Diane Melby was recognized for literary excellence in the Jeffrey Hewitt Memorial 2023-24 Annual Contests sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Her poetry has appeared in Gyroscope, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, and Plate of Pandemic, as well as in other print and online publications. Her latest poem is forthcoming in the Northern Appalachian Review. She is the president-emeritus of a private university in Texas and writes from her home in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Www.dianemelby.com