SCRIBE'S SCROLL AND OTHER AMY AWARDS
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| De Kelly, "Guns & Garters" author, was honored in 2003 for lacing her biographies of infamous outlaws with love. |
Scribe's Scroll Awards are honors bestowed upon writers or other communicators whose works meet the highest ethical and mystical standards for which the foundation stands.
Sometimes a financial stipend accompanies the scroll certificate, although not always. No one can apply for such an award, nor do recipients expect such honors.
The naming of a Scribe's Scroll recipient is solely directed by Amy Kitchener and comes as a complete surprise to both the individual receiving the award and officer who is directed to make the nomination. Amounts given may range from $25 to $100, depending on the foundation's bank balance.
A FEW RECIPIENTS
A few recipients of the Scribe's Scroll Award were: Mavis Leno (wife of Tonight Show host Jay Leno) for her humanitarian work as a communicator who revealed the plight of the women of Afghanistan under the Taliban;
Dr. Robert J. McManimie, founder of Writer's Challenge Literary Association in St. Peters, Missouri, whose poem about I AM penetrated to the heart of the spiritual-being issue and described the soul of one's own inner guardian angel (also known as the Higher Muse or God). He is seen in this photo with the late Doris Hadfield, Meeting The Muse representative, at the anual meeting of officers of The Missouri State Poetry Society in 2004.
John Keel, author whose investigative research into the mid-twentieth century Mothman mysteries became the basis of a 21st-century motion picture that revealed angels don't always fit stereotyped imagery and their nature should be reevaluated;
SPECIAL AMY'S CHOICE AWARDS
An occasional award especially selected by Amy Kitchener may be given with or without financial compensation.
"The Ballad of Michael K." was selected by Amy Kitchener, from the first 10,000 poems reviewed by the panel of judges during the foundation's first four years (2001-2005) of operation.
The poem was entered in the 2004 National Annual SENIOR POETs LAUREATE Contest for American poets age 50 and older by Hope Warriner of San Diego, California.
THE BALLAD OF MICHAEL K.
Some called him brave, some called him daft
because he chose the "midnight run,"
and in the groves wild tales were spun
that Mike played host to ghosts that laughed.
One night three packers made a plan
and swore they'd learn what Michael did.
Behind the orange crates they hid
and crouched together man to man.
The truck pulled out of Orangetown
ten minutes after twelve o'clock.
The moon above was powdered chalk;
the night was painted black and brown.
"All right, you guys," Michael then said,
"You want to see what I do here?
Come in with me--and have no fear--
come meet my long-departed dead."
He grabbed the packers by the belt
and pulled them into Swensen's barn;
the men, when now they tell the yarn,
laugh loudly at the fear they felt.
There stood an easel in the gloom,
a box of brushes, tubes of paint,
and though the candle's light was faint,
a masterpiece lit up the room.
Hope Warriner,
San Diego, California
HOW AWARDS ARE PRESENTED
The majority of all awards are given through the U. S. Postal Service, but in situations where the Scribe's Scroll can be given in person, the presenter of the award wears the Bridal Apron that symbolizes Amy Kitchener's life as the daughter of early 19th-century pioneers who settled in Iowa before the territory became a state.
Board member Bonnie J. Woodall wore the apron during the presentation of the Scribe's Scroll Award to the late Walter D. King, 1995 Senior Poet Laureate, at the 5th annual convention of Missouri State Poetry Society in September 2003.
ANGEL WITHOUT WINGS AWARDS
For a few other individuals, whom Amy designates to be Angels Without Wings, simply being selected to wear the apron has been an honor (without any other form of reward).
Verlene R. Franson, late founder of "Keys to Springfield" magazine, was the first publisher so honored. She was recognized in 2001 for her untiring efforts to open the Ozarks region of the Bible Belt to cultural arts that include ballet, classical music and creative writing.