8th Annual Spanish Creative Writing Contest Announces Winners

OMAHA - The Winners of the 8^th Annual Creative Writing Contest in Spanish have been announced.

The contest was open to all students attending grades 5-12 in the State of Nebraska and asked all students to submit a short story between 250 and 600 words.

The 8^th Annual Creative Writing Contest in Spanish is sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages, Masters of Arts in Language Teaching (MALT), the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS), and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

This year’s winners are:

Grades 5-8, First Prize: "El ciervo Rey", by Iván Varela, based on American Indian Hunter & Pronghorn Antelope (Schuyler Middle School, 8^th grade).

Grades 9-12, First Prize: "Diga no al racismo", by Alexis Wilch (Schuyler Central High School, 12^th grade).

Grades 9-12, Honorary Mention: "La responsabilidad social", by Logan Peterson (Millard West High School, 11^th grade).

The winners will receive a prize and a certificate by mail and will be invited to share their texts with UNO Spanish students on a campus visit in the Spring semester.