Overture Award Essay Contest Winner

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) has announced Jacob Mackie as the winner of its Overture Awards Essay Contest 2010: “Back in Time to Over-the-Rhine,” presented in conjunction with the German-American Citizen’s League of Greater Cincinnati (www.gacl.org). Jacob, chosen by six judges who are professional writers/historians/teachers, was awarded a $250 prize for his essay, “Renewal.”


Pictured (l - r) Don Heinrich Tolzmann (German American Citizens League of Greater Cincinnati), Cheryl Mackie, Jacob Mackie, Steven Mackie, Carolyn Phillips (Cincinnati Arts Association)
 
Jacob Mackie is currently a sixth grader at Campbell County Middle School. Even though he won the essay contest, Jacob feels that his best strength is math. However, he continues to write for fun, because people enjoy reading what he creates. As an only child, Jacob likes to spend his free time outside riding his bike, playing on the computer, or just hanging out with his friends, and he is involved in CCMS's band and basketball programs. Every summer, he looks forward to going to Kings Island with his parents Angela and Steven.

“I am excited about winning the Overture Awards essay contest,” said Jacob, “and I will use this award to help build my confidence in my creative ability.”

To read Jacob’s essay, “Renewal,” visit http://www.cincinnatiarts.org/files/uploaded/Mackie_essay.pdf