Anna Kushnir, a senior biology major at Rhodes, received an honorable mention award in Memphis magazine’s 2014 Fiction Contest for her story titled “Cherry Road.”
Kushnir plans to pursue both medicine and writing. She has participated in the St. Jude Summer Plus Fellowship and also will have her writings published in Rhodes’ literary magazine, The Southwestern Review.
This fiction contest is co-sponsored by The Booksellers at Laurelwood and Burke′s Book Store. One $1,000 grand prize winner and two honorable mentions receive awards.