Southern Christian Writers Conference

** And read their winning poems below! **  The Southern Christian Writers Conference's August Writing Challenge was to write a poem based on a color. We received so many wonderful responses to the challenge, and are excited to share our top selections with you. We know that you'll be inspired by them as much as we have been. And thank you to EVERYONE who submitted their poems to this month's contest! (Want to enter the September challenge? Scroll to the bottom of this post to find out what it is.) Congratulations to this month's top writers: 1st place: Tracie A. Wallace 2nd place: Olivia Oster 3rd place: Billy Ready Honorable mentions:  Maryjean Gregory, R. Rising, Dennis O. Shepherd, Shelley Terry Enjoy reading their wonderful poems... "Millers and Miners" by Tracie A. Wallace From fertile valleys to the narrow hollows, black was the color that shaped the man— black coal beneath the earth, black dust beneath his nails, blackened faces bearing the evidence of ...