MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., April 7 -- Georgia College & State University issued the following news release:

By Margaret Schell

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he annual Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Awards ceremony took place at Georgia College & State University March 31. Five finalists were selected out of 51 submissions in poetry, short story and one-act play.

First-year student, Madeline Johnson, of Gray, Georgia, a double major in English literature and French, earned first-place for her poem "Ship of Theseus." Johnson's poem has been published in Issue VI of "The Young Writers Review."

Sophomore Elizabeth Kohler from Brunswick, Georgia, placed second with her short story "Tethered," and sophomore Savannah Colegrove of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, placed third with h...