SMSH student places third in poetry contest

Published 11:56 am Friday, November 18, 2011

ST. MARTINVILLE – Principal Michael

Kreamer presents a certificate to Benedicte Bamvik , a junior at

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St. Martinville Senior High, who placed 3rd in Poetry at the High

School level in the Festival of Words Writing Contest. Winners were

announced during an awards ceremony at the South St. Landry Parish

Community Library on Nov. 3, at 5:30 p.m.

The Festival of Words is funded in part

by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with

the National Endowment for the Arts.  It is also supported by a

Grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural

Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in

cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered

by the Acadiana Arts Council.  

The festival receives additional support

from The Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective & Frederick

L’Ecole Des Arts.  Other sponsors include the Acadiana Writer’s

Guild, the Acadiana Writing Project and Revolution Theory.