Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Sue Ellen Allen Wins PEN Dawson Award

Congratulations to Sue Ellen Allen who recently won the Dawson prize for memoir by PEN American Center Prison Writing Contest. PEN is a very prestigious organization of writers. They have a program that supports writers in prison, and they send out free handbooks to encourage writing.

To read her work entitled, FEAR, which is part of her prison journey, please see:
http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3610/prmID/1622.

Sue Ellen Allen is a contributing author in our new book, "Serving Productive Time." Her story in our book is entitled "It’s Never Too Late."

Sue Ellen Allen is an author, speaker, and activist. Being in prison with stage 3B breast cancer was a strange blessing—the defining moment of her life. Despite the odds, she survived. Now her motto is, “Been there, done that. How can I help?” Contact her at sueellenallen@gmail.com

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