The Crowder Quill literary-art magazine contest of Crowder College has announced the winners of the annual contest and mailed the completed magazines.
For the 2020 contest and 40th annual anniversary, 1257 entries were received, which is a record number of participants. Winning entrants receive a certificate and are published in the magazine; this year, 106 awards were presented.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended no public gatherings, so there was not a public awards ceremony this year. Awards and magazines were mailed to winners. Magazines will be made available to the communities and high schools surrounding Crowder College as well as its campuses in Neosho, Pineville, Cassville, Joplin, and Webb City.
Art and literary submissions are accepted at http://www.CrowderQuill.com from May 1 to Feb. 1 each year. 
Categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, 2D art, 3D art, digital art, color photography, and black and white photography.
Contest divisions are high school, Crowder College students, and community members. High school gold winners in each division receive a $500 scholarship, which is funded by the art and communication departments.
The magazine was dedicated this year to healthcare professionals and frontline workers of Covid-19 as well as to Terry Ray Clarkson, Crowder College employee and supporter of the Quill, who passed away during the pandemic.
2020 staff are as follows: Jaime Bratton, Neosho; Bretton Cole, Neosho; Caleb Curtis, Anderson; Korby Fenske, Clever; Jacob Hall, Stockton; J.T. Overturf, Archie; Glory Reitz, Neosho; and Latonia Bailey, staff adviser.
Original founding staff members were as follows: Cheryl Ball, Patti Bowman, James Paul (JP) Dickey, Sally Geeding, Sandy Jordan, Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy, Wesley Watkins, and Dan Richard, adviser.
Begun in 1980, the Crowder Quill is published annually by the Magazine Production class at Crowder College. The mission statement is “to encourage and showcase the creative abilities of local writers, artists, and photographers as well as provide a cultural and link between Crowder College and our surrounding communities.”
For more information, contact Quill@crowder.edu.
The winning entrants are as follows, sorted by hometown:
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City |
First |
Last |
Category |
Award |
Division |
High school |
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Anderson |
Abbigail |
Beaver |
Color Photo |
Bronze |
High school |
McDonald County |
|
Anderson |
Gracie |
Brown |
Nonfiction |
Gold |
High school |
McDonald County |
|
Anderson |
Breanna |
Chamness |
Color Photo |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
McDonald County |
|
Anderson |
Jackson |
Clarkson |
Nonfiction |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
McDonald County |
|
Anderson |
Cindrea |
Phelps |
Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
McDonald County |
|
Anderson |
Zachary |
Robinson |
2D Art |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
McDonald County |
|
Anderson |
Leandra |
Toomoth |
B&W Photo |
Bronze |
Community |
|
|
Anderson |
Henri |
Whitehead |
Poetry |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
Archie |
Joseph |
Overturf |
2D Art |
Staff |
Staff |
|
|
Bartlett |
Diamond |
Bogle |
B&W Photo |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
Bartlett |
Diamond |
Bogle |
Poetry |
Bronze |
Community |
|
|
Bella Vista |
Brittaney |
Mann |
Poetry |
Silver |
High school |
McDonald County |
|
Carl Junction |
Carly |
Abts |
3D Art |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Carl Junction |
|
Carl Junction |
Madelyn |
Bailey |
Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carl Junction |
Madelyn |
Bailey |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carl Junction |
Adrian |
Bittner |
2D Art |
Silver |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carl Junction |
Adrian |
Bittner |
Digital Art |
Gold |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carl Junction |
Alexandra |
Boman |
2D Art |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carl Junction |
Ryan |
Dean |
Fiction |
Silver |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carl Junction |
Savannah |
Dillard |
Poetry |
Gold |
High school |
Thomas Jefferson |
|
Carl Junction |
Rhiannon |
Kennedy |
3D Art |
Bronze |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carl Junction |
Atley |
Wright |
Digital Art |
Silver |
High school |
Carl Junction HS |
|
Carterville |
Vicki |
Turner |
Fiction |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Carthage |
Sydney |
Hartless |
2D Art |
Honorable Mention |
Crowder |
|
|
Carthage |
Haleigh |
Pittman |
Color Photo |
Silver |
High school |
Diamond HS |
|
Carthage |
Cheyenne |
Lasiter |
Color Photo |
Honorable Mention |
Crowder |
|
|
Casper |
Jamie |
Abbiatti |
Nonfiction |
Silver |
Crowder |
|
|
Diamond |
Lindsey |
Hobson |
Fiction |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
Diamond |
Lindsey |
Hobson |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
Diamond |
Josslyn |
Thompson |
2D Art |
Bronze |
High school |
Diamond HS |
|
El Dorado Springs |
Mike |
Snyder |
B&W Photo |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
El Dorado Springs |
Jennifer |
Snyder |
Color Photo |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
El Dorado Springs |
Jennifer |
Snyder |
Digital Art |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
El Dorado Springs |
Mike |
Snyder |
Digital Art |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Exeter |
Tyler |
Dallis |
3D Art |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Exeter |
Anah |
Dover |
B&W Photo |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Goodman |
Cheyenne |
McCormick |
Digital Art |
Bronze |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Goodman |
Elizabeth |
Riggins |
B&W Photo |
Silver |
Crowder |
|
|
Goodman |
Aaliyah |
Rubio |
3D Art |
Gold |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Goodman |
Ashton |
Shehan |
B&W Photo |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Goodman |
Hannah |
Tilley |
Color Photo |
Bronze |
Community |
|
|
Goodman |
Taylor |
Tyson |
2D Art |
Gold |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Goodman |
Theresa |
Walthall |
2D Art |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
Goodman |
Theresa |
Walthall |
3D Art |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
Granby |
Vanessa |
Shaw |
2D Art |
Silver |
Crowder |
|
|
Granby |
Pachia |
Yang |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
Crowder |
|
|
Jane |
Cali |
Townsend |
B&W Photo |
Bronze |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Jasper |
Sasha |
Ball Rives |
Nonfiction |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
Joplin |
Braden |
Bare |
Digital Art |
Silver |
Crowder |
|
|
Joplin |
Jaime |
Bratton |
Fiction |
Publishable |
Staff |
|
|
Joplin |
Allie |
Danner |
3D Art |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Diamond HS |
|
Joplin |
Maxwell |
Heckman |
B&W Photo |
Bronze |
Crowder |
|
|
Joplin |
Maxwell |
Heckman |
Digital Art |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Joplin |
Kherz’den |
Humphrey |
Fiction |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Joplin |
Maegen |
Lightner |
Color Photo |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Joplin |
Nellie |
Mitchell |
2D Art |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Joplin |
Nellie |
Mitchell |
3D Art |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
Joplin |
Billie Holladay |
Skelley |
Fiction |
Bronze |
Community |
|
|
Joplin |
Billie Holladay |
Skelley |
Nonfiction |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
Kansas City |
Tyler |
Porras |
2D Art |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Lockwood |
Samantha |
Patton |
Nonfiction |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Monett |
Dorice |
Baty |
Poetry |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Monett |
Alyson |
Massardo |
Color Photo |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Monett HS |
|
Monett |
Alyson |
Massardo |
Digital Art |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Monett HS |
|
Monett |
Grace |
Wormington |
Fiction |
Silver |
Crowder |
|
|
Monett |
Joby |
Young |
Color Photo |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Neosho |
Nicole |
Ambrose |
B&W Photo |
Gold |
High school |
Neosho HS |
|
Neosho |
Latonia |
Bailey |
B&W Photo |
Publishable |
Staff |
|
|
Neosho |
Latonia |
Bailey |
Color Photo |
Publishable |
Staff |
|
|
Neosho |
Ashley |
Blake |
Color Photo |
Bronze |
Crowder |
|
|
Neosho |
Charlotte |
Boettler |
2D Art |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Neosho HS |
|
Neosho |
Bretton |
Cole |
Color Photo |
Publishable |
Staff |
|
|
Neosho |
Nayelis |
Colon |
Poetry |
Bronze |
Crowder |
|
|
Neosho |
Shelia |
Dossey |
Color Photo |
Silver |
Crowder |
|
|
Neosho |
Carter |
Francisco |
Fiction |
Bronze |
High school |
Neosho Christian School |
|
Neosho |
Derrick |
Griffith |
Digital Art |
Honorable Mention |
Crowder |
|
|
Neosho |
Master Lucas |
Hall |
3D Art |
Silver |
High school |
Homeschool |
|
Neosho |
Jacob |
Hall |
Color Photo |
Publishable |
Staff |
|
|
Neosho |
Sandy |
Jordan |
Nonfiction |
Special Merit |
Community |
|
|
Neosho |
Jaclyn |
Kidd |
Digital Art |
Bronze |
Community |
|
|
Neosho |
Jacqueline |
Orosco |
2D Art |
Bronze |
Community |
|
|
Neosho |
Jacqueline |
Orosco |
2D Art |
Cover |
Community |
|
|
Neosho |
Jacqueline |
Orosco |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
Neosho |
Laurel |
Pevahouse |
3D Art |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
Neosho HS |
|
Neosho |
Cesar |
Piedrasanta |
2D Art |
Bronze |
Crowder |
|
|
Neosho |
Suzanne |
Ratcliff |
2D Art |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
Neosho |
Glory |
Reitz |
Nonfiction |
Publishable |
Staff |
|
|
Neosho |
Lynette |
VanWinkle |
Poetry |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Pierce City |
Jennifer |
Conner |
B&W Photo |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Pierce City |
Jennifer |
Conner |
Color Photo |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
Pierce City |
Jennifer |
Conner |
Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
Community |
|
|
Pierce City |
Jennifer |
Conner |
Nonfiction |
Bronze |
Community |
|
|
Pineville |
Kiara |
Manion |
Fiction |
Gold |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Pineville |
Garrett |
Spears |
Nonfiction |
Bronze |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Purdy |
Kayla |
Branstetter |
Nonfiction |
Silver |
Community |
|
|
Purdy |
Jaci |
Moore |
Nonfiction |
Silver |
High school |
Purdy HS |
|
Rocky Comfort |
Makayla |
Barnhill |
Color Photo |
Gold |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Seneca |
Erin |
Poor |
3D Art |
Gold |
Crowder |
|
|
Southwest City |
Jennifer |
Martinez |
Color Photo |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Southwest City |
Jennifer |
Martinez |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Stark City |
Lily |
Monroe |
B&W Photo |
Silver |
High school |
Monroe Homeschool |
|
Stella |
Sara |
Lutman |
Poetry |
Bronze |
High school |
McDonald County HS |
|
Webb City |
Jammie |
Graves |
Digital Art |
Gold |
Community |
|
|
Webb City |
Alyssa |
Logan |
Digital Art |
Bronze |
Crowder |
|
|
Webb City |
Abigail |
Russell |
Poetry |
Silver |
Crowder |
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