Recent Awards
The Grand Prairie Festival of the Arts, the 50th annual feature of the Grand Prairie Arts Council in Stuttgart, Arkansas, has just announced that Jim Young of Beaver, Arkansas has been awarded both first and second place in this year’s statewide adult essay competition. The first place award for Young’s essay entitled ON PIGEONS AND OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS deals with the topic of the authentic expression of love. WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY…, the second place essay, depicts current-day life in Cuba and the failed US policy in that regard. These awards follow on Young’s first place awards in the past two years of the Grand Prairie Festival, one in poetry, with his rendering of the ultimate in intimacy, called LIFE, and another for a short story by the title of THANKS FOR THE YELLOW ROSES, which deals with relational healing. All of Young’s works are of a spiritual nature and nourish the soul from various vantage points.
These awards come on the heels of Dr. Young’s newly-released trilogy: THE CREATION SPIRIT; A LABOR OF LOVE; and KEYS TO THE DOOR OF TRUTH. These books feature a metaphysical treatment of various aspects of life from a spiritual point of view, and form the basis for what is sure to be a continuing array of offerings under his THE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS SERIES moniker. All of these writings, including the award-winning pieces mentioned above, are available on his website: http://creationspirit.net.