Stuart Student Wins First Place in IIT 50th Annual Writing Contest

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IIT Stuart undergraduate student Chun Yan Huang has won the Edwin H. Lewis Prize for Fiction as part of the 50th Annual Writing Contest sponsored by Lewis College of Human Sciences鈥 Department of Humanities. A reception for all the entrants, with the awarding of prizes, was held April 23.

Huang鈥檚 first-place entry, 鈥淟ife Goes On,鈥 follows the story of the protagonist Nanami: 鈥淓ver since she was a child, Nanami had memories that were not her own鈥攎emories that served to ignite curiosity, uncertainty, and longing within her. It is not until several years later that she finally gathers her courage to travel to the place that she remembers, yet does not now know. There, in the town that feels like home, she learns to let go and say goodbye.鈥