Kendyl Link Named Undergraduate Winner of Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award
Kendyl Link
The Program in Creative Writing and Translation is pleased to announce that Kendyl Link has been awarded the undergraduate Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award.
Link is a current senior from Grapevine, Texas. She is involved in University Programs and Greek Life on campus.
Link's poem "Fish" will appear in Issue 9 of The Diamond Line, the U of A's undergraduate literary magazine, this spring.
Of her writing process, Link says, "In crafting my poetry, I often find inspiration from memories. These memories serve as a foundation for most of my work, and I believe poetry has the power to create fleeting thoughts tangible."
The award was founded in 1945 to honor the memory of McKean, an Arkansas native of Lockesburg who, while studying foreign languages, business and mathematics at the U of A, discovered a passion for writing poetry. After McKean was killed in the line of duty during World War II, his mother established the award with funds from his serviceman life insurance, stipulating that it be granted to students as a literary award for poetry.
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Contacts
Jane V. Blunschi, assistant director, M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing and Translation
Department of English
479-575-4301,
mfa@uark.edu
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