Re: 1998 Poet of the Year Perky Award

Will Dockery wrote:

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Here, I found an excerpt of the write-up on the Perky Awards local
newspaper, the Columbus Enquirer, published on April 23rd 1998, almost
exactly twenty years ago:
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Towards a Surrealist Poetry
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http://rec.arts.prose.narkive.com/gtL5e6Qo/towards-a-surrealist-poetry
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Good question, one of my favorite winning moments was when I won the
"top
poet" in the citywide Perky Awards back in 1998, since you asked.
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And interestingly, I recently came across the Google News archive of the
newspaper story that announced the winners:
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Google's new "News Archive"
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http://news.google.com/archivesearch?tab=wn
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Here's a bit from when I won the "top poet" award in 1998:
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COLUMBUS BOOK STORE EXCHANGES ADDRESS
$2.95 - Ledger-Enquirer - NewsBank - Apr 23, 1998
Other winners were: Steve Valentini, best actor; Kelli Franklin, best
actress; ``the Wizard of Oz,'' best theatrical production; Will Dockery,
top
poet; ...
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While searching these news archives for "henry conley" brings up more of
this list of winners, including his award for best harmonica work in
town:
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... guitarist; Jose Castellanos, Jr., bassist; Tom Chadwick,
keyboardist;
Kile Hussey, drummer; Henry Conley, harmonica; Keni Thomas, male
vocalist;
Lady V, ...
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Published on April 23, 1998, Page B1, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
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The "News" archive contains other various bits from the life & times of
"Will Dockery", since you have such and obvious fascination with the
subject:
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The quote I gave the reporter when Dylan came to town a decade ago:
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YOUNG AND OLD, FANS INSPIRED BY LEGENDARY FOLK SINGER
$2.95 - Ledger-Enquirer - NewsBank - Oct 31, 1997
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Columbus poet Will Dockery called Dylan A pacesetter for writers.
Dockerycredited Dylan for inspiring him to begin writing. ``every time
he
puts out A new ...
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Published on October 31, 1997, Page A1, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
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From the same year, the article on my old friend, teacher and mentor
Danny
Barfield's scary Vietnam paintings:
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HOW GROSS THY ART
$2.95 - Ledger-Enquirer - NewsBank - Jul 13, 1997
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Will Dockery lets friends -- artists, poets and madmen, Will says --
store
their work there. Among those artists is Dan Barfield, ...
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Published on July 13, 1997, Page B1, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
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And when I hit the front page last year opening for the Spaceseed show:
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TO DO TODAY, LET'S ROCK OUT
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Like the trippy sounds of Pink Floyd or Spiritualized? Check out
progressive
rockers Spaceseed, a band that augments guitars with keyboards and even
a
sci-fi sounding theremin. The band plays tonight at SoHo Bar & Grill,
5751
Milgen Road, Columbus. Will Dockery's Shadowville All-Stars open the
show
at
10 p.m. It's open to ages 21 and up. Cover is $5. Call 706-xxx-xxxx.
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Published on June 16, 2006, Page A1, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
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1998 Poet of the Year Perky Award:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156038020054363&set=a.10150542385934363.438622.620409362&type=3&theater
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And so on... and so it goes.

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https://i.pinimg.com/564x/0b/c7/d8/0bc7d85430010a58b3e9609779b0180a.jpg

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1998 Perky Award for Poet of the Year, Columbus GA.

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From the archives.

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Cool history...!