Bennington in the Thick of Things for Poetry Fellowships

The competition for the prestigious Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships has been narrowed down to 12 finalists, and two of them hail from Bennington College - alumna Valerie Wetlaufer and current student Amanda Auchter. The Fellowship is particularly prominent in that they each carry an award of $15,000, which is among the largest prizes offered for aspiring writers in the United States.