The winners of the annual contest for the Crowder Quill literary and art magazine of Crowder College have been announced and published in the 2024 edition. 

For the 2024 contest, 694 entries were received, and 103 entries awarded and published. The Crowder Quill will be mailed to winning entrants, and the magazine is available at Crowder College campuses and in the community.

A digital copy of the Crowder Quill will be available soon www.CrowderQuill.com, as well as information about how to enter next year’s contest, which is already open. Updates are provided on Facebook and Instagram as digital media marketing students practice and provide digital and social media content.

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 within 100 miles of any Crowder campus. 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.

The magazine was produced in the Digital Marketing Applied Graphics course by the following students: Hannah Allen, Joplin; Melody Burton, Anderson; Diana Enamorado, Carthage; Gavin Hollingshead, Joplin; Stacy Kern, Stotts City; Zackery Pierce, Pineville; Jaelyn Swaffar, Joplin; Saydee Wheeler, Goodman; Terri White, Joplin; and adviser Latonia Bailey, Neosho.

All published entrants receive a certificate for gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention, as follows: 

Lillyann	Bell	Poetry	Alba	MO	High School	Silver	Tears	Webb City
Maddie	Allison	Nonfiction	Anderson	MO	High School	Bronze	All-American Pressure	McDonald County
Lyriq	Bartley*	Fiction	Anderson	MO	High School	Gold	Lovely Garden	McDonald County	scholarship
Lyriq	Bartley*	Nonfiction	Anderson	MO	High School	Gold	Void in My Heart	McDonald County	scholarship
Sierra	Wilson	Color Photography	Anderson	MO	Community	Silver	Bridge to Paradise
Steve	Wilson	B&W Photography	Anderson	MO	Community	Bronze	Now
Tiffany	Blevins	3D Art	Anderson	MO	Community	Honorable Mention	Nvwoti
Kim	McCully-Mobley	Nonfiction	Aurora	MO	Community	Bronze	I Can Only Imagine
Carlito	Johnson	Color Photography	Blytheville	AR	Crowder	Honorable Mention	Sunset
Lydia	Churchill*	Poetry	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Gold	The Persistence of Dandelions	Carl Junction	scholarship
Olivia	Doss	3D Art	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Honorable Mention	A Proposal	Carl Junction
Avari	Fifer	2D Art	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Silver	Overgrowth	Carl Junction
Lexi	Judy	B&W Photography	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Bronze	The Night Sky	Carl Junction
Lexi	Judy	Color Photography	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Honorable Mention	True Blue	Carl Junction
Miya	Lawson	2D Art	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Honorable Mention	Tension	Carl Junction
Brooklin	Leggett	Color Photography	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Silver	Under the Sea	Carl Junction
Ezekiel	Murray	2D Art	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Bronze	Red Panda	Carl Junction
Jenna	Wells	B&W Photography	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Silver	Unspoken Heights	Carl Junction
Cashton	Wheeler*	B&W Photography	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Gold	Ghost Town Sadness	Carl Junction	scholarship
Cashton	Wheeler	Color Photography	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Bronze	Crater Lake Summer	Carl Junction
Isabelle	Wheeler*	Color Photography	Carl Junction	MO	High School	Gold	Remembering a Dream	Carl Junction	scholarship
Elijah	Mazariegos	Color Photography	Carterville	MO	Community	Honorable Mention	Wavy
Sausha	Miller	Nonfiction	Carthage	MO	Crowder	Silver	One Country, Two Opinions
Ahuli	Dewolfe	Nonfiction	Cassville	MO	High School	Silver	Defining Disability	Cassville
Susan	Eschbach	Fiction	Cassville	MO	Community	Bronze	The Traveler
Prix	Gautney	Fiction	Cassville	MO	Community	Silver	Big Black Horse and an Apple Tree
Raylin	Gomen	3D Art	Cassville	MO	Crowder	Bronze	Journey of the Tree of Life
Lorenzo	Rogers	Poetry	Cassville	MO	High School	Honorable Mention	The Burnt Bridge	Cassville
Linda	Sartin	Nonfiction	Cassville	MO	Community	Gold	Our Comet
Linda	Sartin	Poetry	Cassville	MO	Community	Honorable Mention	In Memory
Megan	Schlotz	Nonfiction	Cassville	MO	Crowder	Bronze	My Rock
Kristen	Stough	Fiction	Cassville	MO	Crowder	Gold	The Reaper Meets a Frightened Child
Aubree	Chisam	3D Art	Crane	MO	Community	Bronze	Seashells and Stained Glass
Lindsey	Hobson	Fiction	Diamond	MO	Community	Honorable Mention	Hunted
Patti	Steel	B&W Photography	Fayetteville	AR	Community	Gold	Belly Dancer
Patti	Steel	Color Photography	Fayetteville	AR	Community	Honorable Mention	Bird on a Wire
Atlas	Imhof	Fiction	Galena	KS	High School	Silver	Earth’s Angel	Riverton High
Atlas	Imhof	Poetry	Galena	KS	High School	Bronze	Moving Away	Riverton High
Dawn	Kimmel	2D Art	Granby	MO	Community	Bronze	Under the Native Moon
Michelle	Pugh	2D Art	Irwin	MO	Crowder	Bronze	Nebulous
Michelle	Pugh	3D Art	Irwin	MO	Crowder	Silver	Green Bowl
Jace	Chaligoj*	3D Art	Joplin	MO	High School	Gold	Wheel Thrown Bowl	Carl Junction	scholarship
Amber	Davidson	2D Art	Joplin	MO	Community	Honorable Mention	Mountain Morning
Evelyn	Hudnall*	Digital Art	Joplin	MO	High School	Gold	Lincoln Monument	Carl Junction	scholarship
Max	Mitchell	Digital Art	Joplin	MO	Community	Gold	Ruin of the Coastal Monarch
Alexandra	Olson	Fiction	Joplin	MO	High School	Bronze	Young Dumb Love	Joplin High
John	Shiflett	2D Art	Joplin	MO	Community	Gold	The King of Sumatra
Billie Holladay	Skelley	Nonfiction	Joplin	MO	Community	Silver	Live Like the Violet
Billie Holladay	Skelley	Poetry	Joplin	MO	Community	Gold	A Neutral Life
Joshua	Weaver	Digital Art	Joplin	MO	High School	Honorable Mention	Music Has the Power	Joplin High
Lacey	Wilson	3D Art	Joplin	MO	High School	Silver	Speaking of Me	Carl Junction
Amber	Davidson	B&W Photography	Joplin	MO	Community,	Silver	Little Havana
Winnie	Jakaitis	Poetry	Joplin	MO	Crowder	Gold	What Keeps Me Awake
Dalton	Schlichting	Nonfiction	Lamar	MO	Crowder	Gold	FACT! Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie
Kira	Hickman	Digital Art	Lanagan	MO	High School	Silver	Dream Reality	McDonald County
Ron Reed	Smith	Fiction	Loma Linda	MO	Community	Gold	The Yarb Doctor’s Magic
Abbigail	Beaver	B&W Photography	Monett	MO	Crowder	Silver	Puppy Love
Tyler	Dallis	3D Art	Monett	MO	Community	Silver	Will I Ever Have a Family of My Own?
Cailey	Storms	Color Photography	Monett	MO	Crowder	Silver	Photography of Japan
Lori	Gibbs	Color Photography	Monett	MO	Crowder	Bronze	The Bus to the Barn
Abigail	Bremer	2D Art	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Gold	Auge
Amani	Firestone	2D Art	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Silver	Roots
David	Frisbie	Color Photography	Neosho	MO	Community	Bronze	Turret View, Great Wall
Emma	Giebler	Nonfiction	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Honorable Mention	Christmas Puppy
Venita	Henson	3D Art	Neosho	MO	Community	Gold	Skye Story Teller
Venita	Henson	Fiction	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Silver	Ghost
Suzanne	Johnson	Poetry	Neosho	MO	Community	Bronze	What Do You See?
Terrin	Mcilvaine	Fiction	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Bronze	Clipped
Terrin	Mcilvaine	Poetry	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Honorable Mention	Made for Sorrow
John	Mills	2D Art	Neosho	MO	Community	Silver	Neosho’s Big Spring Park	Cover
Rachel	Remington	Poetry	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Bronze	15 Years
Eden	Stewart	2D Art	Neosho	MO	Community	Honorable Mention	Coffee Maiden
Eden	Stewart	Digital Art	Neosho	MO	Community	Bronze	Billy the Goat
Brad	Stout	Digital Art	Neosho	MO	Community	Bronze	A Real Scorcher
Lalani	Yang	2D Art	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Honorable Mention	Nature’s Angel
Lalani	Yang	Digital Art	Neosho	MO	Crowder	Gold	Open Gate
Lacey	Nix	2D Art	Noel	MO	High School	Honorable Mention	Ferry Boat	McDonald County
Emi	Kuschel	Poetry	Ozark	MO	Community	Silver	I Think They Hear Me Whisper
Kaitlynn	Howell	Color Photography	Pineville	MO	Crowder	Gold	Lighting
Daniel	McGuffey	Nonfiction	Pineville	MO	High School	Honorable Mention	Find Yourself	McDonald County
David	Zacharias	B&W Photography	Pittsburg	KS	Community	Honorable Mention	Lower Fox Creek School
David	Zacharias	Color Photography	Pittsburg	KS	Community	Gold	Petrified Dunes
David	Zacharias	Digital Art	Pittsburg	KS	Community	Silver	Page AZ
Kaitlyn	Mustain*	2D Art	Powell	MO	High School	Gold	Nest Egg	McDonald County	scholarship
Cecilia	Monsalvo	3D Art	South West City	MO	High School	Bronze	Speckled Mugs	McDonald County
Joselyn	Lopez	B&W Photography	Springdale	AR	Crowder	Gold	Part of the World
Brock	Bearden	Nonfiction	Texarkana	TX	Crowder	Honorable Mention	A Brave Road Trip	Lives in the dorm
Janaya	Erwin	Poetry	Washburn	MO	Crowder	Silver	Lament of a Lost Soul
Jammie	Graves	Color Photography	Webb City	MO	Community	Honorable Mention	Works of Arc
Carsyn	Stephenson	3D Art	Webb City	MO	Crowder	Gold	Undone in Silence

*  $500 scholarships are available to the high school gold winners for each category in the Crowder Quill literary/art contest. The one-time scholarship is for the top high school winner in each category: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, digital art, 2D art, and 3D art.