News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Queen Anne’s County, MD: Queen Anne’s County is excited to partner with Startup Maryland, Washington College, and Kent and Cecil Counties for the 2024 Upper Shore STRT1UP Roadshow. Startup Maryland is coming to Washington College on April 9th at 2:30 p.m. to host an event celebrating local entrepreneurs and innovators. The day will include a […]
Continue ReadingWashington College has named the students on its short list for the Sophie Kerr Prize, the nation’s largest literary award for a college student, valued at nearly $80,000 this year. The winner will be announced at a ceremony this Friday, May 19, 2023 after the finalists all read from their work. Four of this year’s […]
Continue ReadingAn exciting slate of workshops, activities, and excursions has been announced for the Upper Shore Youth Environmental Action Summit on Saturday, March 18, 2023, held from 9am–3:30pm. Hosted at Washington College in Chestertown, the Summit is a free event created to inspire and empower middle and high school students in taking local environmental action. Workshops, […]
Continue ReadingTeddy L. Friedline of Greenville, SC has been awarded the 2022 Sophie Kerr Prize, which is valued at $68,292 this year. Their award-winning portfolio consists of poetry and academic essays focused broadly on gender identity and presentation, religious topics, and literature, among other topics. Roy Kesey, Associate Director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House and […]
Continue ReadingJustin Thomas Nash, a 22-year-old from Smyrna, Delaware, has won the 2021 Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation. He was among six finalists considered for the prize, worth $65,580 this year. Named after an Eastern Shore author who made her fortune in New York writing women’s fiction during the 1930s […]
Continue ReadingChestertown, MD – Six Washington College seniors were selected as finalists for the Sophie Kerr Prize in literature, worth $65,580 this year. The winner of the nation’s largest undergraduate literary prize will be announced on Friday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. Nominated for the prize are: MacKenzie Brady • Baltimore An English and studio art […]
Continue ReadingDear Friends and Chesapeake Heartland Partners, The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience announces the launch of the Chesapeake Heartland Digital Archive: https://archive.chesapeakeheartland.org A collaboration between the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington College, Sumner Hall, Kent Cultural Alliance, and Kent County Public Library, Chesapeake Heartland aims to […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Adkins Arboretum has been awarded a Maryland Humanities grant to develop an Indigenous Peoples Perspective program in partnership with Washington College’s Eastern Shore Food Lab (ESFL). The program will employ digital resources in the forms of web profiles, videos and self-guided activities to explore the importance of 21 native plants to the […]
Continue ReadingMary Sprague, a 21-year-old English major from Ellicott City, Maryland, has won the 2020 Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation. She was among six finalists considered for the prize, worth $63,537 this year. Mary Sprague[/caption]Sprague, who served as Editor-in-Chief of the student literary magazine and a copy-editor for the student […]
Continue ReadingThe winner will be announced in a virtual ceremony this Friday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. CHESTERTOWN, MD – Six Washington College seniors were named finalists for the 53rd annual Sophie Kerr Prize, at $63,538 the nation’s largest literary award for college undergraduates. The finalists represent the liberal arts and sciences in a range of […]
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