Article: BOISE STATE ENGLISH PROFESSOR NAMED CAROL HOUCK SMITH SCHOLAR AT CELEBRATED BREAD LOAF WRITERS' CONFERENCE

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 13 -- Boise State University issued the following news release:

Boise State University adjunct professor of English Alan Heathcock has been named the 2009 Carol Houck Smith Scholar at the national Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, taking place Aug. 12-23 in Ripton, Vt. More than 1,800 writers applied, with 170 accepted as general attendees and 16 named scholars of fiction, non-fiction or poetry. One of five in the fiction genre, Heathcock's distinction is named for the late Carol Houck Smith, a legendary editor and champion of short fiction.

Founded in 1926 and sponsored by Middlebury College, Bread Loaf is the oldest writers' conference in the country and has ties to ...

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