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Southern Voices Southern Voices 2017 is a magazine of creative works by students at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science 1100 College Street, MUW-1627 Columbus, Mississippi 39701 Southern Voices is available to read on the Internet at www.themsms.org 2017 cover.indd 1 5/1/17 1:28 PM Southern Voices Judges Mari Lampkin (Moorhead) Table plans to become a of ContentsHaydn Schroader (Ocean Springs) is heavily inspired businesswoman in marketing and fashion by M.C. Escher. She says that her art is a much faster Volume XXIX Art Judge merchandising. She lives her life by the quote,Writing way of getting to know her than any questionnaire. Mr. Alex Stelioes-Wills teaches drawing and painting “Things turn out best for the people who make the best Enough said. Spring, 2017 in the Department of Art and Design at Mississippi out of the way things turnPoetry out.” Kate Shelton (VicksbuEssaysrg) plans to major in nursing at University for Women. He has exhibited paintings and Mary Lee (Starkville) says self-expression can’t MUW and believes that, “A god is not always meant to Yousef Abu-Salah Nayan Chawla drawings in national juried exhibitions throughout always be put into words. She plans to major in be reached; it serves as something to aim for.” Gone . 41 Walls . 6 Staff the U.S., as well as in solo, group, and invitational Biomedical Engineering, then go to medical school and Emily Shy (Cleveland) was deeply influenced by y. exhibitions in Mississippi, Indiana, Kentucky, specializeDamare Baker in neurolog JaxRussian Dallas playwright, Anton Chekhov. She says that her Editor Massachusetts, Missouri, and New Jersey. He also DevenIt All Martin Comes (Meridian) Out in the isWash influenced . .by . .Geo . rge R.22 favoriteFlaming book Cows is Anna . .Ka . r.enina . and . that. .she . plans to18 Reagan Poston works as an occasional muralist. R.Allison Martin. Brown He quotes his friend Hunter Bell by saying, Dustinstudy biolog Dunawayy. “There’s a Jesus on me, and he’s flapping his wings.” Granddaddy Brown . 39 JessicaListen Smith When (Columbus) They Bark makes . .art . because. it makes19 He plans a career in cybersecurity. Art Editor her feel accomplished and good about herself. She also Essay Judge Britney Casmus Emily Hook Haydn Schroader Mr. Wilson McBee is Assistant Editor in the Emily Oakes (Columbus) quotes her favorite author believes that it’s important to express yourself and do Speak . 45 Jumping Rope . 44 Department of Publishing at The Art Institute of Charles Bukowski by saying, “What matters most is what you love. how well you walk through the fire.” Her favorite book Chicago. An alumnus of MSMS (Class of 2002), he Rebecca Chen ReaganLauryn Poston Smith (Meridian) is most inspired by Liyah Assistant Editors is This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper. Stephanie Dauber was on the staff of Southern Voices as a junior; as a Gray . 38 Smith.Change She hopesand the to Inability go to college . .and . begin . a. career40 as Wrishija Roy senior he served as editor. Between his undergraduate StephenMadalyn Oversen Coln (Columbus) was most heavily Wrishijaa medical Roy illustrator. Art, for her, began as a fun influenced by John Keats and says that he loves pastime, but now it’s a method of intrapersonal career at Davidson College and graduate school at the Harvest . 38 Stars and Circles . 11 University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he worked photography because of its ability to capture a moment connection. Assistant Art Editor and bring out forgotten emotions. at the Publishing Office of the Library of Congress. Dustin Dunaway HaydnMary KatherineSchroader Stovall (Strayhorn) says that her Zoe Fowler MaryMoses Owings . (Columbus) . claims . .that . everything. 33 momBrackish is her hero Blood because . she. .handed . .Katie . a . camera10 Father’s Sacrifices . 43 Photography Judge happens for a reason, and that one day she hopes to Emilyand said, Shy “Find your own beautiful,” and that’s what attend veterinary school. She wishes she could have she did. She plans to go to Mississippi College to Photographer Mr. Chris Jenkins is University Photographer at Aidan Dunkelberg Delta Driving . 29 Madalyn Coln met ElvisIowa Presle . y.. 33 major in pre-med. Mississippi University for Women where he has worked Sam Williams since 1992. He is also a commercial photographer DipalSeptember Patel (Ocean Song Springs) . is. .heavily . inspired . by V47an Jasmine Topps (Columbus) wants to meet Zora Neale Gogh and says that all art should come from the heart HurstonThe Dam and saysRoad Langston . .Hughes . has . been. a huge20 Staff Members whose works have been published in magazines such as Jalexis Evans TV Guide Weekly Magazine and Catfish Alley, as well and that you shouldn’t have to think about it. She influence in her life. She plans to become an architect hopesOvercoming to one day themeet Silence Malala. 25 and also manage business. Damare Baker Russell Hatcher as in newspapers such as The Los Angeles Times. Short Stories Allison Brown Emily Hook SavannahLandry Filce Poe (Hernando) lives on the principle that Haley Watts (Hattiesburg) lives her life by the words Britney Casmus McKenzie Jones no matterOrlando how (6 educated, .12 .16) .talented, . .rich, . .or . cool . you 15 Rebeccaof Downton Chen Abbey’s Lady Grantham, “Principles are Rebecca Chen Liam McDougal Poetry Judge believeSpanish you are,Moss how and you Sugarcane treat people . .ultimately . tells43 likeGenie prayers; in anoble, Matchbox of course, . .but . .awkward . at . parties.”35 Kallia Cooper Emily Oakes Professor James McGonigal has published many all. Her favorite author is C.S. Lewis, and her father is Her favorite book is either A Separate Peace or Pride Braeden Foldenauer Aidan Dunkelberg Jax Dallas Savannah Poe collections of poetry, most recently The Camphill her hero because of his resilience. and Prejudice. Wren (Red Squirrel Press, 2016); co-edited selected The Great Snow Day . 45 Tomato Juice . 13 Mayukh Datta Emily Shy Reagan Poston (Mantee) plans to continue editing Alexander Wheeler (West Point) believes that art is a correspondence of Scottish poet Edwin Morgan in The Dustin Dunaway Jasmine Topps and/orZoe Fowler becoming a starving author. She writes because Emilyconglomeration Hook of mistakes that comes together to Aidan Dunkelberg Sydney Warren Midnight Letterbox (Carcanet Press, 2015); written a whenMiss she Anne’sdoes, she Peach feels Pie like . people . are . actually . 32 makeJonesy something . beautiful.. He . was . most. heavily. 3 biography of Morgan, Beyond the Last Dragon: A Life listening instead of just smiling and nodding politely. influenced by Amor Towles and plans to design ships. Jalexis Evans Sam Williams Emily Hook Kayci Kimmons Landry Filce Laurel Yarborough of Edwin Morgan (Sandstone Press, 2010); and serves as Morgan’s literary executor. He is Emeritus Professor of LyndseyTrimming Risinge ther Rosebush (Brandon) .wants . to. .meet . .Shia . 7 ArielApril Williams Fools (.W .aynesboro) . wants. to . meet. Salvador8 LaBeouf and is most influenced by fellow classmate Dali so she can meet the face behind that madness. She Art Contest Faculty Coordinator English in Education at Glasgow University, Scotland. NoahEmily Hunt. Oakes Her defining motto is “First we eat, then Emilybelieves Oakes art should be a hint of your surface, yet a Angie Jones everythingAn Ode else.” to Autumn . 28 mirrorPurple of all . that’ . .s within. you.. 34 Short Story Judge WSavannahrishija Roy Poe (Columbus) hopes her writing will ReaganSam W illiamsPoston (Purvis) lives his life by his senior Faculty Advisor Dr. Kilby Allen is Professor of English in the allowMother readers of to All explore . her. Bengali. culture, . and she12 SummarHomage McGee to Kleptomania’s words, “If you. .are . .a .strong . chicken,46 Emma Richardson Department of Languages and Literature at Delta State lives with A.A. Milne’s words close at heart: “Rivers you won’t fry.” He hopes his work will help people Reagan Poston Wrishija Roy University. An alumna of MSMS (Class of 2002), she know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there realize that art/writing doesn’t have to be serious. received her undergraduate degree from The University somedaWaitingy.” for Fall . 5 Monarch Season . 42 Barrie Wright (Cleveland) wishes she could have met of the South, an MFA from Brooklyn College, and a SageHaydn Schaumburg Schroader (Indianola) aspires to attend SCAD HaydnWalt Disney Schroader and says that her motto is “Hakuna PhD from Florida State University. While at MSMS and continueEvangelic a Floristcareer in . the . arts. .Art . .is . a . positive . outlet26 matataPopulus. It means Marnides no worries . for . the . rest . of. .your . days.”30 she was editor of Southern Voices, and her short story forJasmine her, especially Topps when faced with stressors, and she EmilyShe also Shy hopes to go to medical school and one day Cover Art “An Order for Compline,” judged by Pulitzer Prize- hopes that her art will make other people happy as perform surgery. Ray . 15 Coffee and Ashes . 16 Haydn Schroader winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, received the Chris well. “Sunrise” Read Award for Fiction. Ariel Williams You Can’t Fight Over Jesus . 12 1 2017 cover.indd 2 5/1/17 1:28 PM Anjeli Hoskins Artwork The Mask . 28 Jonesy Kate Shelton Emily Hook Drawing Sea Side . 21 First Place—Short Story Competition Steven Chung Jessica Smith The Chris Read Award for Fiction Koi . 39 Midnight Predator . 25 Mary Owings atty pushes me down the stairs on Fridays. shakes his limp, blonde hair from his eyes. “And no Innocence . 5 Photography M Fridays, because that’s when he and Mrs. Sheila come bathroom breaks! You gotta stay still until I find you. Dipal Patel Rebecca Chen to watch me, and Mrs. Sheila turns on reality TV and It’s the rules. Otherwise, you lose, and I’ll just have to Peacock .