FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2004 7:00 a.m.

State Wins Writing Competition

BARNES PLACE (ATLANTA, GEORGIA) - Upon returning from New Orleans for a weekend writing festival, Saints and Sinners, Co-Director Timothy State received a letter from the O, Georgia! Writing Foundation indicating his essay, “Savoring Endorphins with Pride” has been selected as a winner in the sixth annual O, Georgia statewide writing competition. The essay will be included in this year’s edition of O, Georgia! A Collection of Georgia’s Newest & Most Promising Writers.

State will be presented with a copy of the book at a formal reception at Humpus Bumpus Books in Cumming, Georgia on Saturday, October 16, which will kick-off the sale of this year’s edition. He and other writers selected for inclusion will autograph the books at the reception.

“Savoring Endorphins with Pride,” an essay about a first kiss, was originally published July 10, 2003, in The Story, a community newspaper covering neighborhood news, with which State has an occasionally column. The essay was selected out of 250 entires. The essay is posted on-line at:
http://www.the-stories.com/gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid%3A2077

While at Saints and Sinners, State had the opportunity to mingle with authors Christopher Rice, Patricia Nell Warren, Bob Smith, and Alex Sanchez, to name a few. He also attended a reception in the French Quarter hosted by a local businessman and his drag queen wife, as well as a pool-side dinner party at the former home of Tennessee Williams. “But those,” said State, “are tales for another time.”

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