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FIRST HALVAJIAN POETRY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2013-05-07-first-halvajian-poetry-competition-winners-announced
Published: Tuesday May 07, 2013
The prize is named after the late New Jersey developer Arthur Halvajian
(1934-2010).
WARWICK, R.I. - The Armenian Students' Association, Inc. (ASA Inc.)
congratulated Shahe Mankerian of Pasadena, CA, Sarah Abigail Stites
of Grove City College in Reston, VA, and Rachel Megan Maclean of
Northside High School in Roanoke, VA who were the winners of the
2012 "Arthur Halvajian Memorial" Armenian Poetry Competition. The
competition was sponsored by the ASA Inc. in partnership with the
Armenian Poetry Project.
The Armenian Poetry Project, led by Lola Koundakjian, is a research
and documentation site of 19th to 21st Century Armenian poets and
poetry. Ms. Koundakjian led a selection team comprised of Christopher
Janigian, a student at Brown University in Providence, RI and Garen
Kazanc, a student at California State University, Los Angeles. Alice
Movsesian, a member of the ASA Inc. Board of Trustees served as the
liaison to the selection committee.
"We want to extend our heartfelt best wishes to the winners as well as
thank Ms. Koundakjian, Mr. Janigian, and Mr. Kazanc," said Movsesian.
"Connecting students and established professionals to preserve and
promote Armenian culture across campuses nationwide is part of our
mission and Arthur Halvajian's enduring spirit. We are happy to see
it reflected in our continued partnership with the Armenian Poetry
Project," she added.
Mr. Mankerian won the $250 adult category prize for his entry,
"Turkish Coffee with Mrs. Hovsepian". He is the Principal of the Saint
Gregory's Hovsepian School in Pasadena, CA. Ms. Stites won $100 in the
college age category for her entry, "My Baby Sister", and was joined
by fellow Virginian, Ms. Maclean who won $50 in the youth (ages 12-17)
category for her poem entitled "On the Mount". The winners received
a letter of congratulations from the ASA Inc Board of Trustees.
Receiving honorable mentions were three additional poets from the
youth category; Shant Dikran ("Summer"), Julien Ghouliance ("Words"),
and Hovig Manoyan ("Sickly"). All three are students at Saint Gregory's
Hovsepian School in Pasadena, CA. All winners and honorable mentions
received certificates from the ASA Inc Board of Trustees.
You can learn more about the Armenian Poetry Project by visiting
http://armenian-poetry.blogspot.com. Winning entries from the 2012
competition as well as those from previous years can be viewed online
by visiting the "ASA-APP Poetry" section of the ASA Inc.'s website,
www.asainc.org.
The Armenian Students' Association, Inc. encourages educational
pursuits by Armenians in America and the raising of their intellectual
standards, provides financial assistance in the form of scholarships
to deserving Armenian students, develops fellowship among them,
cultivates in them the spirit of service in the public interest, and
acquaints them and the entire American community with Armenian culture.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2013-05-07-first-halvajian-poetry-competition-winners-announced
Published: Tuesday May 07, 2013
The prize is named after the late New Jersey developer Arthur Halvajian
(1934-2010).
WARWICK, R.I. - The Armenian Students' Association, Inc. (ASA Inc.)
congratulated Shahe Mankerian of Pasadena, CA, Sarah Abigail Stites
of Grove City College in Reston, VA, and Rachel Megan Maclean of
Northside High School in Roanoke, VA who were the winners of the
2012 "Arthur Halvajian Memorial" Armenian Poetry Competition. The
competition was sponsored by the ASA Inc. in partnership with the
Armenian Poetry Project.
The Armenian Poetry Project, led by Lola Koundakjian, is a research
and documentation site of 19th to 21st Century Armenian poets and
poetry. Ms. Koundakjian led a selection team comprised of Christopher
Janigian, a student at Brown University in Providence, RI and Garen
Kazanc, a student at California State University, Los Angeles. Alice
Movsesian, a member of the ASA Inc. Board of Trustees served as the
liaison to the selection committee.
"We want to extend our heartfelt best wishes to the winners as well as
thank Ms. Koundakjian, Mr. Janigian, and Mr. Kazanc," said Movsesian.
"Connecting students and established professionals to preserve and
promote Armenian culture across campuses nationwide is part of our
mission and Arthur Halvajian's enduring spirit. We are happy to see
it reflected in our continued partnership with the Armenian Poetry
Project," she added.
Mr. Mankerian won the $250 adult category prize for his entry,
"Turkish Coffee with Mrs. Hovsepian". He is the Principal of the Saint
Gregory's Hovsepian School in Pasadena, CA. Ms. Stites won $100 in the
college age category for her entry, "My Baby Sister", and was joined
by fellow Virginian, Ms. Maclean who won $50 in the youth (ages 12-17)
category for her poem entitled "On the Mount". The winners received
a letter of congratulations from the ASA Inc Board of Trustees.
Receiving honorable mentions were three additional poets from the
youth category; Shant Dikran ("Summer"), Julien Ghouliance ("Words"),
and Hovig Manoyan ("Sickly"). All three are students at Saint Gregory's
Hovsepian School in Pasadena, CA. All winners and honorable mentions
received certificates from the ASA Inc Board of Trustees.
You can learn more about the Armenian Poetry Project by visiting
http://armenian-poetry.blogspot.com. Winning entries from the 2012
competition as well as those from previous years can be viewed online
by visiting the "ASA-APP Poetry" section of the ASA Inc.'s website,
www.asainc.org.
The Armenian Students' Association, Inc. encourages educational
pursuits by Armenians in America and the raising of their intellectual
standards, provides financial assistance in the form of scholarships
to deserving Armenian students, develops fellowship among them,
cultivates in them the spirit of service in the public interest, and
acquaints them and the entire American community with Armenian culture.
From: Baghdasarian