Woodrell wins Quill Award
Daniel Woodrell's the winner of the 2007 Quill Award from the Missouri Ozarks Chapter of Writers Hall of Fame® of America.
He's a novelist who lives in West Plains, east of Springfield. He is kind of quiet and low-profile but is among the best novelists in the country. Winter's Bone, his latest book, is up for a fiction prize from the Los Angeles Times, to be handed out April 27. (We hope he wins.)
But more importantly to us, Woodrell is going to receive our 2007 Quill Award on May 3. The Quill Award is selected by our chapter to an established writer, connected to southwest Missouri, who has had a distinguished career in writing.
Our big event celebrating Woodrell's work will also celebrate young students' poetry and prose and give college scholarships to exceptional writers from southwest Missouri.
The event is May 3, Findlay Student Center, Drury University. Drury is the presenting sponsor of the event and has provided tickets at just $15, a $13 price cut from last year's event.
To purchase tickets, send checks made out to Writers Hall of Fame, Missouri Ozarks Chapter, P.O. Box 3024, Springfield, MO 65808. Online ticket reservations are available via 417 Magazine. Simply leave your name, number of tickets to reserve and e-mail address, and you'll be on the invitation list; you can validate your purchase with cash or checks at the door. We expect tickets to sell like hotcakes, so be in touch with us soon.
—Greg Holman, board president
Photo courtesy National Public Radio/Bruce Carr
