Prufer Poetry Reading

Kevin Prufer Poetry Reading

Macon State Celebrating Black History Month

The Black History Month Committee is sponsoring a poetry reading by Affrilachian Poets as part of Black History Month. This year’s theme is Finding, Loving and Respecting Self. Poets Ricardo Nazario-Colon, Bianca Spriggs-Floyd and Keith Wilson will be reading Feb. 16, 2010, in the Arts Complex Theatre at the 11 a.m.

The Black History Month committee is also sponsoring a student poetry contest to be judged by the Affrilachian Poets, who will announce the winners Feb. 16, 2010. The student poetry contest is open to all current Macon State students. Poems should address some part of the theme: Finding, Loving and Respecting Self. Any poetic form is acceptable and the poem must be less than two single-spaced pages including the title.

Poems should be sent in the body of an e-mail (no attachments will be accepted) from a campus e-mail account to sharon.colley@maconstate.edu. No identification should be attached to the submission as judges will not see the names of authors until after the judging. All participants must comply with ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT LIFE ACTIVITIES POLICY, from Student Handbook.

The deadline for submissions, limit one per student, is Dec. 18. Winners will be notified through campus e-mail in late January. First prize is $100, with two runners-up getting $50 each. Prizes are provided by Redbone Chapbooks.

WSA Donation Drive

The Macon State College’s Women’s Studies Association is having a “Does Your Closet Scare You?” donation drive for the Crisis Line and Safe House and the Macon Rescue Mission. Bring us any of your unwanted clothing, bedding, household appliances, children’s toys or videos. Both agencies always need toiletries and personal items: toothbrushes, hairbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, etc. If you’ve hit a sale and bought too much, we can always find a home for it. Please bring any donations to Dr. Monica Young-Zook, Room 141, 478-471-5735.

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