First Peace Corps Fund Writing Award Winners
This was the announcement, made on February 28, 2017 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/celebrating-the-creation-of-the-peace-corps-2017-peace-corps-fund-third-goal-writing-contest-5000-to-be-awarded/
First Peace Corps Fund Writing Award Winners
The Peace Corps Fund announces its first 2017 writing contest winners. Prizes range from First Prize of $1000, Second Prize $750. Third Prize $500 and numerous Honorable Mentions. Top prizes will be published on the Peace Corps Worldwide website and promoted throughout the Peace Corps community.
Eligible for these writing awards were Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and Former Peace Corps Staff. Submissions were judged on how well they advanced the Third Goal of the Peace Corps Act: To increase the understanding of the peoples served on the part of Americans
Founded in 2003, the Peace Corps Fund is an independent, 501-c-3 nonprofit organization founded by Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to support and advance the Third Goal of the Peace Corps.
Congratulations to everyone who submitted an essay or poem. The winners are!
First Prize–$1,000
Penye Nia, Pana Njia by Kristen Grauer-Gray (Tanzania 2007-10 & Response Corps Liberia 2016-17)
Second Prize–$750
Samarkand Calling by Beatrice Hogan (Uzbekistan 1992-94)
Third Prize–$500
Of That Wide Water, Inescapable by Eleanor Stanford (Cape Verde 1998-2000)
Fourth Prize–$250
The Journey from the Interior (poem) by Earl Carlton Huband (Oman 1975-78)
Fifth Prize –$ 200
Where Carbs Mean Friendship by Lucas Gosdin (Peru from 2013–15)
Fifth Prize—$200 The Stories We Tell by Grace Anne Heater (Rwanda 2014-16)
Sixth Prize—$150
Honey for the Heart by Brian Minalga (Niger (2008-10) and Namibia (2010-12)
Sixth Prize—$150
A Nice Black Shirt by Nathan Hecht (Peru 2012-15)
Sixth Prize–$150
Hyena Man by Jeanne D’Haem (Somalia 1968-70)
Sixth Prize–$150
Discovering Bhagawan—Sara Wagner (Nepal 1996-98)
Seventh Prize–$100
Taxi by Sue Rosenfeld (Senegal 1977-81)
Donations to the Peace Corps Fund are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. If you are interested in supporting this group contact John Coyne at: jcoyneone@gmail.com
Congrats to everyone involved including the organizers. Is there a combined list of all of them back to the beginning of the First PC Fund (begun 2003)? Will there be a Second PC Fund established? I gather the FPCF includes all genres including fiction, nonfiction, poetry (any other category)? I have probably been told before, but can’t pull up that from my information storage.
This was the announcement, made on February 28, 2017
http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/celebrating-the-creation-of-the-peace-corps-2017-peace-corps-fund-third-goal-writing-contest-5000-to-be-awarded/