Sherry Chandler

Joy Bale Boone

I am delighted to announce that my poem “Walking Taft Highway,” has won first place in this year’s Joy Bale Boone prize from Heartland Review. The judge was Lisa Williams. Lisa is winner of the May Swenson Poetry Award, a Henry Hoyns Fellowship, an Academy of American Poets Prize, an Elliston Prize, a Walter E. Dakin fellowship, and the 2004-2005 Rome Prize in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She teaches at Centre College

This poem, a tribute to my 90-year-old uncle, is the only poem I’ve managed to generate from posts on this blog. The post in question, “Want of Imagination,” can be found at the link. It isn’t all that remarkable really. It just got me thinking about my uncle. My thanks to all the readers who pushed me to hone this poem beyond my usual capabilities.

But I digress. I will be reading at ECTC’s Morrison Gallery, along with Lisa Williams and the other two JBB winners Woods Nash and Christian Lund, on Thursday, April 20 from 7:00-8:30 pm.

There will be a short open mic and refreshments and the event is free, so come on down.

If you happen to live on the opposite end of the state, don’t forget the Hazard Community and Technical College Evening with Poets. Winners of the Kudzu prizes will be announced at this event. And don’t forget their Spring Writers Conference on April 21. It’s free and it looks wonderful!

Possibly related posts:

Joy Bale Boone Prize 2006

Winners — Joy Bale Boone

Heartland Review’s 2008 Joy Bale Boone Prize

2007 Joy Bale Boone Prize

2005 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize

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