Fill This Empty Canvas
Non-Rhyming Poetry Chapbook
© 2004

Ms. McKethan has published over 57 poems in 10 literary journals and 10 anthologies, including "Emigration Immigration Diversity" published by Chapel Hill Press. She has a chapbook, Paint This Empty Canvas. A poem of hers received 1st Place in the Love Category in the 37th Annual Contest of Arizona State Poetry Society. In 2004, she won an Honorable Mention in The Lyricist Statewide Poetry Contest. In 2003, she received national recognition with a 1st Place in the Non-rhyming Poetry Category, in the 72nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. She was one of 15 North Carolina poets selected as an Elizabeth Daniels Squires writer in residence at Peace College. That same year she was a Poet Laureate Award finalist in the North Carolina Poetry Society’s contest. Her poems have appeared in Pembroke Magazine, Asheville Poetry Review, Cairn, Crucible, and Sanskrit. She is a frequent winner in Fayetteville’s Fields of Earth Contests – including two first places in one year. She won Crucible’s Sam Ragan Award in 2001. In 2000, she was finalist in NCWN’s Harperprint Poetry Chapbook Competition.

Pamphlet Design for
General William C. Lee Airborne Museum
http://generalleeairbornemuseum.org
Joanna McKethan Creative Director and Christian LaMirand Graphic Production

• John from Connection (picked up at the Averasboro Museum):
  “Very slick! Good design.”
• Oscar Harris: “Professional job; well done! Contains all of the necessary information.”
• WWII Veteran: “Appreciate the emphasis on the flag – patriotism is not so popular now.”
• Rising 4th Grader: “Wake County Yes! This will fit my project just perfect.”
  …The mother of the 4th grader had determined the child would be required to do a NC project this year. She located WWII, etc. museums and was visiting as many as possible for information. At the Lee Museum, I got a tour and was supplied with the facts needed for the body of the project. They gave him (the student) a handout of printed materials, post cards, a toy glider, tee shirt and new brochure. He was excited because it would fit the format they had chosen for the project.
  He mailed me a hand-made Thank-You card!