KEARNEY, Neb., March 13 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:
KEARNEY - The University of Nebraska at Kearney is recognizing eight students selected as winners of the annual Nebraska Emerging Writers and Artists Contest.
In its sixth year, the competition encourages high schoolers from across the state to showcase their creativity by submitting essays, poems, short stories and artwork using a specific theme as inspiration. This year's theme was "Nebraska's Land, Nature and Memories."
More than 160 entries were submitted, with winners selected by UNK undergraduate students through a blind review process. The first-place winner in each writing category receives a $500 scholarship from the UNK Department o...