June 2008
SIWG member Jeremy Melvin won the Heartland Writers Conference short story contest. His winning piece will be published in the Big Muddy literary magazine. Congrats Jeremy! Thank you for representing SIWG so well at the conference!
May 2008
Poet and fiction writer Erika Hookam of Murphysboro was awarded the President’s Distinguished Service Award at John A. Logan College. Erika also received the Student Leadership Award. Way to go Erika! SIWG is proud to have you as a member!
March 2008
The board of the Illinois Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association presented on the Trail through Southern Illinois at the March 15th Illinois State Historical Society Symposium in Decatur. On the panel were Dr. Rowena McClinton, Gary Hacker, Joe Crabb, Cheryl Jett, Harvey Henson, and Sue Glasco. Sue spoke on the Trail through Union County.
Sue Glasco’s article "Watching Martins is a Family Tradition" is in the March 8-14 issue of Happiness. The accompanying photo is by her husband Gerald D. Glasco, Sr. The article originally appeared in Harvest of Words, the 2006 Union County Writers Group anthology.