LAKE RIDGE, Va. -- The two top poets in Prince William County were named at a special ceremony at Tacketts Mill in Lake Ridge.
Dr. Robert Scott of Haymarket and Alexandra “Zan” Hailey of Manassas will share the honor of being the county’s first Poets Laureate.
They’ll hold the title for the next two years, and they were selected for a group of 14 writers who were all vying for the distinction.
“According to the 11-member selection panel, both candidates simply blew them away with their individual creative strengths. For Dr. Scott, it was the project he proposed: using a website, a series of community seminars and a great deal of pavement pounding, Dr. Scott plans to encourage budding and seasoned Prince William poets to submit poems for inclusion into a permanent “10,000 poem exhibit,” a press release stated.
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