Gerald and Betty Fincher Scott. The following categories list the honorees from elementary, intermediate, and high school writers:<\/p>\n<p>Gerald F. Scott Award\u2014Elementary Poem Award<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Ayla Buford, The Wind, Taylor Elementary<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Sadie Foster, The Best World, Taylor Elementary<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Addie Mayfield, I Wonder, Emerson Elementary<a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5501 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-2-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"SAU Creative Writing Festival 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-2-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/SAU-Creative-Writing-Festival-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gerald F. Scott Award\u2014Elementary Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Sadie Moore, The Three Bears: Part II, Taylor Elementary<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Mason Buford, The Man in the Moon, Taylor Elementary<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Austin Aycock, Halloween Night, Taylor Elementary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gerald F. Scott Award\u2014Elementary Creative Non-Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Casey Fewell, What I\u2019m Thankful For, Emerson Elementary<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Avery Barker, My Trip to Dallas, Emerson Elementary<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Horatio Moreno, Worse Day Ever, Emerson Elementary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Betty Fincher Scott Award\u2014Intermediate Poem<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Mason Jackson, The Man I Want to Be, Taylor Elementary<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Dakota Glass, Alone, Taylor Elementary<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Lindsay Cornwell, Ten Seconds, Central Elementary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Betty Fincher Scott Award\u2014Intermediate Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Abby Flow, The Hand-Me-Down-Teddy, Emerson Elementary<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Mason Dougan, The Horrors of War, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Jazmine Thomas, The Unbelievable Twist, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Betty Fincher Scott Award\u2014Intermediate Creative Non-Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Cade Waller, My Grandaddy, Emerson Elementary<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Nolie Thompkins, My Dog Cowboy, Emerson Elementary<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Reese Mitchell, My Hero, Emerson Elementary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>D.J. Fincher Award-Jr. High School Poem<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Billie Beaird, Dancing in a Funeral Parlor, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Bailey Easterling, Softball is Life, Arkansas High School<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Rebecca Benedetti, Small Border Towns, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>D.J. Fincher Award-Jr. High School Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Rebecca Benedetti, Florida Plates, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Garrett Taylor, The Hunter, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Alyssa Frisby, Aster, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>D.J. Fincher Award-Jr. High School Creative Non-Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Julie Phillips, The Odd Reality of Fictional Living, Magnolia Junior High<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Darnarius Aaron, Finding Out Who I Am, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Kelsey Hernandez, My New Journey, Parkers Chapel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harold Fincher Award-High School Poem<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Reana Roberson, Hello, DeQueen High School<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Brandon Zacarias, Poor Boy, Mena High School<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Kameron King, Young Love Lost, Magnolia High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harold Fincher Award-High School Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Taylor Howard, Confessions of a Hitman, Mena High School<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Skylar Beck, My Letter to You, Mena High School<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Adam Cornelius, One and the Next, Arkansas High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harold Fincher Award-High School Creative Non-Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place\u2014Cady Milam, Hughes, Prometheus, and Judas, Taylor High School<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u2014Melanie Martin, This I Believe, Magnolia High School<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place\u2014Laura Lane, An Irregular Sunday Morning, Taylor High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more on how to establish an endowment to invest in the lives of our next generation, please contact the SAU Foundation office at (870) 235-4078.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past twenty years, the Gerald F. and Betty Fincher Scott Endowment has provided funding for the annual Southern Arkansas University Creative Writing Festival hosted by the SAU Department of English and Foreign Languages. 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