Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 15, 1990 TAG: 9003152198
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: southwest bureau
DATELINE: MARION LENGTH: Short
The contest started in 1976 as part of a centennial celebration of the writer's birth.
The Ohio native lived most of the last 16 years of his life in Marion and Troutdale, where he came in the summer of 1925 to complete his novel "Tar." He bought a small farm and built the house he called Ripshin at Troutdale the following year.
He bought two Marion newspapers, the Smyth County News and Marion Democrat, in 1927 and established a following for his small-town editorial style of writing.
Anderson died in 1941 in the Panama Canal Zone from peritonitis probably caused by swallowing part of a toothpick while he and his wife were leaving on a trip to South America. He is buried in Marion.
Widely acknowledged for his short stories, Anderson also wrote novels, non-fiction, poetry and many magazine articles and stories. His best-known book is probably "Winesburg, Ohio."
Contest rules are available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest, P.O. Box 550, Marion 24354. Further information is available by telephoning Don Francis at 783-7141.
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