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Poetry and creative nonfiction will be presented by Sarah Gibson and Melissa Sibley, winners of UNC Asheville writing scholarships, when the Writers at Home series, hosted by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program, resumes at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open to the public.
Gibson, a senior from California, is the recipient of the 2016 Topp/Grillot Poetry Scholarship at UNC Asheville. Her poetry has been featured in Words Dance magazine, Headwaters (UNC Asheville’s creative arts magazine) and Spark: A Creative Anthology. She intends to pursue a master’s degree in divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary upon graduation from UNC Asheville.
Sibley, a senior from New Bern, N.C. who now calls Asheville home, received the Comfort Scholarship as most promising student in creative writing. A literature major also pursuing a psychology minor who specializes in creative nonfiction, Sibley says she loves horses, caffeine and stalking the Blue Ridge Parkway at night.
For more information about the Writers at Home series and the Great Smokies Writing Program, call the program at 828.250.2353 or visit professionaleducation.unca.edu/great-smokies-writing-program.
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