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| Nancy Simpson |
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| Reba Beck |
The Clay County Historical and Arts Council and the North
Carolina Writers’ Network-West, in an effort to promote the arts in our
community, are again co-sponsoring a poetry writing and a song-writing lyric
contest for Hayesville High and Middle Schools this month. The writing contest
has been renamed the Simpson Beck Poetry and Song-writing Lyrics Contest, in
honor of its founders Nancy Simpson and Reba Beck.
The winners will be announced Monday, April 16, 2018, and the
award ceremony for them will take place on Monday, April 23, 2018, at 7:00 PM
at the Hayesville High School Lecture Hall. The public is invited to attend this event, and their will
be refreshments and cookies.
The poetry judge for the contests is Rosemary Rhodes Royston.
She is the author of the book, Splitting
the Soil, a widely published poet, a representative of the North Carolina Writers’
Network-West, and a professor of English at Young Harris College.
Songwriting Lyric judges include Rob Tiger, local songwriter
and singers, Brian Kruger, and Wyatt Espalin.
For more information, please contact Joan Ellen Gage, at: iamjellen1953@gmail.com
Thank you, Joan Gage, for rekindling this contest in a new way and for naming it after Nancy and Reba, two women who are admired throughout this region. I look forward to attending the awards night. Thanks also to Rosemary Royston for taking time to judge the poetry and to Rob Tiger and the other men who have given their time to this program.
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