Greater St. Louis Chapter

 

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A chapter of the Writers Hall of Fame® of America is now being formed in the Greater St. Louis area. The Greater St. Louis Chapter will, like the other chapters in Missouri, perform the grass roots efforts of the Writers Hall of Fame® of America—holding writing contests for young students, awarding college scholarships to high school seniors interested in writing, and recognizing a professional writer each year from the area.

The Greater St. Louis Chapter in the Missouri State Hall includes the following counties: Lincoln, Warren, Franklin, Washington, St. Francis, Ste. Genevieve, Jefferson, St. Louis, and St. Charles.

Spearheading this formation are Lou Turner of St. Charles and David Lipman of St. Louis. Both Turner and Lipman are on the newly formed Board of Directors of the Missouri State Hall. Assisting them is Ken Fields of St. Louis.

Lou Turner (St. Charles) is a freelance writer who co-founded Saturday Writers, an affiliate of the Missouri Writers Guild, is currently President of the Ozarks Writers League and has taught writing for the Oasis program as well as an online writing course.

David Lipman (St. Louis) is a 2002 inductee into the Writers Hall of Fame® of America. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, he spent 37 years with the Pulitzer Publishing Company, serving as assisant sports editor, news editor, assistant managing editor, and managing editor of the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Ken Fields (St. Louis) is a partner in the Fleishman-Hillard Agency of St. Louis, where he has worked on a variety of public affairs initiatives and managed campaigns affecting environmental issues and education funding. Ken has a degree in broadcase journalism from the University of Missouri, spent a number of years as a television reporter and news anchor.

 

If you are interested in helping form the Greater St. Louis Chapter, or in helping set up a chapter in your region, please contact Writers Hall of Fame® of America's Executive Director, Paul Johns, at PaulJohns@MissouriState.edu or 417-836-6052.

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