Dr. John Jenkinson wins "New Voice Award in Poetry"
Katie Capron
Issue date: 5/11/05 Section: News
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He's at it again! Dr. John Jenkinson, English instructor, has once again won a poetry award.
This time Jenkinson has won the "New Voice Award in Poetry" from the Salina Spring Poetry Series in Salina, Kan. For the award, he will be a guest at a dinner and then present a reading in Salina on April 26. The dinner and reading will be held at Capers Cafe.
The details of the award are a free dinner, a honorarium and the offer of staying overnight in a hotel room in Salina.
The award goes to any Kan. poet who has not yet have a full-length book.
Jenkinson was lucky to get in this time.
"Obviously, this was my only chance, since I have a book scheduled for publication for next year," said Jenkinson.
The committee solicits work from a wide array of Kan. writers.
Jenkinson feels fortuante about receiving this award.
"Naturally, a person is always gratified whe he or she is selected by peers for any sort of recognition, and I'm pretty excited to have been singled out for this one," Jenkinson said.
Besides the New Voice Award, Jenkinson has had several poems selected for future publication. This includes one poem that will be in an upcoming anthology from Gival Press entitled "Poetic Voices Without Borders".
This publication holds many poems from well-respected poets, but also includes poems in Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Jenkinson's two most recent poems that he has been recognized for appeared in a literary magazine out of Charlotte, N.C. called "Main Street Rag".
The first of the two poems is, "An Ounce of Prevention" which Jenkinson wrote for his MFA thesis several years ago. The second is a lyric in quatrains titled, "What the Landscape Eats".
"I'm always gratified that SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE, has decided that my work merits wider distribution and readership, and that someone is willing to take on the burden of making that distribution happen," Jenkinson said. "Poetry can be something of a lonely art, so it's through the media of publication and public reading that the real communication can take place."
Jenkinson goes on to say that when it comes to poetry, he just does what he does.
"I will say that I'm lucky to work at a college where this sort of creative activity is supported and encouraged, at the Administrative, Divisional and Departmental levels," Jenkinson said. "The environment at Butler certainly sustains teachers' applied attention in their various fields, for which I am certainly greatful."
This time Jenkinson has won the "New Voice Award in Poetry" from the Salina Spring Poetry Series in Salina, Kan. For the award, he will be a guest at a dinner and then present a reading in Salina on April 26. The dinner and reading will be held at Capers Cafe.
The details of the award are a free dinner, a honorarium and the offer of staying overnight in a hotel room in Salina.
The award goes to any Kan. poet who has not yet have a full-length book.
Jenkinson was lucky to get in this time.
"Obviously, this was my only chance, since I have a book scheduled for publication for next year," said Jenkinson.
The committee solicits work from a wide array of Kan. writers.
Jenkinson feels fortuante about receiving this award.
"Naturally, a person is always gratified whe he or she is selected by peers for any sort of recognition, and I'm pretty excited to have been singled out for this one," Jenkinson said.
Besides the New Voice Award, Jenkinson has had several poems selected for future publication. This includes one poem that will be in an upcoming anthology from Gival Press entitled "Poetic Voices Without Borders".
This publication holds many poems from well-respected poets, but also includes poems in Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Jenkinson's two most recent poems that he has been recognized for appeared in a literary magazine out of Charlotte, N.C. called "Main Street Rag".
The first of the two poems is, "An Ounce of Prevention" which Jenkinson wrote for his MFA thesis several years ago. The second is a lyric in quatrains titled, "What the Landscape Eats".
"I'm always gratified that SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE, has decided that my work merits wider distribution and readership, and that someone is willing to take on the burden of making that distribution happen," Jenkinson said. "Poetry can be something of a lonely art, so it's through the media of publication and public reading that the real communication can take place."
Jenkinson goes on to say that when it comes to poetry, he just does what he does.
"I will say that I'm lucky to work at a college where this sort of creative activity is supported and encouraged, at the Administrative, Divisional and Departmental levels," Jenkinson said. "The environment at Butler certainly sustains teachers' applied attention in their various fields, for which I am certainly greatful."