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Rynni Ayers

SCRIBO is a creative writing contest for students of Latin . Submissions are judged on adherence to theme , connection to Roman culture , originality , and choice of vocabulary , among other categories . SCRIBO entries that receive a perfect score will be published throughout the following year . Each entry features information about the author , a picture , and their awardwinning literary piece .

Rynni Ayers is a Latin II student at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy in Suffolk , Virginia . She studies Latin using Cambridge Latin Course , Familia Romana , Wheelock ' s Latin , and various novellas . In addition to Latin , Rynni studies music and plays the flute , piccolo , and trumpet in a concert band . Rynni also competes in hunter show jumping with her horse , Cash .

About the piece : This is a story about Boudica after she led the rebellion against the Romans and became bedridden with an illness . She decided after much anger and frustration that it was time to share her story with her granddaughter , Aemilia .

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