
May 9, 2024
For Immediate Release
Office of Public Information
Crowder College
Crowder Quill awards magazine published
Neosho, MO – The winners of the annual contest for the Crowder Quill literary and art magazine of Crowder College have been announced for the 2024-25 edition.
For the 2024-25 contest, 658 entries were received, and 110 entries awarded and published. In May, the Crowder Quill will be mailed to winning entrants, and the magazine will be available at Crowder College campuses and in the community.
A digital copy of the Crowder Quill is available at www.CrowderQuill.com, as well as information about how to enter next year’s 45th anniversary 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: Daniela Aragon, Noel; Amy Carr, Neosho; Marina Garrett, Neosho; Bobbi Gober, Carthage; Cheyenne Hill, Joplin; Charles Jennings, Neosho; Shenel King, Alba; and Latonia Bailey, Neosho, Adviser.
All published entrants receive a certificate for gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention. Award winners are listed alphabetically by hometown, as follows:
First | Last | Category | City/Town | State | Award | Notes | Division | High School | Title |
Shenel | King | 2D Art | Alba | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Fruit Bowl | ||
Lillyann | Bell | Poetry | Alba | Mo. | Silver | High School | Webb City High School | Broken Things | |
Sierra | Wilson | B&W Photography | Anderson | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Palm Tree Paradise | ||
Steve | Wilson | B&W Photography | Anderson | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Statue | ||
Steve | Wilson | Color Photography | Anderson | Mo. | Bronze | Community | Lily of the Pond | ||
Tiffany | Blevins | 3D Art | Anderson | Mo. | Silver | Community | Harddwch & ofn | ||
Cin | Phelps | Digital Art | Anderson | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Crowder | Sebastian | ||
Emily | Woods | Poetry | Aurora | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Aurora High School | Sweet Like Grapefruit | |
Jamie | Billings | Fiction | Aurora | Mo. | Bronze | High School | Aurora High School | A Hundred Years of Memories | |
Raegen | Phelps | Fiction | Aurora | Mo. | Silver | High School | Aurora High School | The Heavenly Hue | |
John | Tipping | Color Photography | Bucyrus | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Crowder | The Crystal Forest | ||
Lindsey | Hubbard | 2D Art | Butler | Mo. | Bronze | Community | Betta | ||
Avari | Fifer | 2D Art | Carl Junction | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Carl Junction High School | Colossal Squid | |
Olivia | Schultz | 2D Art | Carl Junction | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Carl Junction High School | Six Reflections | |
December | Willey | Color Photography | Carl Junction | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Carl Junction High School | An Evening on Table Rock Lake | |
Avari | Fifer | 3D Art | Carl Junction | Mo. | Bronze | High School | Carl Junction High School | Iris Phoenix | |
Sophie | Holcomb | Digital Art | Carl Junction | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | Carl Junction High School | Ethereal Elegance |
Maristela | Lacour | 2D Art | Carl Junction | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | Carl Junction High School | Home |
Kylie | Turner | B&W Photography | Carterville | Mo. | Bronze | Community | Turtle Bay | ||
Bobbi | Gober | B&W Photography | Carthage | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Whiskered Elegance | ||
Bobbi | Gober | Digital Art | Carthage | Mo. | Staff | Staff | A Sunset Stroll in Cromer | ||
Kinlee | Holman | 3D Art | Cassville | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Cassville High School | Tentacle Treasure | |
Kailey | Atnip | B&W Photography | Cassville | Mo. | Silver | High School | Cassville High School | Old School House | |
Saige | Holman | Nonfiction | Cassville | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | Cassville High School | Del Holman’s Story |
Zhoi | Jagger | Color Photography | Cassville | Mo. | Silver | High School | Cassville High School | Two Sides of a Rainbow | |
Aubree | Chisam | 2D Art | Crane | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Covered Face | ||
Julie | Hilton | 2D Art | Goodman | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Perry’s Ride | ||
Julie | Hilton | 3D Art | Goodman | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Featherpaint | ||
Julie | Hilton | B&W Photography | Goodman | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | The Gift | ||
Julie | Hilton | Digital Art | Goodman | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Willow | ||
Jessi | Hilton | Poetry | Goodman | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | Compass Classroom | Shadows of Solitute |
Dawn | Kimmel | 2D Art | Granby | Mo. | Silver | Community | Gateway Oasis | ||
Jolisa | Moua | 2D Art | Granby | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | Deathly Whispers | ||
Kayley | Drake | Color Photography | Granby | Mo. | Bronze | High School | East Newton High School | The Treeee | |
Kayley | Drake | Digital Art | Granby | Mo. | Silver | High School | East Newton High School | Catching Air | |
Kayley | Drake | B&W Photography | Granby | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | East Newton High School | Highlander Cow |
Dixie | Randolph | Nonfiction | Gravette | Ark. | Honorable Mention | Crowder | Outside my Dream House | ||
Libby | Bergen | 3D Art | Joplin | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Carl Junction High School | Forbidden Fruit | |
Noel | Price | 2D Art | Joplin | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Carl Junction High School | Nights Like This | |
Emery | Cochran | 3D Art | Joplin | Mo. | Silver | High School | Carl Junction High School | Piecasso | |
Amber | Davidson | 2D Art | Joplin | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Now & Then | ||
Nellie | Mitchell | 3D Art | Joplin | Mo. | Bronze | Community | Holding Space | ||
George | Haubein | B&W Photography | Joplin | Mo. | Silver | Community | Grand Falls on Shoal Creek, Joplin | ||
Kasandra | Wright | 3D Art | Joplin | Mo. | Bronze | Crowder | Transforming and Exploring the Potential of Soy in Fashion | ||
Terri | White | Color Photography | Joplin | Mo. | Silver | Crowder | Pickin Wild Flowers | ||
Cheyenne | Hill | B&W Photography | Joplin | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Predator Searching for Prey | ||
Cheyenne | Hill | Color Photography | Joplin | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Summer Time Vibes | ||
Ysabella | Moss | Nonfiction | Joplin | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Seneca High School | The Slime of Life | |
Billie Holladay | Skelley | Fiction | Joplin | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | The Uninvited Guest | ||
Billie Holladay | Skelley | Nonfiction | Joplin | Mo. | Gold | Community | Pursuing Purslane | ||
Emma | Spriggs | Poetry | Joplin | Mo. | Bronze | Crowder | Butterfly | ||
Chantel | Smith | Color Photography | Joplin | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | Dogwood Canyon | ||
Kelly | Reddin | Fiction | Joplin | Mo. | Bronze | Community | The Ring | ||
Kelly | Reddin | Nonfiction | Joplin | Mo. | Bronze | Community | The Stolen Christmas Present | ||
Winnie | Jakaitis | Poetry | Joplin | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | Sung by Roses, Rooted in Weeds | ||
Elliana | Griffith | Fiction | Lamar | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Lamar High School | The Sun Stone Excerpt | |
Elliana | Griffith | Nonfiction | Lamar | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Lamar High School | Technical vs. Stylistic | |
Ronald | Smith | Fiction | Loma Linda | Mo. | Silver | Community | The Year that Wanda Janelle Coleman Wore Shorts to the Methodist Church Picnic | ||
Ronald | Smith | Poetry | Loma Linda | Mo. | Silver | Community | Spring Ritual | ||
Vanessa | Maize | Poetry | Miller | Mo. | Bronze | Community | To the Moon and Back | ||
Emma | Hensley | 2D Art | Monett | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Monett High School | The Letters | |
Cailey | Storms | Color Photography | Monett | Mo. | Bronze | Crowder | Cherry Blossom Beauty | ||
Aly | Massardo | Nonfiction | Monett | Mo. | Silver | Community | Her Smile | ||
Joshua | Brink | Fiction | Mulberry | Kans. | Silver | Crowder | What Makes a Failure | ||
Adalyn | Christenson | 2D Art | Neosho | Mo. | Silver | High School | Neosho High School | Waltz of the Waves | |
Eden | Stewart | Digital Art | Neosho | Mo. | Silver | Community | The Witches They Could Not Burn | ||
Marcy | Abercrombie | Color Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Community | Butterfly Drinking From A Rhododendron | ||
Venita | Henson | 3D Art | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Community | Wounded Knee | ||
Michael K | Moore | 2D Art | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Community | Kansas High Rise | ||
Weems | 2D Art | Neosho | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Crowder | Live to Make an Impact | |||
Weems | Digital Art | Neosho | Mo. | Bronze | Crowder | Lover’s Kiss | |||
Ialani | Yang | 3D Art | Neosho | Mo. | Silver | Crowder | Aurum Form | ||
Ialani | Yang | Digital Art | Neosho | Mo. | Silver | Crowder | Endless Wonder | ||
Samantha | Cafferty | B&W Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | The Road Home | ||
Samantha | Cafferty | Color Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | Snow Dogs Russel | ||
Samantha | Cafferty | Digital Art | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | Child Wish Digital | ||
Weems | 3D Art | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | Infest the Rat’s Nest | |||
Latonia | Bailey | B&W Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Feathering the Path | ||
Latonia | Bailey | Color Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Alley Spring Mill | ||
Marina | Garrett | Color Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Redings Mill Pool | ||
Marina | Garrett | Digital Art | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Double Rainbow | ||
Charles | Jennings | B&W Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Monett Fire Engine 113 | ||
Charles | Jennings | Color Photography | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Joplin Fire Department’s Rescue | ||
Cassandra | Jordan | Fiction | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Community | Touching The Sky | ||
Cassandra | Jordan | Poetry | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Community | His Homecoming | ||
Jenna | Ehrhardt | Nonfiction | Neosho | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Crowder | Commemorating the Room That Made Me | ||
Samuel | Moore | Nonfiction | Neosho | Mo. | Bronze | Crowder | Cause and Effect | ||
Evelyn | Comstock | Poetry | Neosho | Mo. | Silver | Crowder | Whispers in the Dark | ||
Venita | Henson | Fiction | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | Biscuits With Butter And Red Apple Jam | ||
James | Jones | Nonfiction | Neosho | Mo. | Gold | Crowder | After the Wedding | ||
Amy | Carr | 2D Art | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | The Zebras | ||
Amy | Carr | Nonfiction | Neosho | Mo. | Staff | Staff | Where Have All the Good Bees Gone? | ||
Leah | Stephens | 3D Art | Noel | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | McDonald County High School | Autumn Journaling |
Angie | Brewer | Poetry | Noel | Mo. | Honorable Mention | Community | The Mockingbird | ||
Harley | Collins | Nonfiction | Pineville | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | McDonald County High School | Sixteen Going on Four | |
B. | Ryan | Nonfiction | pineville | Mo. | Bronze | High School | McDonald County High School | Leg Breaker 5000 | |
Lloyd | Kelley | Nonfiction | Pineville | Mo. | Silver | High School | McDonald County High School | The Average Customer Service Experience | |
David | Zacharias | Color Photography | Pittsburg | Kans. | Silver | Community | Sylvan Lake | ||
David | Zacharias | B&W Photography | Pittsburg | Kans. | Gold | Community | Badlands B&W | ||
David | Zacharias | Digital Art | Pittsburg | Kans. | Gold | Community | Badlands2 | ||
Jayden | Mustain | 2D Art | Powell | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | McDonald County High School | Winged Victory, Nike of Samothrace | |
Melissa | Lee | B&W Photography | Purdy | Mo. | Silver | Crowder | Majestic | ||
Kadence | Mestas | 2D Art | Purdy | Mo. | Silver | Crowder | Deep Dive | ||
Mia | Ingram | Poetry | Rogers | Ark. | Honorable Mention | Crowder | The Iridescent Limelight of You | ||
Samantha | Thompson | B&W Photography | Seneca | Mo. | Bronze | High School | Seneca High School | When the Lightning Strikes | |
Samantha | Thompson | Color Photography | Seneca | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | Seneca High School | The Golden Light |
Cecilia | Cummings | Poetry | Seneca | Mo. | Bronze | High School | Lighthouse Christian Academy | Numb | |
Caitlyn | Bonass | 3D Art | Shell Knob | Mo. | Honorable Mention | High School | Cassville High School | Spirit of Winter | |
Marlena | Lule | 2D Art | South West City | Mo. | Bronze | High School | McDonald County High School | Survival’s Embrace | |
Stacy | Kern | Digital Art | Stotts City | Mo. | Bronze | Community | How Blue | ||
Trista | Tautkus | Fiction | Webb City | Mo. | Gold | Scholarship | High School | Webb City High School | The Time Capsules |
* $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.
For more information, contact the program coordinator/instructor: LatoniaBailey@Crowder.edu.