Liesl Eck wins second place in 2011 Norm Strung Youth Writing Awards
The Outdoor Writers Association of America awarded 12 Norm Strung Youth Writing prizes totaling $1,700, sponsored by the Safari Club International Foundation.
The annual contest has categories for poetry and prose in two divisions: junior (grades 6-8) and senior (grades 9-12), and entries must be outdoors oriented and previously published in a newsletter, newspaper, magazine, literary collection, etc. Junior and senior poetry and prose first-place winners received $250; second-place winners received $125; and third-place winners received $50.
Included in this year’s winners was Liesl Eck of Jasper. Ms. Eck placed second place in the Senior Poetry Division for her entry “Death of Fall”. She is the daughter of Christine and Kenneth Eck, and is currently a freshman at the University of Evansville.
Here is another story about Liesl.
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Death of Fall
Winter brings a frigid death upon the West Wind’s mighty breath and with a frozen, icy hand paints white across the barren land “winter has come.” a voice does call, and marks today the death of fallPoem is by Liesl Eck, who participated in the 4-H Creative Writing project in both poetry and prose. She was a 10 year 4-H’er who was a member of the Millennium Club and a graduate of Jasper High School in Jasper, Indiana. Liesl is currently a student at the University of Evansville studying archeology and art history[/box]
The Norm Strung Youth Writing Contest was named after Norm Strung, who served as OWAA president in 1984-1985. Now deceased, Strung received OWAA’s Excellence in Craft award in 1989. In 1988, Strung was the Ham Brown recipient for service to OWAA. That same year, he organized and edited a book for OWAA titled “Selling the Outdoor Story.”
Since its inception in 1927, OWAA has become the largest and oldest association of professional outdoor communicators in the United States. OWAA’s mission is to improve the professional skills of its members, set the highest ethical and communications standards, encourage public enjoyment and conservation of natural resources and mentor the next generation of professional outdoor communicators. For more information, visit www.owaa.org.
