Mary Owens
Mary is a published writer of fiction, essays, poetry, plays and personal histories, and a 2006 winner of the Harriette Arnow Award for Short Story and the Wilma Dykeman Award for Essay (sponsored by the Appalachian Writers Association).  Her one-act play The Landlocked Pond (about family relationships) won first prize in the 2007 Josephina Niggli Award for Playwriting.  Her short play Friendship on the Drunkard’s Path (about 2 women struggling to find common ground) was performed as part of the Berea Quilt Extravaganza in 2007.  In 2006 she directed the Trish Ayers play LUMPs (about breast cancer) in Lexington, KY, and at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL.  She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.

Writing For Social Change
The writing of my first full-length play, Passing On Gifts, was funded by the Kentucky Foundation for Women with a 2006 Artist Enrichment Grant.  The play, based on Laura Rogers and her family, tells the story of a Kentucky woman who becomes an advocate for agro-ecology and gender equity through her work with Heifer International. 

For more information on KFW: 502-562-0045; www.kfw.org.
For more information on Heifer Int'l: www.heifer.org
Contact Mary at mowens88@yahoo.com