Spring 2010


Published by:

Student Representative (SR)
Emily Spunaugle
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL

Associate Student Representative (ASR)
Shea Hartmann Hodges
Morningside College
Sioux City, IA

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Midwestern Region

Scholarship and Award Winners


Congratulations to the 2009-2010 scholarship and award winners from the Midwestern Region! 

The following Midwestern scholarship and award winners were announced at the recent 2010 Sigma Tau Delta International Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.
 
 

Nelson James Junior Scholarship ($3,000)

Kelsey Coker

Illinois State University 
Lambda Delta Chapter

Runner-up ($1,500)

Kayla Goetz

Concordia College 
Alpha Lambda Phi Chapter


Midwestern Regional Scholarship ($1,000)

Melissa Miller

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Theta Zeta Chapter


Outstanding Chapter Award ($350 + $350/exhibiting)

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire  ($700)

Theta Zeta Chapter


Stephens College ($700)

Alpha Epsilon Eta Chapter


Illinois Wesleyan University ($350)

Alpha Eta Pi Chapter


Outstanding Literary Arts Journal Awards ($250 each)

1st Place

Stephens College

Alpha Epsilon Eta Chapter

2nd Place

Iowa Wesleyan College

Omicron Alpha Chapter 


Project Grants ($300 each + $300/exhibiting or presenting)

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire ($600) 



Convention Awards 


Convention Awards for Poetry

3rd Place ($150)

Jessica Marshall

Indiana University 

A Story of Woman




Convention Awards for American Literature and Film Studies

1st Place ($500)

Gretchen Panzer

 St. Norbert College (WI)

 A Lost Voice: Sexism in The Great Gatsby


Convention Awards for Creative Nonfiction



1st Place ($500)

 Anna Smith 

 North Central University    (MN)

 The Baby Named Morgue

  2nd Place ($250)

   Laura Citino 

   Western Michigan University (MI)

   Souvenirs 


Convention Awards for Common Reader

 3rd Place ($150)

 Stephanie Schiefelbein 

 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WI)

Crossing the Cross River: Contradictory Waters in My Luck’s Journey to the Afterlife in Song for Night by Chris Abani 


Chapter Display Award ($100)

Phi Beta Chapter  

Harris-Stowe State University (MO)



All photography courtesy of Timothy Stephansen.