Area Students to Receive Awards November 3 at Festival of Books

SIX AREA STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE ESSAY CONTEST AWARDS NOVEMBER 3 DURING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

Waukesha, Wis. – November 2, 2018 – Six local middle and high school students will receive awards for essays they entered in the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books student essay contest sponsored by Century Fence. The awards ceremony will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, at 11:30 a.m. at the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books at UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha, 1500 University Drive.

This year’s award winners are:

• Caroline Olen, First Place High School, Menomonee Falls
• Patrick Watson, Second Place High School, Waukesha South
• Chioma Aririguzo, Third Place High School, Waukesha West
• Tremieah Kirk, First Place Middle School, Les Paul Middle School
• Roberto Tinoco, Second Place Middle School, Les Paul Middle School
• Shanielah Kirk, Third Place Middle School, Les Paul Middle School

First place winners will receive $250 each. The second-place prize is $175, and those in third place will receive $75 each. Area judges selected the student winners based on their thoughtful and well-written essays of 600-750 words for high school students and 400-500 words for middle school students.

Now in its ninth year, this year’s festival theme is American Stories. “Participants will tell their own American stories while reflecting on our shared characteristics and values,” said event chair Duane Stein. Student essays revolved around the same theme.

The Festival of Books is November 2-3 on the University of Milwaukee at Waukesha campus at 1500 North University Drive in Waukesha. It is a community celebration of literacy and the arts, where local and national authors and readers of all ages come together to enjoy presentations, performances, creativity and conversation. The UW-Waukesha Foundation organizes the event in cooperation with partners in the community.

Grant support for the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is provided by Waukesha County Community Foundation/Mihi Cura Futuri Fund, Wisconsin Humanities Council, Delores J. Jeuck Campus Initiatives, We Energies Foundation and Bernard J. and Marie E. Weiss Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Partners committed to date include: All Writers’ Workplace & Workshop, Books & Company, BMO Harris, Century Fence Company, Educators Credit Union, Friends of Waukesha Public Library, Greater Waukesha Literacy, Holiday Inn-Delafield, Holiday Inn-Pewaukee-Milwaukee West, The Freeman, Milwaukee Public Television-The Great American Read, Summit Credit Union, The Ideas Network-90.7 wpr.org, The Ingleside Hotel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UWM at Waukesha Lecture & Fine Arts Committee, Waukesha Reads, Waukesha State Bank, WUWM 89.7 FM Milwaukee Public Radio and z2.

Call 262-446-3328, visit sewibookfest.com, or email sewibookfest@uwc.edu with questions.

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