Wayne Community College English Instructor Dean Tuck has been awarded for excellence in creative writing.
Tuck’s poem “After St. Matthew and the Angel” won first place in a contest for ekphrasis poetry, which is written in response to another work of art. The contest was held by literary magazine Tar River Poetry in association with the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA).
Poets were asked to choose a piece from the NCMA for their poetry responses. Tuck’s poem is a response to the painting St. Matthew and the Angel.
Tuck’s prize for winning includes an honorarium, an invitation to read his poem at the End Paper: NCMA Art Book Fair poetry reading, and a broadside of the poem produced by artists Terry Schupbach-Gordon and Toby Gordon of Catbird (on-the-Yadkin) Press.
One of the broadsides can be found on the third floor of WCC’s Dogwood Building.
In addition to poetry, Tuck has written a novel, Twinless Twin, that will be released this year. He will be reading a selection from the novel and discussing the book’s journey to publication as part of the Foundation of WCC’s Arts and Humanities lecture series this fall.
About Wayne Community College
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, the college serves around 10,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 150 college credit programs. WCC’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.