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A Near Miss Awards Issue 2003 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/nearmissawardsis2003edma A Near Miss Awards Issue 2003 University ofSouth Carolina Spartanburg Vol. 3 Spring 2003 No. 1 (^i\ Preface In the 2003 issue ofy4 NearMiss, The University ofSouth Carohna Spartanburg proudly presents the works ofyoung artists and writers from high schools across the upstate. Their poetry, fiction, andvisual art demonstrate notonlycreative talent, butalso wisdom, honesty, courage, and humor. Each piece of work selected for publication underwent rigorous editorial scrutiny and was chosen from among thousands ofsubmissions. Congratulations to each studentwhose talent and hardwork are showcased in this edition. Congratulations are also due elsewhere: much ofthe credit for the level ofquality ofthe work appearing inA NearMiss must be attributed to the teachers who instruct, motivate, and inspire their gifted students. We thank them for their dedication and enthusiasm. Marilyn Knight Editor it ANearMiss Acknowledgements The publication of^ NearMiss involves the efforts ofmany- organizations and peoplewho lend their energy, skill, and enthusiasm for the arts to this project. Thanks are due to: Indexx Printing Solutions CEO Mr.Jordan Finn, Ms. SherryJenkins, Sales Ms. Vicki Riggins, Customer ServiceRep The Carolina Piedmont Foundation Mr.John Perry, Vice ChancellorforUniversityAdvancement Ms. Felicia Griees, Director oftheAnnual Fund The University ofSouth Carolina Spartanburg Dr.Judith Prince, Vice Chancellor ofAcademicAffairs Dr. M.B. Ulmer, Dean ofthe College ofArts and Sciences Dr.RichardPredmore,Chair,DivisionofFineArtsLanguageandLiterature Ms. Katie Hicks, Professor ofArt Ms. NancyCallicot,AdministrativeAssistant Ms. Alison Kimball,Administrative Specialist Ms. Kaye Pope, StudentAssistant Ms. Mayra Gonzalez, StudentAssistant Ms. Pamela Huggins, Intern Ms. Nichole Sise, Intern Ms. AnnaWashburn,Assistant Ms. Charmaine Hazekamp, Manager, PrintingServices Ms. LisaMiller, PrintingServices A NearMiss Hi Table ofContents The PrizeWinners 2003 Award ofSpecial Merit: Cover Art Nikki Allison Chesnee High School Janis Browning Lixee Goforth 2 RobertAndrews 19 Erin Scheaffer 3 Annah Browning 20 TeraRolander 4 BonnieWest 22 AnneAimers 7 Anne Persons 23 MaggieJohnston 8 Adam GrifFis 24 Ben Sloan 9 Amber Bishop 30 John Holt 10 Heather Peden 31 Tera Rolander 15 MaryElizabeth Hayes 32 Jamie Lambert 16 Rogers Brandt 33 RebeccaSmith 17 Poetry, Fiction, Art, 2003 Hanna-BetsillJones 36 SaraThrasher 49 AshleyGault 37 Britni Cox 50 EmilyBlankenship 38 AnneAimers 51 TreyLipscomb 39 Ann Blumer 52 Jance Claire Remick 40 Callie Plaxico 53 MaggieJohnston 41 Charles Lathan 54 Katherine Stehling 42 EmilyBlakenship 54 LinseyAllio 43 Margaret MasonTate 55 Theresa Kelley 44 Charles Lathan 56 Denise Ebner 45 Melissa Revels 57 KayleeWalters 45 Jennifer Cluck 58 ElizabethThompson 46 Amanda Hart 59 Madison McClendon 48 Mary K. Allen 60 iv ANearMiss Tobias Myers 60 Kristen Coleman 97 Courtney Reed 61 Beth Hill 98 Katherine Kohout 62 Lee Ingraham 99 Russell Hawkins 63 Lauren Poole 100 Joy Dunlap 64 GaleThompson 101 Travis Sims 65 Jon Knox Griffin 102 Judson McKinney 66 GaleThompson 103 Rachel Foster 67 Pammy Sewell 104 Crystal Mullinax 68 Keisha Lancaster 104 Ryan Collins 69 Anne Persons 105 Seth Sanders 71 Hannah Dykes 106 RussellJennings 72 Susan Wines 107 Ben Baker 73 HollyLaney 108 Hannah Dykes 74 Patrick Sansbury 108 Ashley Gibson 75 Charles Lathan 109 HalleyWarble 76 Renell Rawley 110 Efrain Sullivan 76 Patrick Schwedler Ill Tera Rolander 77 Whitney Cochran 112 Margaret MasonTate 78 MatAlexander 113 MaryAnderson 79 Evan Snider 114 Chase Dority 80 Bennett Stulting 115 Amanda Gurganus 81 Hannah Dykes 116 JessicaIsenhower 82 Heather Peden 118 Anne Hasuly 83 RathaEnn 118 MollyFrance 84 Clare Scott 119 CoreyMesser 85 Vannara Sun 120 Phylicia Barno 86 BethWoodward 121 AaronYarbrough 87 Rogers Brandt 122 Crystal Barbare 88 LinsayAllio 123 Michael McCallister 89 Daniel Hutchins 124 Sara Powell 90 LeidyEspinal 125 Stephen Brown II 91 Wade Speer 126 Annah Browning 92 Hadassah Falby 127 Josh Fain 94 AnneAimers 128 Sarah Maloy 94 Grace Loflin 129 Matt Carros 95 Nhan Nguyen 130 Sunshine Cobb 96 KellenAzzara 131 A NearMiss v Victoria Barrett 132 SamanthaFreudenthal 132 Christina Mitchell 133 Wilson Peden 134 ChristinaMitchell 135 Jessica Dennis 135 RebeccaSmith 136 LelandWood 137 MaraBetsch 138 AaronJarvis 139 MandyManoski 140 Kristen Fike 141 LacyLynch 142 Sarah Camille Higgs 143 Steven Bryant 144 BradVanderford 146 Tinisha Swindler 147 Catheine Cellela 148 JonasTolentino 150 vi ANearMiss The Prize Winners 2003 FirstPlacePoetry Grief Hesat outside fordays shovelingdirt, spoonful afterspoonful, into his gapingmouth. Itbegan after the ceremony, when everyonewas inside mourningovercakes and coffee. At first, Iwas the onlywitness as he fell onto his knees ruininghis rented suit. With tremblinghands, he caressed the earth she had cultivated. Thespoon that came from hisleftpocket was small with ahard plastichandle shaped like abear. He began toweep as he plunged thespoon into the topsoil. Speechlessly, Iwatched him begin to takeherback. Lixee Goforth FineArts Center ClaireBateman 2 ANearMiss