{"id":2562,"date":"2026-09-09T08:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/?page_id=2562"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:29:07","slug":"9th-grade-2026-young-writers-county-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/central-wv-writing-project\/2026-young-writers-county-winners\/9th-grade-2026-young-writers-county-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Grade 2026 Young Writers County Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

9th Grade County Winners<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n

Lacy Purkey
\nThe Heart’s Requiem<\/i>
\n<\/i>Barbour County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Charley Kuhn
\nRoad to Recovery<\/i>
\n<\/i>Boone County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Leah Duke
\nTime Tells Forever<\/i>
\n<\/i>Brooke County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Amber Arora
\nAn Echo of Lost Memories<\/i>
\n<\/i>Cabell County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

McKinley Mahan
\nDeath Comes in Threes<\/i>
\n<\/i>Clay County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Amelia Weekley
\nThe Keys We Carry<\/i>
\n<\/i>Doddridge County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Max Gebert
\nThe Least Likely Beast<\/i>
\n<\/i>Hampshire County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Alexandra Drosdow
\nThe Beauty of a Scarlet Rose<\/i>
\n<\/i>Hancock County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Aiko Ng
\nWake Up, Yoru<\/i>
\n<\/i>Jackson County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Duncan Bishop
\nA Permanent Solution<\/i>
\n<\/i>Kanawha County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Adalie Ware
\nBeaumont<\/i>
\n<\/i>Lewis County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kynlee Webb
\nThe Time We Thought We Had<\/i>
\n<\/i>Logan County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Maycee Lewis
\nThe Knock<\/i>
\n<\/i>Mason County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Shelby Worrell
\nA Whisper in the Wind<\/i>
\n<\/i>Mercer County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Daysha Ray
\nThe Lonely Boy<\/i>
\n<\/i>Mineral County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kaleb Parker Smith
\nUnlawful<\/i>
\n<\/i>Mingo County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Madison Hanson
\nThe Mummy on the Train<\/i>
\n<\/i>Monroe County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kaylah Dowling
\nFinally, Enough<\/i>
\n<\/i>Pocahontas County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Julianna Alley
\nThe Funhouse Deathtrap<\/i>
\n<\/i>Putnam County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Luke Goodson
\nA Lumberjack’s Coffee<\/i>
\n<\/i>Roane County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Alexis Hurley
\nThe Plague<\/i>
\n<\/i>Summers County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Julia Rossi
\nThe Flame of my Soul<\/i>
\n<\/i>Taylor County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mya Loudin
\nWhere the Rivers Run but the Memories Stay<\/i>
\n<\/i>Upshur County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hannah Gilles
\nAbsence<\/i>
\n<\/i>Webster County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sydney Audia
\nThe Fall of Humanity<\/i>
\n<\/i>Wetzel County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Aftyn Ferraris
\nThe Cure<\/i>
\n<\/i>W00d County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

McKaylee Morgan
\nBirthday Cake<\/i>
\n<\/i>Wyoming County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Khloe Coleman
\nTo the Forest and Beyond<\/i>
\n<\/i>Virtual Preparatory Academy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

9th Grade County Winners Lacy Purkey The Heart’s Requiem Barbour County   Charley Kuhn Road to Recovery Boone County   Leah Duke Time Tells Forever Brooke County   Amber Arora An Echo of Lost Memories Cabell County   McKinley Mahan Death Comes in Threes Clay County   Amelia Weekley The Keys We Carry Doddridge County<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1103,"featured_media":0,"parent":2535,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2562\/revisions\/2578"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cwvwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}