Mardia Cooper Wins Open Mic Poetry Contest at N.H. Writer's Day

2016 May 9

Colby-Sawyer junior Mardia Cooper of Chicago, Ill., participated in and won the open mic competition at Writer's Day at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday, April 23. Writer's Day is an annual event put on by the New Hampshire Writer's Project (NHWP).

Majoring in Media Studies, Cooper attended Writer's Day as a finalist for the student essay contest, which she also won. Cooper is a Progressive Scholar, the president of the African Student Association and is currently completing an internship with the NAACP in Washington D.C.

The NHWP supports the development of individual writers and encourages an audience for literature in New Hampshire. They are a nonprofit literary arts organization funded by its members as well as organizations and businesses who believe in supporting the region's writers and literary heritage. The organization is run by a Board of Trustees and committees of highly skilled individuals charged with keeping NHWP relevant in this swiftly changing industry.