Come, celebrate GCSU students’ creative written works 

Prepare to be amazed as you listen to Georgia College & State University’s refined, student writers read excerpts from their creative works at the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award Ceremony. 

The celebration takes place Tuesday, March 31, at 5 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room. Refreshments will be served.

Each finalist will receive a certificate and cash award. They will also be recognized on Front Page — GCSU’s online news source and in their hometown newspapers.

This award is named after first-generation college student Margaret Harvin Wilson, ’34, who waited tables in exchange for discounted tuition and a free dormitory at Georgia State College for Women. As a senior, Wilson’s teacher encouraged her to enter a short story contest in the English Department. Winning first prize in 1933 for “Sympathy Speaks” gave her great confidence for her subsequent career as a teacher.

Margaret married Leland Wilson in 1938. They had three successful daughters with careers in law, medicine and higher education. The latter is Dr. Mary Sue Coleman, past president of the University of Michigan. In January 2010, Mary Sue and her husband, Kenneth, established the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award in memory of her mother. 

To learn more about this annual opportunity, visit: gcsu.edu/writingcontest.