KELLEY, MOORE WIN B/D FELLOWSHIPS: Chavawn Kelley of Laramie and Bo Moore of Green River have been selected as winners of the 2007 Blanchan/Doubleday competition. Kelley receives the $1,000 Neltje Blancan Memorial Award for nature writers with her short story, "Estrella, Extrano." Moore wins the $1,000 Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award for women writers for her creative nonfiction entry "Sleeping with Dogs." Honorable mentions in the Blanchan category go to Susan Marsh, Jackson, for her creative nonfiction piece entitled "Populus," and to Hulett’s Renee Carrier, author of the nonfiction entry, "A Singular Notion." Doubleday honorable mentions go to poet Joan Puma Bennet of Sheridan and her manuscript "Om-ing in Wyoming," and to Diane Wolverton of Laramie, author of the play script "Bring Back my Body." Judge for the competition was poet and essayist Laurie Wagner Buyer of Woodland Park, Colo. She adjudicated 54 manuscripts and said that the experience "left me humbled, enlightened, and impressed by the quality of the writing." The Blanchan/Doubleday fellowships have been awarded by the Wyoming Arts Council since 1989 and are funded by an endowment from Neltje of Banner, Wyo. E-mail me for more info.
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