Winning stories.This year, the Shrine of the Black Madonna A Black Madonna or Black Virgin is a statue or painting of Mary in which she is depicted with dark or black skin. This name applies in particular to European statues or pictures of a Madonna which are of special interest because her dark face and hands seem to need Cultural Center and Bookstore held its first Write Is Might short story contest for unpublished African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. writers. The winner of the grand prize, the Barbara Nandi Martin Award, is The Haunting by Afefe Maat of Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the ). (Read it online at www.bibookreview.com/shrinebookstorecontestwinner.) The winner was chosen by a panel of three judges: author Heather Neff, publisher and agent Denise Stinson, and young-adult author Dana Davidson. Rukiya Curvey-Johnson, national director of the Shrine of the Black Madonna, announced the winner. CraZy by Carol George-Rucker of Cincinnati, Ohio, won second place; and third prize was taken by The Last Ship by Vicki Green of Brownstone brownstone, red to brown variety of sandstone. Its unusual color is caused in some instances by the presence of red iron oxide which acts as a cement, binding the sand grains together. , Michigan. By Angela P. Dodson: E-mail your news to angela4bibr@aol.com |
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