National Park College (NPC) student Ethan Ledesma was recently selected as the 2022
Fall Fiction contest winner.
NPC’s student creative writing group, The Write Hawks, sponsors a Fall Fiction contest
each year as a way to encourage student writers interested in publishing their work.
The contest is judged blindly by the English faculty to ensure there is no bias. The
winner receives a prize package valued at approximately $100 and a certificate.
Ledesma’s short story, "Allegheny," is a story of love and loss. It uses a mundane motif of a hubcap, something often
lost, to invoke a sense of sadness. The judges said they admired the use of simple
yet profound dialogue and description, along with the narrator's internal monologue.
"Sharing one's creative writing is a vulnerable experience, and therefore a courageous
act of self-expression. I love contacting the winner each year and hearing their excitement
as they find out they won, and am proud of our student writers for their willingness
to expose their talent," said Nannette Crane-Post, English professor.
