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...to Lisa Shearin. The next two books in Lisa's Raine Benares fantasy adventure series were sold to Anne Sowards at Ace Books by Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency. October 31, 2007
...to Edwina Rooker. Her work "It Was All About 'The Circle'" won 2nd place in the nonfiction category of the 2007 Carteret Writers contest. Her poem "Billy Strayhorn" won Honorable Mention in the James Larkin Pearson Contest sponsored by The Poetry Council of North Carolina. Her World War II poem, "Lost Romance," appeared in the "Looking Back" anthology of Old Mountain Press. July 7, 2007
..... to Susan Meyers. Her poetry book "Keep and Give Away" from USC Press has won the SIBA (Southern Independent Bookseller Alliance) award. July 7, 2007
...to Allan Jefferys, who is now writing a weekly column (Sundays) for the newspaper,The Pilot, which is published Sunday, Wednesday and Friday from Southern Pines, NC. Jefferys has written two novels and is a former New York, NY theatre critic. May 14, 2007
...to Katherine S. Crawford. Her historical novel Unto the Hills , won first place in the historical fiction category 2007 Paul Gillette Writing Contest, given by the Pikes Peak Writers' Conference. Crawford was also awarded a writers' residency in October 2007 to the Montana Artists Refuge. August 31, 2007
...to Brenda Kay Ledford. She received the 2007 Paul Green Multimedia Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians for her poetry chapbook, SHEW BIRD MOUNTAIN . It was published by Finishing Line Press. For more information, go to: www.brendakayledford.com Nov. 26, 2007
...to Gary Carden. His play, "Rainbow Waltz" has sold out every performance at the Asheville Theatre. Check www.ashevilletheatre.com. His other play, "The Prince of Dark Corners" has been touring throughout NC and SC and will be broadcast by PBS. You can see a preview of the PBS presentation at www.suckerpunchpictures.com. April 17, 2007
...to Gerald Smith. His long essay, “The Pilgrim’s Procrastination,” in the current edition (Spring 2007) of The South Carolina Review. It appears in the section Republic of Letters and can be verified via this link http://www.clemson.edu/caah/cedp/SCR_CurrIss.htm. Dec 4, 2006
...to Kathy Norcross Watts whose non-fiction short story "Goin’ Fishin’" was named the Linda Flowers Prize winner by the N.C. Humanities Council and was published in its October 2006 edition of NC Crossroads. Nov 30, 2006
...to Dody Williams Her story "Baba" will be published in the February issue of Read This Magazine. Read This Magazine is a literary magazine associated with the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The editor, Claire Askew, wrote the following about Dody's story: "We were very impressed by "Baba"- it was not only skillfully written but very moving-beautifully done, a gread read. I hope you'll continue writing, and maybe submit to us again in the future!" Feb. 20th,2008
...to Charles Blackburn, Jr., of Raleigh, NC. a Former Writers' Network president, received the 2008 Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award for Literature from St. Andrews Presbyterian College. His band, When Cousins Marry, performed as part of the his reading at the event. The group recently released their debut CD, Shotgun Wedding ,featuring 13 original songs. Visit whencousinsmarry.com for related details. Nov 15, 2006
...to Ann Campanella, whose collection of poetry, What Flies Away, was recently published as one of Main Street Rag’s Editor’s Select Poetry Series. The book tells the story in poetry of the author’s mother’s descent into Alzheimer’s, her father’s death and the miracle of her daughter’s birth. Tony Abbott, professor Emeritus of Davidson College, writes, "We are riveted to these poems, as step by step we experience the loss, the grief, the mourning, and then the astounding resurrection." For more information, visit http://www.mainstreetrag.com/store/NewReleases.php. Nov 9, 2006
...to Susan Barry Blair whose children’s book Adventure on the High Sea! A Family’s Sailing Voyage Across the Atlantic was the featured review in the November issue of MySchoolRocks magazine, which is distributed to all elementary students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg county. She also presented her story at this year’s North Carolina School Library Media Association Convention in Winston-Salem October 5th. Nov 9, 2006
...to Paula Offutt whose debut novel, Butch Girls Can Fix Anything, was released January 10th, 2007. The press release can be found on the publisher's website, Regal Crest Enterprises. http://regalcrest.biz/title_kit.php?bookID=144 Jan 17, 2007
...to Howard A. Goodman, whose short stories, "Husband" and "Déjà Vu" were selected for publication in Catfish Stew, the annual compilation of the South Carolina Writers’ Workshop. Oct 25, 2006
...to Maureen Sherbondy Her Poem "Laundry Rant" won the 2007 Hart Crane Memorial Award from Kent State University.
...to Allison Adelle Hedge Coke. She has been appointed as the Distinguished and Endowed Paul and Clarice Reynolds Chair of English and Associate Professor of Poetry &Writing at the University of Nebraska, Kearney. Sept. 3,2007
...to Ann Barnhill. She currently has a poem online at Poetry Southeast and will have another in the spring, 2007 issue. Another poem has been accepted in the antholgy, Mourning Sickness, and an essay has been accepted for the anthology, A Quite Place. May 14,2007
...to Brenda Kay Ledford whose poem,"Progress", was selected by the judge, Katherine Stripling Byer< as one of the winners of the "WNC-Woman's Poetry Contest." Ledford's poem will appear in the August 2007 issue of WNC Woman's Magazine. July 7th, 2007
...to Maureen Sherbondy. Her short story is a runner-up in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Contest. Sept. 1st. 2007
...to Chris Roerden, who won the internationally recognized Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book for Don't Murder Your Mystery It is also one of three finalists for the Macavity Award, given by Mystery Readers International, the largest organization of its kind in the world. July 23rd, 2007
...to Alice Owens Johnson . She is a finalist in the Hidden River Arts 2006 Awards for her short story "Mrs. Peacock Did it in the Conservatory." May 1, 2007
...to Eleanora E. Tate, whose eleventh book, Celeste's Harlem Renaissancewas released by Little Brown Books for Young Readers and has sparked a well-received "Celeste's Walking Tour" of downtown Raleigh. Her short story, "Root Beer Sit-In" was published by Scholastic Storyworks Magazine earlier this year and her chapter book Front Porch Stories at the One-Room School , was reprinted by Just Us Books, Inc. Publishers in February. July 31,2007
...to Nancy Williams. Her book The Agenda 21 Conspiracy won second place from the Southeastern Writers Association Conference. July 7, 2007
... Zach Goodson had a short story, "Christmas Tree," published in Aries, Volume XXIII Winter 2007 - 2008, a publication of Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC. November 26th, 2007
...to Anna Wooten-Hawkins and Tom Hawkins. . The Anna Wooten-Hawkings Graduate Award has been established at UNC-Greensboro to support the work of outstanding graduate creative writing students.