RiverLink has just announced two local celebrity judges in the poetry category for the annual Voices of the River: Art and Poetry Contest. The event provides an opportunity for students to display their art in the community and be recognized with awards. In addition, the contest promotes an interest in the local environment for Western North Carolina youth.
Voices of the River will recieve submissions from schools spanning eight different counties from now until April 6 in Poetry, 2D and 3D Art. All grade levels are welcome to participate and prizes will be awarded for each category.
Voices of the River will recieve submissions from schools spanning eight different counties from now until April 6 in Poetry, 2D and 3D Art. All grade levels are welcome to participate and prizes will be awarded for each category.
Meet the Poetry Judges:
Glenis Redmond
Twice voted Best Poet of Western North Carolina Glenis Redmond is a local staple who works with Poetry Off the Page a program geared to introduce students in our community to poetry. In addition to her Best Poet title, she has been recognized with several national awards including The Carrie McCray Literary Award in Poetry, a study fellowship from Vermont Writing Center, Scholarships to the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and a week of study with Natalie Goldberg.
Sebastian Matthews
Between balancing his professorship at Warren Wilson College and serving on the Creative Writing MFA faculty for Queens College Sebastian Matthews also finds time to spearhead Asheville's annual Poetry Review. He has published four books including a memoir on his relationship with his father, renowned poet William Matthews, that won him the Bernard De Voto Fellow Award in Nonfiction.
RiverLink is a regional non-profit spearheading the economic and environmental revitalization of the French Broad River and its tributaries as a place to live, work and play. Since 1987 we have engaged in simultaneous efforts to address water quality concerns throughout the French Broad River basin, expand public opportunities for access and recreation, and spearhead the economic revitalization of Asheville's dilapidated riverfront district.
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