Cathy Landry’10 wins top prize in Sister Cities’ International Young Author Showcase

Phoenix, AZ – Sister Cities International Young Authors Showcase announced recently that Phoenix youth Cathy Landry was awarded top honors for her poem “Diplomacy in E-Minor.”

Landry, 17 years old and entering her senior year at Xavier College Prep Academy, competed against youth from around the world who submitted essays and poetry that expressed the Sister Cities International’s mission to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation.

Landry was awarded $1,200, and her poem will be published on the Sister Cities International Web site, in the Sister Cities International Newsletter and be part of the Young Artists Showcase Tour.

Sister Cities International, as the national nonprofit membership organization serving members in the United States, acts as a clearinghouse and facilitator to assist communities with the development and maintenance of their sister city partnerships.

The city of Phoenix joined the Sister City movement in 1972 with the creation of the Phoenix Sister Cities Commission (PSCC). As a nonprofit organization seeking to develop understanding and better relationships with designated cities around the world, PSCC filed for Articles of Incorporation in 1975 and signed its first sister city linkage with Hermosillo, Mexico in 1976.

Since then, Phoenix has linked with Himeji, Japan (1976); Taipei, Taiwan (1979); Chengdu, China (1987); Ennis, Ireland (1988); Grenoble, France (1990); Calgary, Canada (1997); Catania, Italy (2001); Ramat-Gan, Israel (2005); and established a Capital Cities agreement with Prague, Czech Republic in 1991.

from source: http://www.evliving.com/2009/07/10/8189/young-authors-award/