{"id":260,"date":"2015-04-21T09:48:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T13:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/?p=260"},"modified":"2015-04-22T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:35:59","slug":"alum-ashley-teatum-wins-honorable-mention-in-flash-fiction-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2015\/04\/21\/alum-ashley-teatum-wins-honorable-mention-in-flash-fiction-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum Ashley Teatum Wins Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashley Teatum, (BA, English, 2009), currently working as an entrepreneur in an on-line editing company, is also still flexing her creative writing muscles. In that light, she recently received honorable mention in Boulder Weekly’s<\/i> 101-word fiction writing contest.<\/p>\n

Here’s Ashley’s story in full:<\/p>\n

Cyril\u2019s Puzzles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Along the clinically white hallway of the active seniors\u2019 home hang dozens of Cyril\u2019s puzzles, framed simply. The Meals on Wheels volunteer decides after delivering to the tall, lank gentleman that she will purchase him a puzzle to do. Clearly he enjoys them. Cyril accepts his hot meal, milk, bread, apple, and new 500-piece puzzle the next week with a look of dread in his eyes. Two weeks later, he gifts it to the young woman in a plain black frame like the rest. \u201cPlease don\u2019t bring me anymore puzzles,\u201d he says. She hands him his meal; he closes the door.<\/span><\/p>\n

To see the write-up on the contest as a whole, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ashley Teatum, (BA, English, 2009), currently working as an entrepreneur in an on-line editing company, is also still flexing her creative writing muscles. In that light, she recently received honorable mention in Boulder Weekly’s 101-word fiction writing contest. Here’s Ashley’s story in full: Cyril\u2019s Puzzles Along the clinically white hallway of the active seniors\u2019 homeContinue reading “Alum Ashley Teatum Wins Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction Contest”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,34,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-writing","category-editing","category-studentsuccessstories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":603,"url":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2016\/05\/06\/sigma-tau-delta\/","url_meta":{"origin":260,"position":0},"title":"Sigma Tau Delta News!","author":"Mrs. Melissa Eckenrode","date":"May 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"One of our very own students has won a summer journal internship from Sigma Tau Delta.\u00a0 Congratulations Elizabeth Polishan!\u00a0 She is the recipient of a paid internship with The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle, and The Sigma Tau Delta Review.\u00a0 This opportunity will provide Elizabeth with editorial and publication experience.\u00a0\u00a0She will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Creative Writing"","block_context":{"text":"Creative Writing","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/category\/studentsuccessstories\/creative-writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":268,"url":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2015\/05\/05\/rising-senior-olivia-gillespie-wins-presidents-fellowship-for-summer-research\/","url_meta":{"origin":260,"position":1},"title":"Rising Senior Olivia Gillespie Wins President’s Fellowship for Summer Research","author":"Dr. Joseph E. 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