Amanda Williams, a class of 2012 English major and alumna, was awarded Hollins University’s Academy of American Poets Prize, the Gertrude Claytor Poetry Prize on April 28. Amanda is a class of 2016 MFA student at Hollins University. The Gertrude Claytor Poetry Prize is awarded to the best poem or group of poems written by an undergraduate or graduate student at Hollins University.

Please join me in congratulating Amanda!