Two Murray County Central Elementary students were the top finishers in the 2018 Creative Writing Contest, which is made possible through a partnership between SWSC Service Cooperative and the Southwest Minnesota State University creative writing department.
In its 14th year, the program was created to encourage the love of language and writing for all students as a way to recognize talented young writers in the 18 counties of southwest and west central Minnesota. The contest is open to students in grades three – 12. Students may submit entries in poetry, fiction and non-fiction writing.
In the fifth and sixth grade non-fiction category, sixth grade student Lauren Stoel won the first place award and sixth grade student Ranissa Beerman won the third place award. Stoel’s piece, 24 Days, recalls the event of when she burned herself in fourth grade. Beerman’s piece, I Can’t Feel My Mouth, tells the tale of loosing her two front teeth at the same time.
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