Rising Star Creative Writing Competition Awards

Check back for details about the 2012 Awards Ceremony, Readings and Reception.

The Rising Star Creative Writing Competition honors emerging writers of fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry.

The Rising Star Creative Writing Competition is Sponsored by the University of Oregon.

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Julia Kennedy Cochran to Read From "Ed Kennedy's War," May 24

Associated Press correspondent Ed Kennedy defied the military embargo on the news of Germany's surrender (V-E Day), ending World War II in Europe.That story cost him his job. The memoir, edited by his daughter, includes account of his long journalistic career.

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