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Greensboro College Professor Wins Third Statewide Poetry Prize in a Week

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Wayne Johns, professor of English at Greensboro College, has been awarded the 2019 James Applewhite Poetry Prize for his poem “Meditation in a Glass House.” John will receive $250 in first-prize money, and his poem will be published in the 2020 print edition of the North Carolina Literary Review. Final Judge Allison……
Greensboro College Student Newspaper Ties for First Place in Journalism Contest

GREENSBORO, N.C. – For the third consecutive year, The Collegian, Greensboro College’s student-powered newspaper, has tied for first place nationally in its category in the annual American Scholastic Press Association awards. The Collegian tied for first place with Elizabethtown College’s Etownian and Waynesburg University’s Yellow Jacket in the category of schools with 1,001 to 1,750……
Greensboro College Professor Publishes His First Full-Length Book of Poetry

GREENSBORO, N.C. – L. Wayne Johns, professor of English at Greensboro College, has published “Antipsalm,” his first full-length book of poetry. “Antipsalm” (Unicorn Press) is “spooky, devastating, and ultimately tragic,” reviewer and author Cate Marvin writes. “(It) is as real a love story as you’re going to find. … I am so haunted by the……

Greensboro College Professor Wins Third Statewide Poetry Prize in a Week