The Crowder Quill, a literary and art magazine of Crowder College, will host its annual awards ceremony with a campus- and community-wide poetry reading and luncheon. The event be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 7 in the Elsie Plaster Community Center on the campus of Crowder College in Neosho.
Quill staff alumni will be recognized and a dedication will be made to Jon Finley, who has printed the Quill since 1987 and will retire this summer.
"This year's ceremony marks a milestone for the publication, showing the longevity of a publication with a mission to encourage and showcase our area's authors and artists," said Latonia Bailey, Crowder Quill adviser since 1994.
The public is welcome. RSVPs for poetry are requested; others are welcome to the microphone as time permits. Poetry that is not published in this edition of the Quill is encouraged, as the magazine will be made available following the ceremony.
All published entrants will receive a certificate for gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention. Award placements will not be announced until the ceremony. Afterwards, a light lunch will be served.
The Crowder Quill recently received a national award of "Best Community College Literary Magazine" from the American Scholastic Press Association for the 2014 edition, the second consecutive year for the prestigious award.
Begun in 1980, the Quill is published each spring; the contest deadline is Feb. 1 each year, and divisions are high school, Crowder students, and community adults. The categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, 2D art, 3D art, digital art, color photography, and black and white photography.
Entries are received online via the website www.CrowderQuill.com.
Members of the 2015 staff are Alexis Arenas-Andrade, Springdale, Ark.; Kerrigan Arnold, Reeds Springs; Alyssa Beck, Buffalo; Jacob Dalton, Anderson; Logan Hamby, Neosho; MaryBeth Hertzog, Pleasant Hill; Kate Kelley, Neosho; Ashley McGee, Jane; Sofia Sanchez Salcedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Owen Swearingen, Wheaton; Drew Young, Pierce City; and adviser Latonia Bailey, Goodman.
Award winners in the contest include the following local residents:
• Anderson -- Kalee Sweeten
• Bella Vista -- Leandra Tuggle
• Goodman -- Sandy Jordan and Mary Smith
• Noel -- Sarah Bodine, Henri Whitehead and Sandra Whiting
• Rocky Comfort -- Katelyn Harriman
Sports on 04/23/2015