Sacramento Poetry Center
Announces the winners of the
2010 Quinton Duval Chapbook Contest
Denise Lichtig,
Davis, California, for her chapbook,
Crystal Gods
and
Janet McCann,
College Station, Texas, for her chapbook,
Carlos’ Café
Denise Platt Lichtig has previously published in Hayden’s Ferry Review, the Antioch Review, The Suisun Review, and has received a Pushcart Small Press nomination, and an internship/ scholarship at the Dorland Artist colony. Denise was also a semi-finalist in the Discovery/Nation contest. She received her B.A. in English and French Literature from U.C.S.C. and her M.S. in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture from A.C.T.C.M. Denise is opening the third Lien-Ying Tai Chi Chuan Academy, and teaches Beginning Meditation and Tai Chi Chuan. She is the owner of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture in Davis, CA.
Texas poet Janet McCann has published over 500 poems in journals and anthologies. She has been teaching at Texas A&M since 1969, and received an NEA Fellowship in Poetry in 1989. McCann’s book Wallace Stevens Revisited—The Celestial Possible was published in 1995. She has authored textbooks, edited anthologies, and has at least seven previous chapbooks, from How They Got Here (1985) to Emily’s Dress (Pecan Grove Press, 2005) and House (Plan B Press, 2010.)
