Kelowna student declared winner of Okanagan College writing contest
Kelowna student declared winner of Okanagan College writing contest
Mary Bevan, an Okanagan College Kelowna campus student, is the grand prize winner of the fourth annual 3-hour Short Story Writing contest. Bevan was awarded a $500 Okanagan College tuition credit and a published chapbook of her winning story, “The Use in Usefulness.”
“I was surprised and overwhelmed by the win because I knew I was competing with fellow students whose writing I really admire,” said Bevan, 18, a first-year student in the College’s Writing and Publishing diploma program.
The contest took place on Saturday, Nov. 16 on all four Okanagan College campuses (Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon and Salmon Arm). Participants had three hours to write an original piece of literary fiction that incorporated the phrase “burning fields,” which was revealed at the beginning of the contest.
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