YHC Senior-Most Faculty
Member Janice Moore Receives Special Honor
Young
Harris College's senior-most faculty member Associate Professor of English
Janice Moore recently received a unique gift to commemorate her 50 years of
dedicated service to the College. During a special ceremony in November 2012,
YHC faculty unveiled a reserved parking spot in the Goolsby Center parking lot
that names her "YHC Poet Laureate."
Moore teaches creative writing and poetry at YHC, and her special areas of interest include contemporary poetry and Southern literature. In addition to her teaching duties, she was chair of the YHC Humanities Division for eight years and served 12 years as poetry editor for the Georgia Journal. Moore claimed first prize in the 2009 Press 53 Open Awards and was awarded first place in the Georgia Poetry Society's annual competition in 2011. Her work has appeared in more than 60 esteemed journals, anthologies and textbooks, including The Georgia Review, The Southern Poetry Anthology: Contemporary Appalachia, Contemporary Georgia Poets, Women Writing in Appalachia and the Southern Poetry Review.
Poetry, judged by Kelly Davio,
author of the poetry collection Burn This House (Red Hen Press), and
editor of LA Review: Three poems judged as a
group.
Flash Fiction, judged by Jane
Ciabattari, former president of the National Book Critics Circle,
author of the short story collection Stealing the Fire (Canios
Editions): Fiction up to 750 words.
Short-Short Story, judged by David James
Poissant, multi-award-winning author with forthcoming story collection
and novel from Simon & Schuster: Fiction of 751-2000
words.
Short Story, judged by Robin
Black, author of If I loved you, I would tell you this (Random
House): Fiction of 2001-5000 words.
Novella, judged by David Abrams,
author of Fobbitt (Grove/Atlantic), and editor of The Quivering Pen:
Fiction of 12,000-25,000 words.