The Crowder Quill, a literary and art magazine of Crowder College, will be published and mailed to winning entrants by mid-May. 

All published entrants will also receive a certificate for gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention. Award placements will be announced to the public and on social media by May 1.  

Entrants were notified by email the status of their entry in early March. 

Students in the Digital Media Marketing program are designing the magazine as application of graphic design principles and also focusing on digital and social media content for entrants. 

Make sure to follow the Crowder Quill on Facebook and Instagram for more updates.

Begun in 1980, the Quill is published each spring; the contest deadline is Feb. 1 each year, and divisions are high school, Crowder, and the community. The categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, 2D art, 3D art, digital art, color photography, and black and white photography. The magazine and contest are both free, and high school gold winners receive a $500 scholarship.

Please contact us if you did not receive notification or have any questions.

2D ART
“A Mother’s Love” by Melody Burton
“Auge” by Abigail Bremer
“Coffee Maiden” by Eden Stewart
“Ferry Boat” by Lacey Nix
“The King of Sumatra” by John Shiflett
“Mountain Morning” by Amber Davidson
“Nature’s Angel” by Ialani Yang
“Nebulous” by Michelle Pugh
“Neosho’s Big Spring Park” by John Mills
“Nest Egg” by Kaitlyn Mustain
“Overgrowth” by Avari Fifer
“Red Panda” by Ezekiel Murray
“Roots” by Amani Firestone
“Tension” by Miya Lawson
“Under the Native Moon” by Dawn Kimmel

3D ART
“A Proposal” by Olivia Doss
“Green Bowl” by Michelle Pugh
“Journey of the Tree of Life” by Raylin Gomen
“Nvwoti” by Tiffany Blevins
“Seashells and Stained Glass” by Aubree Chisam
“Skye Story Teller” by Venita Henson
“Speaking of Me” by Lacey Wilson
“Speckled Mugs” by Cecilia Monsalvo
“Undone in Silence” by Carsyn Stephenson
“Wheel Thrown Bowl” by Jace Chaligoj
“Will I Ever Have a Family of My Own?” by Tyler Dallis

B&W PHOTOGRAPHY
“Abandoned Stairs” by Latonia Bailey
“Belly Dancer” by Patti Steel
“Ghost Town Sadness” by Cashton Wheeler
“Little Havana” by Amber Davidson
“Lower Fox Creek School” by David Zacharias
“Mr. Mooney” by Hannah Allen
“The Night Sky” by Lexi Judy
“Now” by Steve Wilson
“Part of the World” by Joselyn Lopez
“Puppy Love” by Abbigail Beaver
“Unspoken Heights” by Jenna Wells
“Woosaw” by Stacy Kern

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
“Bird on a Wire” by Patti Steel
“Bridge to Paradise” by Sierra Wilson
“The Bus to the Barn” by Lori Gibbs
“Crater Lake Summer” by Cashton Wheeler
“Florida Keys Sunset” by Latonia Bailey
“Joy to the World” by Melody Burton
“Kayaks Waiting” by Terri White
“Lighting” by Kaitlynn Howell
“Petrified Dunes” by David Zacharias
“Photography of Japan” Cailey Storms
“Remembering a Dream” by Isabell Wheeler
“Sunflowers of Missouri” by Stacy Kern
“Sunset” by Carlito Johnson
“The Terrific Tetons” by Hannah Allen
“True Blue” by Lexi Judy
“Turret View, Great Wall” by David Frisbie
“Under the Sea” by Brooklin Leggett
“Wavy” by Elijah Mazariegos
“Works of Arc” by Daniel Graves

DIGITAL ART
“A Real Scorcher” by Brad Stout
“Billy the Goat” by Eden Stewart
“Dream Reality” by Kira Hickman
“Lincoln Monument” by Evelyn Hudnall
“Music Has the Power” by Joshua Weaver
“Open Gate” by Ialani Yang
“Page AZ” by David Zacharias
“Ruin of the Coastal Monarch” by Max Mitchell
“Stairs to Peace” by Zack Pierce

FICTION
“Big Black Horse and an Apple Tree” by Prix Gautney
“Clipped” by Terrin Mcilvaine
“Earth’s Angel” by Hannah Davis
“Ghost” by Venita Henson
“Hunted” by Lindsey Hobson
“Lovely Garden” by Lyriq Bartley
“The Reaper Meets a Frightened Child” by Kristen Stough
“The Traveler” by Susan Eschbach
“The Yarb Doctor’s Magic” by Ronald Smith
“Young Dumb Love” by Alexandra Olson

NONFICTION
“A Brave Road Trip” by Brock Bearden
“All-American Pressure” by Maddie Allison
“Christmas Puppy” by Emma Giebler
“Defining Disability” by Ahuli Reed
“FACT! Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie” by Dalton Schlichting
“Find Yourself” by Daniel McGuffey “I Can Only Imagine” by Kim McCully-Mobley
“Live Like the Violet” by Billie Holladay Skelley
“My Rock” by Megan Schlotz
“One Country, Two Opinions” by Sausha Miller
“Our Comet” by Linda Sartin
“Void in My Heart” by Lyriq Bartley

POETRY
“15 Years” by Rachel Remington
“A Neutral Life” by Billie Holladay Skelley
“The Burnt Bridge” by Sadie (Lorenzo) Kraft
“I Think They Hear Me Whisper” by Emi Kuschel
“In Memory” by Linda Sartin
“Lament of a Lost Soul” by Janaya Erwin
“Made for Sorrow” by Terrin Mcilvaine
“The Mirror” by Saydee Wheeler
“Moving Away” Hannah Davis
“Peace to December 3rd” by Diana Enamorado
“The Persistence of Dandelions” by Lydia Churchill
“Tears” by Lillyann Bell
“What Do You See?” by Suzanne Johnson
“What Keeps Me Awake” by Winnie Jakaitis