Two USCL Professors Receive Awards
in Regional Literary Competition

Dr. Lisa Hammond, Associate Professor of English, and Mrs. Dianne Evans, Associate Professor of Psychology, have been named award winners in the Arts Council of Rock Hill and York County’s 2007 Juried Literary Competition for short fiction and poetry. The Regional Center for the Arts’ Literary Competition is open to artists in the Southeast area of the United States.

Hammond was awarded 1st place in the Poetry Competition with her entry, “Moving the State Line.”

Evans was awarded Honorable Mention in the Short Story competition with her entry, “Lost in the Fifties.”

The awards and prizes, given annually to local and regional authors from the Southeast, will be presented at the opening reception and awards ceremony for the Literary Competition on Thursday, August 23, at 6:00 p.m. at The Center for the Arts, 121 E. Main Street, Rock Hill. A poetry and short story reading will follow the reception at the Cookie Café across from the Center at 7:00 p.m.

Immediately following the reception, the free Art Crawl kicks off at multiple locations: Art Market on Main, Center for the Arts, and the Gallery at Gettys.

For more information, contact the Arts Council at 803-328-2787 or visit www.rockhillarts.org.