Heard, Alexandria Nonprofit Teaching Life Skills Through Art, Names Kelly Carnes Executive Director
October 9, 2023: Read entire story here: Heard, Alexandria Nonprofit Teaching Life Skills Through Art, Names Kelly Carnes Executive Director
Dozens of Inmates Recognized at Luncheon
City of Alexandria website, September 3, 2023: Thank you, City of Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, for mentioning and including our Heard writing contest during your ceremony where you recognized your incarcerated for their educational, professional, and personal achievements. The entire article is here.
Photo courtesy of the City of Alexandria Sheriff Department.
Sheriff’s Office Recognizes Inmates
September 1, 2023: Thank you Alexandria Gazette Packet for your coverage of our writing contest with the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center!
Alexandria nonprofit teaching creative expression to inmates seeks new executive director
August 15, 2023: Thank you James Cullum, editor of ALXNow, for this profile of Heard as we seek our next executive director.
Inmates Explore Creativity through Writing Contest Organized by Heard
September 8, 2022: Our thanks to the City of Alexandria Sheriff’s Department for this coverage of our writing contest with the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center. So many people worked so hard to make this contest a success, and we extend a special shoutout to our judges: Mary Wadland, publisher of The Zebra, historian, genealogist and author Char McCargo Bah, and Zeina Azzam, Alexandria’s poet laureate.
And an even bigger shoutout to Sheriff Sean Casey and the detention center team! We are so grateful for their support and the hours of logistics that a virtual awards ceremony takes. That said, let’s hope that next year our awards ceremony can be in person again! You can read the entire article here.
Local Inmates Win Awards for Creative Writing Contest, The Zebra, September 6, 2021
One of our favorite parts about our annual writing contests that we hold with the Alexandria Adult Detention Center and the Arlington County Detention Facility is the enthusiasm of our returning judges to be part of this event. Each of them has a strong background in writing, editing, and publishing, and each year they tell me and our authors (during the awards ceremonies) how much they appreciate this honor. Our judge Mary Wadland, Publisher and Editor in Chief of The Zebra Press, gives an insightful and interesting glimpse into what she learned and how she felt reading these inmate’s stories. “The Claw“, the first place fiction winner from the Alexandria Adult Detention Center, “had me on the edge of my seat…”, she write. Me too. Read Mary’s entire feature here.
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