The modern and classical languages and literatures department would like to congratulate the winners of the Heart of America Japan-America Society’s Japanese Contest, an annual contest held at Johnson County Community College. Every year, students from WSU participate in a variety of categories that include poetry, speeches, comics, grammar and reading, and culture. In total, over 90 students from Kansas and Missouri competed in the competition.
This year’s winners include Gavin McCafferty, Thomas DiMattia and Izabella Grabell, who won first, second and third place respectively in the Japanese-language Tanka Poetry competition, and Litzy Solano, who placed first for her English-language tanka poem. For reading, there were reading contests for both kana and kanji (Japanese writing systems), and Elliot Terrell won first prize in the Hiragana contest,while Alyssa Moen won third place in the N4 level kanji competition. Alyssa Moen also took first place in the Japanese Culture Quiz.
MCLL would like to thank and congratulate everyone who participated and represented WSU in this year’s competition.