Gaydell Collier Wins Arts AwardGaydell Collier was named a recipient of a 2004 Wyoming Governor's Arts Award. Gaydell and fellow GAA awardees Jane Iverson, Holly Turner, and the All-City Children's Chorus were honored Feb 4, 2005, at the annual Governor's Arts Awards annual dinner in Cheyenne. Here's a brief report on the event by Mike Shay of WyoLitMail: A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL Wyoming Poet Laureate David Romtvedt launched the Governor's Arts Award festivities February 4 in Cheyenne with a stirring recitation of his poem, "Some Starry Night." Then the Governor presented awards to Gaydell Collier, Holly Turner, Jane L. Iverson, and the Cheyenne All-City Children's Chorus. The Gaydell Collier Admiration Society from the Black Hills took up several banquet tables and greeted Gaydell's award announcement with loud whoops and yee-hahs. Gaydell, a retired county library director, lives with her husband Roy on their small horse ranch near Sundance in Wyoming's Black Hills. She is co-author with Eleanor F. Prince of three horse books, including Basic Horsemanship: English and Western. A long-time member of Wyoming Writers, Inc., Gaydell's work has been published in periodicals and anthologies such as Smithsonian, The Christian Science Monitor, Western Horse Tales, and Visions of Wyoming. Gaydell is co-editor with Linda Hasselstrom and Nancy Curtis, of "Leaning Into the Wind," "Woven on the Wind," and "Crazy Woman Creek." Besides co-editing, Gaydell also has her writing appearing in the anthologies: "Wyoming Bound" in Leaning, "Knowing with the Heart" in Woven and "AfterWord" in Crazy Woman Creek. Along with writing and editing, her interests include the land, ranching, dogs, horses, books, grand opera, and dark chocolate. She keeps a small, mail-order-only bookshop at her ranch, called Backpocket Books. Gaydell was nominated for the Governor's Arts Award by Bearlodge Writers, formed in 1980, which meets in Sundance and has members throughout the Black Hills. Yee-hah! Congratulations Gaydell! back to top |
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