Bethel Poet Laureate Wins Book Award

BETHEL, CT — The town’s poet laureate has won first place in the American Journal of Nursing’s 2018 Book of the Year Awards.

“Taking Care of Time” by Cortney Davis won first place in the creative works category, according to the group's website.

Davis, a retired nurse, was named Bethel's first honorary poet laureate by the town's selectmen following an open competition.

Each year a panel of AJN judges selects "the most valuable texts" of the year in 20 categories. The full list for 2018 is here.

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