{"id":153,"date":"2020-10-08T23:49:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T03:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/?p=153"},"modified":"2020-10-08T23:50:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T03:50:16","slug":"announcing-the-winners-of-the-2020-booth-tarkington-prize-for-young-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/2020\/10\/08\/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2020-booth-tarkington-prize-for-young-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Booth Tarkington Prize for Young Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"8top-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8top-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8top-0-0\">We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2020 Booth Tarkington Prize for Young Writers!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"92h9s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"92h9s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"92h9s-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"dm8j-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dm8j-0-0\"><strong>ELEMENTARY<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"frs7n-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"frs7n-0-0\"><em><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"396l7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"396l7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"396l7-0-0\">*Winner &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/prudence-peng-pandemics\/\">Prudence Peng, &#8220;Pandemics&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"505nt-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"505nt-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"505nt-0-0\">~~~<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"5qtsu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5qtsu-0-0\"><em><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"868lu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"868lu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"868lu-0-0\">*Winner &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/nura-paarlberg-the-haunted-house\/\">Nura Paarlberg, &#8220;The Haunted House&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"bi2oc-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bi2oc-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bi2oc-0-0\">*Runner-Up &#8212; Prudence Peng, &#8220;The Magic of Mathematics&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"bfarf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bfarf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bfarf-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"f757s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f757s-0-0\"><strong>MIDDLE SCHOOL<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"68qfc-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"68qfc-0-0\"><strong><em>Poetry<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"bju46-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bju46-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bju46-0-0\">*Winner &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/max-habel-i-was-blind\/\">Max Habel, &#8220;I Was Blind&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"77qd6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"77qd6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"77qd6-0-0\">*Runner-Up &#8212; Sade Okeyemi, &#8220;A Note to My Past Self&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"25ems-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"25ems-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"25ems-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Riley Newcomer, &#8220;Stage Fright&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"3jdp2-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3jdp2-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3jdp2-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Lea Bostian, &#8220;The Current&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"896j8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"896j8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"896j8-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Sade Okeyemi, &#8220;Your Two Sides&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"9s7iv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9s7iv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9s7iv-0-0\">~~~<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"bugsq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bugsq-0-0\"><em><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"1vm2i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1vm2i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1vm2i-0-0\">*Winner &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/165-2\/\">Avery Barbosa-Hayes, &#8220;Girl of My Dreams&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"eksc0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eksc0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eksc0-0-0\">*Runner-Up &#8212; Evelina Rubchinsky, &#8220;&#8230;You Might Just Get It&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"chfk8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"chfk8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"chfk8-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"84tct-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"84tct-0-0\"><strong>HIGH SCHOOL<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"8aaqq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8aaqq-0-0\"><em><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"208sp-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"208sp-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"208sp-0-0\">*Winner &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/eros-preston-the-lover\/\">Eros Preston, &#8220;the lover&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"92rdl-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"92rdl-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"92rdl-0-0\">*Runner-Up &#8212; Hailey Gaither, &#8220;Praise the Moon&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"1kjmv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1kjmv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1kjmv-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Leo Rubchinsky, &#8220;Devils Tower&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"1t3ct-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1t3ct-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1t3ct-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Natalie Liddle, &#8220;The Darkness&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"dv641-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dv641-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dv641-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Emmerick Beltz, &#8220;Dady Why?&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"b6b93-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b6b93-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b6b93-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Aniya Jones, &#8220;Looking Deep&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8211;Zoie Alger, &#8220;Through the Broken Glass&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">~~~<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">Fiction<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">*Winner &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/lindsay-brandt-vigil-security\/\">Lindsay Brandt, &#8220;Vigil Security&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">*Runner-Up &#8212; Amya Stephens, &#8220;Of Rain and Roses&#8221;<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Adam Betz, &#8220;Breathe<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Jillian Hagerty, &#8220;The Glass Ballerina&#8221;<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvl65-0-0\">*Honorable Mention &#8212; Delaney Davis, &#8220;Untitled&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"e17vf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"e17vf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"e17vf-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9f4sf\" data-offset-key=\"2qi2c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2qi2c-0-0\"><strong>CONGRATULATIONS to these writers and all who submitted. We had over 70 INCREDIBLE submissions this year, and we are so grateful to have been trusted with your work. <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2020 Booth Tarkington Prize for Young Writers! \u00a0 ELEMENTARY Poetry *Winner &#8212; Prudence Peng, &#8220;Pandemics&#8221; ~~~ Fiction *Winner &#8212; Nura Paarlberg, &#8220;The Haunted House&#8221; *Runner-Up &#8212; Prudence Peng, &#8220;The Magic of Mathematics&#8221; \u00a0 MIDDLE SCHOOL Poetry *Winner &#8212; Max Habel, &#8220;I &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9195514,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","column","twocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9195514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerbridgeprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}