

CNY Branch's Janine DeBaise Wins National Vinnie Ream Competition; Other Branch Members Place
Janine DeBaise, professor, poet, writer, and member of the Central New York Branch of the NLAPW, won the national Vinnie Ream competition, competing across three genres. DeBaise's essay "The Space Between" is a "breath-taking" work of art in which family ties to each other and our environment are poetically and powerfully woven together." DeBaise won first place in the NLAPW's Vinnie Ream biennial competition and then won first place over all. DeBaise's essay has since been p