Winners Of Young Southern Student Writers Contest Announced Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Southern Lit Alliance’s Young Southern Student Writers contest announces its winners. While there were 300 winners from local area schools, two outstanding entries by Carolyn Henley and Leila Babb from Silverdale Baptist Academy have won the overall Verbie and Hugh Prevost awards for their poems. Carolyn and Leila are in 11th and 10th grade, respectively.
A video will later be shared of some of this year’s winners reading their entries, and medals will be sent to each school of the 300 winners. Carolyn and Leila will each win a $250 cash prize for their achievement.