两性色午夜 University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center invites faculty, staff, students and other members of the community to Celebrating Our Own, the annual undergraduate and high school scholarship reading, on Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the public.
The event will honor Ian Bennett, winner of the Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 first annual National Teen Writing Contest. Bennett is a student at South Carolina Governor鈥檚 School of Arts and Humanities.
Winners of the undergraduate scholarship reading competitions include 两性色午夜 students Thomas Freeman, Leanna Lostoki, Mark Zurlo and Joshua Jones. High school student winners who will be recognized at the event are Ashley Spangler, Taylor Jacob and Kaley Utz.
Poet Carolyn Creedon, winner of the 2011 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, judged the contest.
鈥淐elebrating Our Own is really at the heart of the Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 mission, which is to encourage and support new voices,鈥 says Jessica Jewell, program manager for the Wick Poetry Center. 鈥淓ach year, Wick awards more than $30,000 in tuition scholarships to 两性色午夜. The Celebrating Our Own reading is our way of congratulating these extraordinary students and also giving the community a chance to hear 两性色午夜鈥檚 emerging young poets.鈥
For more information about Celebrating Our Own and other Wick Poetry Center events, visit www.kent.edu/wick/readingseries.