Best Midwestern High School Writing 2013 Winners
Wrestling the Differences
This piece by Melissa Janecke shows her dedication to detail. Even though she is not planning on becoming a sports writer, she looks at a story as a puzzle which has to be put together for the reader to understand. She carefully places each piece in its rightful place so that the final draft becomes a clear picture of the story.
To be answered by the student
I really loved this piece because I put a lot into it. It was difficult to get good quotes from some of the very uncooperative interviewees and even setting up some of the interviews was a challenge. I also had to do some research because I did not know exactly what wrestling involved.