{"id":30686,"date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/four-tarleton-students-selected-for-anthology-editors-choice-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:20:20","slug":"four-tarleton-students-selected-for-anthology-editors-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/four-tarleton-students-selected-for-anthology-editors-choice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Tarleton students selected for Anthology Editor&#8217;s Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-2248.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-2248-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Editor''s Choice Awards\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor\u201ds Choice Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>Wednesday, April 20, 2016<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Four Tarleton State University students have been selected for special recognition in the 22nd volume of <em>Anthology<\/em>, the student literary publication released to the public on Tuesday during a reception in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor\u2019s Choice Awards recipients are:<br>\u2022 Justin Knippers, Houston-Outstanding Photography for his photos that appear in the online gallery;<br>\u2022 Meghan Dahlke, Garland-Outstanding Black &amp; White Photography with special recognition for her photo \u201cPan;\u201d<br>\u2022 Molly Stewart, The Colony, Texas-Outstanding Contributor for selections in prose, poetry, and art, with special recognition for the poem \u201cHeavy;\u201d and<br>\u2022 Abigail Fesmire, Annetta, Texas-Outstanding Prose for \u201cThe Dragon Who Became A Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Robitaille, owner of Stephenville\u2019s Allied Body &amp; Frame and <em>Anthology<\/em>\u2019s long-time corporate sponsor, presented the four Editors\u2019 Choice Awards. Each winner received $100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 300 works were submitted for possible inclusion in the 22nd volume, with a total of 119 written works and 212 art and digital entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to those students receiving Editor\u2019s Choice Awards, other contributors to the 2016 edition of <em>Anthology<\/em> are Kelly Annestrand, Rebekah Anthony, Jonathan Avitua, Maria Beasley, Diamond Beverly, Alexis Brown, Otoniel Chaine, Rebecca Cox, Athaliah Grant, Taylor Hamilton, Kaitlin Hooper, Ashley Mata, Rachel McDonald, Morgan Mee, Kelsey Morgan, Lauren Motloch, Phillip Mullen, Ashley Page, Deona Richardson, Stacy Roof, Elizabeth Rugg, Lisa Szwejbka, Waid Thompson, Sarah Titus, Ana Catarina Vitorino, Richard Whitten, and Rachel Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students whose work appear in the online gallery are Maria Beasley, Otoniel Chaine, Ginny Eichler, Abigail Fesmire, Kayla Hansen, Elexus Hargis, Kimberly Hogan, Kaitlin Hooper, Justin Knippers, Lauren Motloch, Alexandria Presley, Stacy Roof, Shelby Staudenmaier, Molly Stewart, and Sarah Titus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daphne Ward, senior English major from Aledo, Texas, and Denise Haroff, senior communications major from Kingwood, Texas, are editors of the 2015 publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copies of <em>Anthology<\/em> are available at the Dick Smith Library circulation desk, the Barry B. Thompson Student Center information desk, or by calling Benedda Konvicka at 254-968-9286.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To submit content for future publication, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/anthology\">http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/anthology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Managing Editors:<br>Dr. Marilyn Robitaille<br>254-968-9281<br><a href=\"mailto:robitaille@tarleton.edu\">robitaille@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Benedda Konvicka<br>254-968-9286<br><a href=\"mailto:bkonvicka@tarleton.edu\">bkonvicka@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Tarleton State University students have been selected for special recognition in the 22nd volume of&nbsp;<em>Anthology<\/em>, the student literary publication released to the public on Tuesday during a reception in the Clyde H. 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