Husband and wife authors to receive Hall-Waters Prize on April 17

Beth Ann Fennelly served as the Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 2016-2021 and Tom Franklin is an award-winning novelist.

Beth Ann Fennelly served as the Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 2016-2021 and Tom Franklin is an award-winning novelist.

Award-winning novelist, Tom Franklin, and Beth Ann Fennelly, Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 2016-2021, will both receive the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University on Friday, April 17.

Franklin and Fennelly, who have been married since 2001, will discuss their individual and collaborative works at 9:30 a.m. in the Lamar P. Higgins Ballrooms in the Trojan…

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Horne receives Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize

Hall-Waters Prize winner Jennifer Horne and her husband, Don Noble, are shown with Dr. Kirk Curnutt and students from his English senior seminar class

Hall-Waters Prize winner Jennifer Horne and her husband, Don Noble, are shown with Dr. Kirk Curnutt and students from his English senior seminar class

Award-winning author and former Poet Laureate of Alabama Jennifer Horne received Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize on April 25.

The poet and nonfiction author began the day reading some of her works and answering questions from students in Dr. Kirk Curnutt’s English senior seminar class during a presentation in the Lamar P. Higgins Ballrooms on the…

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Author Jennifer Horne to receive TROY’s Hall-Waters Prize on April 25

Horne, an award winning poet and nonfiction author, is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Horne, an award winning poet and nonfiction author, is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Award-winning poet and nonfiction author Jennifer Horne, a native of Little Rock, Ark., will receive Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize on April 25.

Horne, who served as the Poet Laureate of Alabama from 2017 to 2021, will read selections from her recent biography, “Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author” (2023),…

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‘Nothing better than being a writer,’ says Hall-Waters Prize recipient Patricia Foster

Foster received the award on April 12 during a luncheon in the International Arts Center on the Troy Campus.

Foster received the award on April 12 during a luncheon in the International Arts Center on the Troy Campus.

Author and Fairhope native Patricia Foster received the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University during a ceremony on April 12 at the Troy Campus.

The celebration of Foster, who is professor emerita at the University of Iowa’s Master of Fine Arts Program where she taught for more than 25 years, began with the author reading selections…

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