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November 29, 2009

Brace is winner

Arts at Hayfield, a non-profit community arts support organization housed at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, recently awarded Penn State Wilkes-Barre freshman Shannon Brace the Irene Thomas Memorial Award for her contributions to the arts.

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Penn State Wilkes-Barre student Shannon Brace was recently awarded the Irene Thomas Memorial Award for her contributions to the arts. From left, first row, are Mark Wasilewski; Mary Ann Brace, Shannon’s mother; Shannon Brace, award winner. Second row, Kenneth Brace, Shannon’s father.

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Brace is a Dean’s List student whose artistic interests include: writing poetry, short stories, and poetic drama; photography; sewing; and make-up design.

Brace also self-published a novel at age 14 and hopes to publish more novels with a traditional publishing house. She won the poetry contest at the Fine Arts Fiesta during her freshman and sophomore years in high school.

A native of Hunlock Creek, Brace plans to major in English and is also a member of the Lazy Artists Society at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.