Archive - June 18, 2015

Today we are happy to begin announcing the 2015 Peace Corps Writers Awards for books published during 2014. This year we have eight awards, and each winning author (or photographer) will receive a certificate and a monetary gift. • The winner of the 2015 Peace Corps Writers Award for Best Book of Photography published in 2014 is — Timeless Photography of Rowland Scherman (PC Staff 1961-64) . In the introduction in this, his book of photos  from the 1960s and ’70s, Rowland Scherman writes: Like so many others, I was thrilled by JFK’S inaugural speech . . .. JFK’s words made me think that I could be something more, could reach a higher potential, if I volunteered my work and myself for the betterment of my country, instead of simply chasing a buck. Yes, I thought my services just might somehow be useful to the new administration. I found out whom . . .