Dr. Noel Polk, editor of *Mississippi Quarterly,* announces the winners of the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival Poetry Competition in the John Grisham Room.
(l. to r.) Madeline Golden and Lyle Tate perform "I'm Not That Smart" from *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee* with the help of Mary Ann Jones for the Lit Fest in the John Grisham Room.
Lyle Tate (left) and Madeline Golden (right) perform "I'm Not That Smart" from *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee* with the help of Mary Ann Jones for the Lit Fest in the John Grisham Room.
Madeline Golden (left) and Lyle Tate (right) perform "I'm Not That Smart" from *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee* with the help of Mary Ann Jones for the Lit Fest in the John Grisham Room.
Cimmeion Patty, third-place winner of the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival Poetry Competition, delivers his poem, "Known but Misunderstood," in the John Grisham Room. Madeline Golden watches from the desk behind the podium.
Dr. Noel Polk (r.) congratulates second-place winner of the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival Poetry Competition, Sanitra Lawrence in the John Grisham Room.
Sanitra Lawrence, second-place winner of the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival Poetry Competition, reads her poem, "I'm sorry," in the John Grisham Room.
Jonte Bouchard, first-place winner of the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival Poetry Competition, reads her poem, "Passion," in the John Grisham Room. Dr. Noel Polk stands to the left of the podium.
Jonte Bouchard, first-place winner of the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival Poetry Competition, reads her poem, "Passion," in the John Grisham Room.
Oxford, MS, writer Robert Dalby speaks to the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival attendees about his novel *Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly* in the John Grisham Room.
(l. to r.) Sanitra Lawrence, Robert Dalby, Jonte Bouchard, and Cimmeion Patty pose for a photograph after the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival in the John Grisham Room. Dalby was the special guest speaker for the evening; the students were...
(l. to r.) Lyle Tate, coordinator of the 2007 Cotton District Literary Festival; Sanitra Lawrence, second-place Poetry Competition winner; Robert Dalby, special guest speaker and Oxford, MS, author; Jonte Bouchard, first-place Poetry Competition...
