SALISBURY, N.C. — Rowan-Cabarrus Community College recognized its 2007 Creative Writing Award winners today during the September Board of Trustees meeting.

            The awards honor gifted students from the English III, Creative Writing I and Advanced Creative Writing classes. Course instructors nominate students who have a keen interest in literature and demonstrate a passion for writing with clarity, expression and purpose.

            Award winners receive a certificate and a $50 prize. The award categories are fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

	For non-fiction:
		“Reflections,” by Milan Nerad, an employee at PGT in Salisbury. His essay is about riding his horse one crisp winter morning.
		“Learning How to Swim,” by Brian Craig, also an employee at PGT in Salisbury. His essay is about participating in a swimming lesson with his son.
	For Poetry:
		“Puppet Child,” a brief yet powerful poem by Laura Gray, an arts and sciences student from Cleveland.
		“The Kings of Brunswick County,” by Casey Wagoner, a nursing student from China Grove. A long, epic poem about informal political structures.
	For Fiction:
		“Solitaire” and “The Angels: Rage,” both by T.E. Marts, an arts and sciences student from Salisbury. Short scenes and chapters from longer pieces.

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.