Peace Poetry Award Winners AnnouncedSanta Barbara, CA (October 30, 2007) – The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards. Since 1995, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has made an annual series of awards to encourage poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit. The poetry awards are offered in three categories: Adult, Youth 13 to 18, and Youth 12 and Under.
First place in the Adult category was awarded to Joseph Bathanti for his poem “Cletis Pratt.” He is Professor of Creative Writing and Co-Director of the Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Honorable Mention in the Adult category was awarded two entrants. Penny Harter, from Summit, New Jersey, was chosen for her poem “Witness.” Penny is a former high school English teacher and now works with the Arts-in-Education program of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts to bring poetry into the classroom and motivate students to write and share their poems. Kathleen Hellen is from Baltimore, Maryland, and her winning poem is entitled “Trees with No Branches/Flowers with No Names.” She teaches in the Humanities Department of Coppin State University and is the recipient of a 2007 Baltimore Arts and Humanities Grant.
First place in the Youth 13 to 18 category is shared between two entrants. Megan Elliott, from Overland Park, Kansas, was chosen for her poem “My Brother, the Soldier.” Megan served as an editor of her high school yearbook and is now majoring in English and Journalism at the
University of Kansas. Hanna Hurr’s winning poem is entitled “Love’s Lullaby.” Hanna is from Laguna Niguel, California and plays on her school’s varsity tennis team and is the president and founder of the Malawi Club. Honorable Mention was awarded to Megan Mikhail for her poem “Eulogy in Autumn.” From Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Megan participates in drama, science competitions, and plays the piano.
In the Youth 12 and Under category, first place was awarded to Celeste Kump, of Fort Bragg, California, for her poem “In the Form of Rain.” Celeste plays soccer, loves reading and writing, and wants to become an author. Kimberlee Bagby was awarded an Honorable Mention for her poem “Oh, If I Could.” Kimberlee is from Portales, New Mexico and wants to continue to write more poems.
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international organization with consultative status to the United Nations. For 25 years the Foundation has been committed to advancing initiatives to eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to fostering the global rule of law, and to building an enduring legacy of peace through education and advocacy.
Barbara Mandigo Kelly was a poet and a pianist. She was married to Frank King Kelly, one of the founders of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
For more information, including the winning and honorable mention poems in their entirety, previous years’ winners and the 2008 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards guidelines, please visit the Foundation’s website at http://www.wagingpeace.org/ or contact the Foundation at (805) 965-3443.
Copies of the winning poems in each category are attached. FONTE:Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
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