The Council for Wisconsin Writers celebrated Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker’s 150th birthday at its annual Awards Banquet yesterday at which the Friends of Lorine Niedecker received the Christopher Latham Sholes Award. The Sholes Award, given biannually, honors an individual or organization for outstanding encouragement of Wisconsin writers.
The Council also honors Lorine Niedecker with an annual poetry award that bears her name.
Stay tuned for more photos from and news about the banquet in the coming days.
A list of all of the first place and honorable-mention winners for work published in 2017 is on CWW’s website.