Mary Ellen and Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing
The Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing is a contest hosted annually by WKU and is open to students in an English major or minor as well as those in creative writing classes.
The contest is named after Dr. Miller who taught German language and literature at WKU for over thirty years until his death in 1996. Among writing essays, short stories, and plays, Dr. Miller could be best known for his poetry and numerous books including: Copperhead Cane (1964), The Mountains Have Come Closer (1980), Newfound (1989), and more.
Submissions from 2018
Portrait of a Shingle, Delaney Holt
My Blood You Shed: A Gay Man’s Libation, Carder Venable
Submissions from 2015
A Great Massacre, Brittany Brown
Quickness, Hunter Conner
2015 Jim Wayne Miller Contest Winners, Creative Writing Committee
Submissions from 2014
2014 Jim Wayne Miller Contest Winners, Creative Writing Committee
John Lennon: A Day in the Rye, Derek S. Ellis
Submissions from 2009
Villainous Villanelle, Bradley Scott Ashley
Distance, Lesley Doyle
A Negative of My Brother, Regina Durkan
Weirdo, Lucas Filip
Coffee Shop Ghazal, Marianne Hale
Chronometer, Bobbie Hayse
A Funeral for Tea, Will Hollis
Pick A Star, Katelyn Spalding
Malfunction, Cody Tucker
The Happiest Place on Earth, Kassidy Vaught