Author Phillip Lee Williams to be honored Sunday in hometown of Madison
Author Phil Williams was honored Sunday in hometown of Madison. He has been living in Watkinsville. From his website: A member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and winner of numerous state and national literary awards, Philip Lee Williams has been honored since the beginning of his publishing career some 30 years ago. Among his honors are: Adrienne Bond Award for Poetry. For The Color of All Things: 99 Love Poem s, to be published by Mercer University Press in the spring of 2015. National Book of the Year for The Flower Seeker: An Epic Poem of William Bartram . From Books and Culture Magazine, 2011. Georgia Author of the Year, Poetry, The Flower Seeker: An Epic Poem of William Bartram , 2011 Georgia Author of the Year, Fiction, The Campfire Boys , 2010. Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. Inducted in spring, 2010. Georgia Governor’s Award in the Humanities, 2007. Michael Shaara Prize for A Distant Flame , 2005. This prize is for the best Civil War novel published i...