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Three Westminster Students Earn ECC Literary Awards

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Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2004

Three Westminster College English majors, Kathryn Alcorn, Joshua Storey, and Kathleen Sweeney, were recently awarded East Central Colleges (ECC) Honorable Mention Literary Awards.

 Alcorn, a freshman, earned her award for her story, "Blood Red Moons."  She is a daughter of Charles and Jane Ann Alcorn of Pittsburgh, and a graduate of Mount Lebanon High School.

 Storey, a senior, earned his award for his poem, "Murdering Ink."  He is a son of Edmund and Ruth Storey of Carnegie, and a graduate of Carlynton High School.

 Sweeney, a senior, earned her award for her poem "Alison's Wedding."  She is a daughter of Randall and Kimbra Sweeney of Lakewood, N.Y., and a graduate of Southwestern Central High School.

The competition included submissions from ECC colleges: Bethany, Heidelberg, Hiram, Mount Union, Muskingum, Otterbein, West Virginia Wesleyan, and Westminster.  Winners were chosen from anonymously by faculty.  All winners and honorable mention entries will be published in the 2004 ECC Literary Anthology.

For more information, contact Nicole Gatrell at (330) 569-5953.