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HISTORY OF THE
WILLIAM
AND HARRIET VANCE
MEMORIAL
FELLOWSHIPS
Since 2001, the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration has
awarded to selected outstanding teachers the William and Harriet Vance
Memorial Fellowships.
These fellowships are given by family and friends in memory of William
Jackson Vance, 1914-2001, and Harriet Mitchell Vance, 1917-1996, of
Natchez, Miss. They were longtime supporters of Copiah-Lincoln Community
College and the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration.
Criteria for fellowship winners is as follows:
1. They must be certified teachers in grades 1-12 in an accredited
school in Mississippi or Louisiana, chosen by a top school
administrator.
2. They must attend all or most of the Celebration the year the
fellowship is awarded, including all free events and all ticketed
events except the benefit event.
3. They must return to the classroom and share with students what
was learned at the Celebration.
4. They must complete and return a conference evaluation form or
write and return a one-page letter of evaluation of the conference.
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