"This was a difficult contest to judge, because all of the entries were very good.” That is the way acclaimed author Thomas Cobb describes this year’s entries for the eighth annual Katie DeCubellis Memorial Fund writing contest. Cobb’s powerful words in the novel and movie Crazy Heart helped actor Jeff Bridges win his first Oscar and now his words are also helping future writers.
“I was impressed at the sympathies to the bullied, and also to a kind of truth that goes far beyond the conventional and expected. All of the entrants were impressive and deserving of real congratulations,” Cobb tells this Examiner.
This is the eighth year that KDMF will award money and prizes to students who placed in the annual writing contest. For the 2011 contest KDMF has a timely topic that could have a profound affect on the writers and readers. Students wrote about bullying.A ceremony will be held Monday May 23rd at 7pm at the Warwick Mall to announce this year’s winners.
The KDMF will present monetary awards to the winners. Professionally created posters with the winners’ names and writing entries will remain on display at the mall for one week following the ceremony. For more information about the contest and annual scholarships, that the KDMF awards, visit the foundation’s website @ www.kdmf.org.
In addition to the writing contest KDMF will host the 12th Annual Katie DeCubellis Memorial 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at Narragansett High School. Race day registration and check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. The 5K run and walk gets under way at 9:30 a.m. The pre-registration fee through June 8th is $18.00. On line registration is also available @ www.kdmf.org.
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