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Kasdorf Wins Outstanding Contribution Award
Julia Spicher Kasdorf has won the Writer's Conference of Northern Appalachia's 2024 Outstanding Contribution Award. This award recognizes those whose work brings greater visibility to the peoples and cultures of Northern Appalachia. The conference board remarked that, through both her poetry and directorship of Penn State's creative writing program, Kasdorf serves as "a pillar in the educational and artistic communities of northern Appalachia." As part of the award, a $300 donation has been made in her name to Ridgelines Language Arts of Bellefonte, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing creative arts programming to underserved groups across central Pennsylvania.
Congratulations, Julia, on this recognition of your impactful work as a writer and educator!
Julia Spicher Kasdorf has won the Writer's Conference of Northern Appalachia's 2024 Outstanding Contribution Award. This award recognizes those whose work brings greater visibility to the peoples and cultures of Northern Appalachia. The conference board remarked that, through both her poetry and directorship of Penn State's creative writing program, Kasdorf serves as "a pillar in the educational and artistic communities of northern Appalachia." As part of the award, a $300 donation has been made in her name to Ridgelines Language Arts of Bellefonte, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing creative arts programming to underserved groups across central Pennsylvania.
Congratulations, Julia, on this recognition of your impactful work as a writer and educator!