Saturday, April 29, 2023

Senior Creative Writing Majors Give Reading; Yeaste Wins Snyder Award

 

Dr. Charles Carlise, Tia Shanklin, Sarah Yeaste, Kayti Bowles, and Dr. Kelly Sundberg

On Tuesday, April 25, the senior creative writing majors shared portions of their capstone projects at a public reading. Kayti Bowles's project, The Exquisite Corpse, is a chronological, confessional book of poetry that navigates the ups and downs of life into adulthood. The final section is a personal address to her children through poems regarding the conditions of womanhood, the pitfalls of their bloodline, and more. Tia Shanklin's The Holders is a fantasy/adventure novel that will become a five-book series. It is a series full of magic, adventure, revenge, and an underlying message of inclusivity and breaking free from labels. Sarah Yeaste's The Phantom and the Monster is a young adult dystopian/fantasy novel that explores the question of whether there is such a thing as good or evil.


Sarah Yeaste, pictured above with Dr. Kelly Sundberg, was honored with the Richard Snyder Award for outstanding senior creative writing major. The award comes with a cash prize. Congratulations to Sarah for this award and to Kayti and Tia for completing their capstone projects!