Students create winning words for UC Blue Ash contest

The English and Communication Department at the college has held the contest for more than a decade to help increase interest in poetry and songwriting among college and high school students. Rhonda Pettit, professor of English at UC Blue Ash, coordinated the contest with help from Amber Kuftic, program coordinator for the English and Communication Department. Willis Music in Florence, Kentucky once again sponsored the event and will provide a new guitar to the winner of the songwriting contest.

Poetry Contest Winners

• 1st – Annabelle Tittel (UC Blue Ash) for “8mm film is so expensive these days”
• 2nd – Annabelle Tittel for “Adonis will never love you the way Ares would”
• 3rd – Sophie Flem (Wyoming High School) for “The Local Rendition of the Law is Conservation”
• Honorable Mention – Margo D’Agostino (Wyoming High School) for “Linens”
• Honorable Mention – Annabelle Tittel for “Where the Evergreen Trees Grow Down in the Ditch”

Songwriting Contest Winners

• 1st – Samantha Mumper (Roger Bacon High School) for “Mermaid”
• Runner-up – Zoe Nienaber (Roger Bacon High School) for “That’s What I Love About You”

To learn more about the UC Blue Ash College Poetry & Songwriting contest, contact the English and Communication Department at 513-745-5645 or by email at rhonda.pettit@uc.edu.