Two CW 105 Students Win Micro-Essay Competition

Elise Delagnes and Derrick Tao, students in College Writing 105, have won the daily micro-essay competition sponsored by  Creative Nonfiction on Twitter @CNFonline. Entrants submit a 130-character nonfiction tweet (10 characters needed for a space and the hashtag #cnftweet), and winners become eligible for publication in the Tiny Truths column in print editions of Creative Nonfiction.  Delagnes has won the daily competition once, and Tao has won twice.

The winning micro-essays:

By Elise Delagnes @eadelagnes

Grandpa always says you can’t love an inanimate object. He also says cooking is the most important skill for a woman to acquire. #cnftweet

Two by Derrick Tao @dlawtao

A 2nd grader punches a hole and drinks his Caprisun from the bottom. Mesmerized: I forgot you can create your own opening. #cnftweet #cw105

"_______ is typing..." You have me here waiting, your audience of one, waiting to hear. #cnftweet