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[1] [5] [6] Her essay, which began "I speak for democracy, because two generations back my ancestors could not", was read into the Congressional Record by Senator John J. Williams, [7] who commented that "This essay should be read not only by every student but more important, it should be read by every adult in this country."
After studying there for a year (1954–55), Burroway won the Mademoiselle Magazine College Board Contest and spent part of the summer of 1955 in New York City as the magazine's Guest Editor. [ 3 ] Burroway's first poem to be published in a national magazine was “The Rivals,” which appeared in Seventeen when Burroway herself was eighteen ...
The organization promotes poetry, conducts biannual contests, and organizes workshops, meetings, readings and other events. The Alabama State Poetry Society was founded in 1968 [5] and incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit in 2015. [6] The organization is based in Huntsville and is affiliated with the National Federation of State Poetry ...
In Hadsell's era, there was an activity known as "contesting", in which people would dedicate their time and efforts towards winning sweepstakes, where winners are chosen at random among those who have entered and the usual strategy was to submit as many entries as possible, and consumer skill contests, in which prizes were won by submitting some kind of writing extolling a particular product ...
But as South Africans celebrate 30 years of democracy this week, many educators and activists believe that there is a crisis hollowing out the country’s education system – a crisis that ...
One Academy Fellowship is awarded annually for "distinguished poetic achievement": Fellows are awarded a stipend which is presently $25,000. [21] The Fellowship program was created in 1946, and was the first of the organization's current portfolio of awards; the Academy's website Poets.org describes it as "the first of its kind in the United States."
2010 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-5 Category – Grades 9 & 10. 1st place Amber Brown, Oak Park, IL for the poem "Moon" 2nd place Alexis Mia Phillips, Oak Park IL for the poem “Case# 07CR0304” 3rd place Damiano R. Girona, Newport News, VA for the poem "Natural Love" 2010 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-4 Category – Grades 7 & 8
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