{"id":3298,"date":"2012-05-23T15:46:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T20:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:29:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:29:34","slug":"wilsontwscholar2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=3298","title":{"rendered":"Wilson wins UNC scholarship in creative writing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heather Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Incoming first-year student Heather P. Wilson of Exeter, N.H., has been awarded a 2012 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a full four-year merit scholarship in creative writing, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

The scholarship program was established in 2001 with a gift to UNC\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences from alumnus Frank Borden Hanes Sr. of Winston-Salem. It honors Carolina alumnus Thomas Wolfe, best known for his 1929 novel, \u201cLook Homeward, Angel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson attends Phillips Exeter Academy. Although it is not her primary genre, Wilson said a screenwriting course at her school taught her \u201ca lot about the importance of dialogue, and how to construct believable, meaningful exchanges between characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

She won first place in Exeter\u2019s general category English prize for her personal essay, \u201cThese Simple Precepts.\u201d She has been published in various school publications from the literary magazine to the newspaper. She enjoys writing humor pieces and short stories, playwriting and directing, gardening and cycling. She has lived in eight different states.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will write anything; I would write the blurb on the back of a cereal box if someone asked me to, and in all likelihood, I would enjoy doing it,\u201d Wilson wrote in her application in response to the question, \u201cWhat sort of writing do you most enjoy?\u201d<\/p>\n

In her essay, \u201cWhy I Write,\u201d Wilson penned: \u201cI write to give the past a present clarity, to make use of past grievances for present catharsis; I write to give order to experience without denying that very experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson lists Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Marilyn Robinson and T.S. Eliot among her favorite writers \u2014 and counts Dostoyevsky\u2019s \u201cThe Brothers Karamazov\u201d as her all-time favorite novel.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeather Wilson thoroughly impressed our advisory board with her wit and wisdom both on and off the page,\u201d said Marianne Gingher, Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor of English and co-director of the scholarship program. \u201cShe is a gifted storyteller, but what sets her work apart is its stylistic deftness and charm. Keenly observant, she\u2019s simply a writer you want to keep reading for the pleasure of her sentences. We couldn\u2019t be more pleased to know that she\u2019ll be honing her considerable talent at Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n

Web site:<\/strong> http:\/\/englishcomplit.unc.edu\/creative\/scholarships\/tws<\/p>\n

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