NOCCA Creative Writing Students Receive Accolades In Faulkner Society High School Short Story Contest
Creative Writing Richichi: Winner Renee Richichi, The Women in Blue from Mandeville attending NOCCA full-day Academic Studio | Creative Writing
NOCCA Creative Writing Group: L-R
(Back Row): Torey Bovie Cicada, Naomi Adler Don’t Tell the Universe, Gloria Jordan Down the Road, Lore Bordagaray Letters From the Greenhouse, Finn Yekple Sundays, Donatella Henry Streetcar to the 7th Ward, Maggie Malone The Seed
(Middle Row): Kaila Robertson Hands, Jules Worden The Fall, Sidney K. Gard Let the Good Times, Gabrielle Balot The Devil’s Ivy, Renee Richichi The Women in Blue, Jillian Chatelain The Street Lamp
(Front Row): Nyela Joshua The Disappearance of Either My Objects or My Sanity, Nichole Cloke With Hindsight in Mind, Katherine Edwards You So-and-So
Winner: NOCCA Full-Day Academic Studio From Mandeville, LA
The results from the Faulkner Society High School Short Story Contest are in and several NOCCA Creative Writing students and alumni received recognition.
The Winner
The Women in Blue by Renee Richichi, Mandeville | NOCCA Academic Studio
The Runner-up
The Disappearance of Either My Objects or My Sanity
By Nyela Amili Raha Joshua, New Orleans | Benjamin Franklin High School
Short List
A Winter Tale, Kristian Palmer, Algiers, LA (graduated/not pictured)
Cicada, Torey Bovie, New Orleans | NOCCA Academic Studio
Don’t Tell the Universe, Naomi Adler, New Orleans | Benjamin Franklin High School
Letters From the Greenhouse, Lore Bordagaray, Covington | Homeschool
Streetcar to the 7th Ward, Donatella Henry, Abita Springs | NOCCA Academic Studio
The Devil’s Ivy, Gabrielle Balot, Jefferson | Homeschool
The Fall, Jules Worden, New Orleans | NOCCA Academic Studio
What You Make of It, Nicholas Burtchaell, Chalmette, LA (graduated/not pictured)
Finalists
Real Estate, Mary Murphy, New Orleans, LA (graduated)
Sundays, Finn Yekple, New Orleans | Benjamin Franklin High School
The Street Lamp, Jillian Chatelain, Chalmette | NOCCA Academic Studio
With Hindsight in Mind, Nichole Cloke, New Orleans | Benjamin Franklin High
You So-and-So, Katherine Edwards, New Orleans | NOCCA Academic Studio
Semi-Finalists
Down the Road, Gloria Jordan, New Orleans | NOCCA Academic Studio
Ernest and I, Pia Mulleady, New Orleans (graduated/not pictured)
Hands, Kaila Robertson, New Orleans | NOCCA Academic Studio
Of the Same Laugh, Deja Robinson, New Orleans | Livingston Collegiate Academy (not pictured)
Let the Good Times, Sidney K. Gard, New Orleans | Homeschool
Ponchatoula Strawberries, Louise Olivier, New Orleans, LA (graduated/not pictured)
The Seed, Maggie Malone, New Orleans | NOCCA Academic Studio
The William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition is sponsored annually by The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Inc., a non-profit literary and educational organization.