JUDGE ANNOUNCED FOR BLANCHAN/DOUBLEDAY AWARDS: Laurie Wagner Buyer, a Woodland Park, Colo., poet and essayist, has agreed to serve as a judge for the 2007 Blanchan/Doubleday writing awards. Her newest book, Across the High Divide, was released in February by Denver’s Ghost Road Press. "This book opens with a searing narrative lament called ‘Selling Guns’ and by the time you finish the final sequence you will know that Laurie Wagner Buyer is the real thing, a writer who has lived hard and worked at her trade,” says poet David Mason. “Across the High Divide is both a record of survival and a triumph of writing.” Laurie’s other books include Side Canyons, Red Colt Canyon, and Glass-Eyed Paint in the Rain, published by Wyoming’s High Plains Press. Look for more bio info on her web site. Writer and crackerjack WAC summer employee Lindsey Grubbs (you’ll remember her as the lowly literature program intern from last summer) is working on the application and we plan to mail it next week. It also will be in downloadable form on the WAC web site. Deadline is Aug. 8, 2006. E-mail me for more info.
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