Wildacres Writing Workshop: 2010 Scholarship Recipients
Wildacres Writing Workshop is proud to announce the recipients of its 2010 writing workshop scholarships. Each scholarship provides the recipient with full participation in the week-long residential writing workshop. The Wildacres Experience Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Suzanne Lunden. The Katherine Osborne Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Philip Dunn. The Creative Nonfiction Scholarship for writers of creative non-fiction was awarded to Kevin Roberts.
Greensboro, NC, May 18, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Wildacres Writing Workshop is proud to announce the recipients of its 2010 writing workshop scholarships.
There were three scholarships available for 2010. Each scholarship provides the recipient with full participation in the week-long residential writing workshop, held each summer at Wildacres Retreat Center in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.
The Wildacres Experience Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Suzanne Lunden of Montpelier, Vermont. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English and History from the University of Vermont. During the course of her studies, she received the Benjamin Wainwright Award in Poetry and the Buckham Overseas Fellowship, which allowed her to study creative writing for a year at the University of Kent at Canterbury in England. Ms. Lunden currently teaches 10th grade English at Oxbow High School in Bradford, Vermont and directs the theater program at Montpelier High School.
The Katherine Osborne Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Philip Dunn of Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Dunn works in the film industry, concentrating on dramatic feature and documentary films. His career spans nearly twenty years and he has worked alongside some of the finest cinematographers, artists, and directors in the industry. His work as a documentarian and a commercial director/producer has won him several awards, including Addys and Cleos. Mr. Dunn’s writing has included both screenwriting and fiction, and he is currently starting his memoir.
The Creative Nonfiction Scholarship for writers of creative non-fiction was awarded to Kevin Roberts of Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Roberts describes himself as a recovering minister and a struggling writer. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Western Kentucky University and continued his education with graduate studies at Vanderbilt University and Truett Seminary. Having pastored churches in Texas, Eastern Kentucky and South Carolina, Mr. Roberts now pursues the quiet life of a layman.
All scholarships are funded by the generous contributions of Wildacres Writing Workshop alumni.
Wildacres Writing Workshop extends warm congratulations to the scholarship recipients and hopes they will benefit from the time to learn and socialize with other writers.
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There were three scholarships available for 2010. Each scholarship provides the recipient with full participation in the week-long residential writing workshop, held each summer at Wildacres Retreat Center in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.
The Wildacres Experience Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Suzanne Lunden of Montpelier, Vermont. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English and History from the University of Vermont. During the course of her studies, she received the Benjamin Wainwright Award in Poetry and the Buckham Overseas Fellowship, which allowed her to study creative writing for a year at the University of Kent at Canterbury in England. Ms. Lunden currently teaches 10th grade English at Oxbow High School in Bradford, Vermont and directs the theater program at Montpelier High School.
The Katherine Osborne Scholarship for creative writers was awarded to Philip Dunn of Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Dunn works in the film industry, concentrating on dramatic feature and documentary films. His career spans nearly twenty years and he has worked alongside some of the finest cinematographers, artists, and directors in the industry. His work as a documentarian and a commercial director/producer has won him several awards, including Addys and Cleos. Mr. Dunn’s writing has included both screenwriting and fiction, and he is currently starting his memoir.
The Creative Nonfiction Scholarship for writers of creative non-fiction was awarded to Kevin Roberts of Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Roberts describes himself as a recovering minister and a struggling writer. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Western Kentucky University and continued his education with graduate studies at Vanderbilt University and Truett Seminary. Having pastored churches in Texas, Eastern Kentucky and South Carolina, Mr. Roberts now pursues the quiet life of a layman.
All scholarships are funded by the generous contributions of Wildacres Writing Workshop alumni.
Wildacres Writing Workshop extends warm congratulations to the scholarship recipients and hopes they will benefit from the time to learn and socialize with other writers.
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