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  • Samuel Larue Finley Humorous Writing Contest Results

Samuel Larue Finley Humorous Writing Contest Results

2024-2025

Grand Prize $500 to Eva Fottrell for “The Evasive Vase”. [English]
Honor Prizes for Short-Short (<500 words) Category:
$100 to Hava Herzog for “Warning: Subaru Crossing.” [Journalism]
$100 to Stefanie Pace for “Every Medicine Commercial Ever.” [Psychology]
$100 to Isaac Dempsey for “Fireworks.” [Creative Media & Film]
Honor Prizes for Column (500–750 Words) Category:
$100 to Samantha Popowski for “The iPad Baby Hunger Games.” [Visual Communication]
$100 to Rachel Lemons for “Diary Entries to my Bald Head.” [Communication Studies]
$100 to Rebecca Heiselman for “Green Goose Gone.” [Strategic Communications]

2023-2024

Grand Prize $500 to Katarzyna Koston for “The Differences Between My Cheating Ex-Boyfriend & My Roommate’s Chihuahua.” [Program: English]
Honor Prizes Short-Short (<500 words):
$100 to Isaac Dempsey for “Eulogy for a Loaf.” [Program: Creative Media & Film—Media Studies]
$100 to Samantha Popowski for “An Open Letter to the Intimidating Crow in the Home Depot Parking Lot Circa 2009.” [Program: Visual Communication]
$100 to Grace Meinema for “Is It a Taylor Swift Song or a Behr Paint Color?” [Program: Journalism]
 
Honor Prizes Story or Column (500–750 words)
$100 to Rachel Lemons for “The Not So Secret Life of Pets.” [Program: Journalism]
$100 to Bryce Rynders for “The College Experience: Expectations vs. Reality.” [Program: Psychology]
$100 to Eva Fottrell for “Coffee and Cough Syrup.” [Program: Biomedical Science]

2022-2023

  • Grand Prize to Rachel Lemons (Journalism) for her Short-Short Entry: “Which Came First?”
  • Honor Prize Winner, Michael Eggert (Creative Media & Film) for his Short-Short Entry: “Brett Pets the Fluffy Cow.”
  • Honor Prize Winner, Isaac Dempsey (Psychology) for his Short-Short Entry: “Report From the Convention on Literary Conventions.”
  • Honor Prize Winner, Emily Ford (Social Work) for her Short-Short Entry: “Crazy Cat Lady?”
  • Honor Prize Winner, Isaiah Acevedo (Psychology & Biology) for his Column Entry: “Misty is Mad.”
  • Honor Prize Winner, Olivia Charlson (Journalism) for her Column Entry: “Avocado Afterlife.”
  • Honor Prize Winner, Fritz Pierre (Master of Computer Information Technology) for his Column Entry: “The Unfortunate Encounter.”

2013–2014

  • Grand Prize, $300, to Amanda Skonvold, BS in Strategic Communication, for “Satan’s Replacement.”
  • First Place, $200, to Danielle Frederic, BSED in Elementary Ed, for “The Taming of a College Student.”
  • Second Place, $150, to Daniel Swaim, MA in Professional Writing, for “The Baby Brother Support Group.”
  • Third Place, $100, to Melissa Becker, MEd in Ed Leadership, for “The Duck and the Seagull.”
  • Honorable Mention, $75, to Karen McCoy, MFA in Creative Writing, for “To the Humans Who Keep Me Locked in the House.”
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School of Communication
700 S. Knoles Dr. PO Box: 5619
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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