Madison, WI, September 8, 2009: Tyrus Books  has partnered with Morgan Freeman’s
    Rock River Foundation and the Mississippi Writers Guild for the DELTA YOUTH Writing
    Contest.

    The short story contest is open to high school students in the Mississippi Delta (includes
    Washington, DeSoto, Humphreys, Carroll, Issaquena, Panola, Quitman, Bolivar, Coahoma,
    Leflore, Sunflower, Sharkey, Tunica, Tallahatchie, Holmes, Yazoo and Warren Counties)
    and the winner will be invited to read the winning piece on March 27th, 2010 at Ground Zero
    in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at an event celebrating the release of the short story collection,
    Delta Blues, edited by Carolyn Haines and published by Tyrus Books.

    The Mississippi Writers Guild will award free registration to the Guild’s 2010 conference for
    the top winners and his/her adult guardians/chaperones. Additionally, the Guild is awarding
    a $1,000 scholarship to one Delta senior entrant seeking a degree in the field of literary arts.

    Delta Blues (Tyrus Books, May 2010) features short stories from John Grisham, Charlaine
    Harris, James Lee Burke, Ace Atkins, David Sheffield, and others with a foreword by
    Morgan Freeman. Tyrus Books will donate $1 from the sale of every copy of Delta Blues to
    the Rock River Foundation. For more information, visit www.deltabluescollection.com.

    Tyrus Books, a publisher of crime and literary fiction, launched in July of 2009 by Benjamin
    LeRoy and Alison Janssen, formerly of Bleak House Books. Tyrus Books is headquartered
    in Madison, Wisconsin. The Rock River Foundation, established circa 1990 by Morgan
    Freeman, has a stated goal of improving education in Mississippi.

    This DELTA BLUES YOUTH Writing Contest was officially announced on September 8,
    2009—International Literacy Day as declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
    and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Delta Blues Project
Read Publisher Weekly Write-up on Delta Blues Project HERE
CONGRATULATIONS:
1st Place Winner Donald Brown
and
Everett Bexley, Sky Lynn Irby, Rachel Brooks
PHOTOS OF DELTA BLUES RECEPTION, AWARDS CEREMONY
AND DELTA MUSE PERFORMANCE BELOW
Friday Night Reception
The Delta Blue Writing Awards Ceremony
FIRST MWG COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
$1,000.00
The After Party and the Blues Muse