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O. HENRY FESTIVAL CELEBRATES LOCAL WRITERS, READERS; A STUDENT COMPETITION ALSO ENCOURAGESYOUNG PEOPLE TO WRITE.(EDITORIAL)

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From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
Date: 19980327
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Byline: JUDY CHEATHAM

No, the O. Henry Festival is not about candy bars.

The O. Henry Festival was begun in 1985 by a group of Greensboro residents to honor our most famous literary figure: William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), better known as O. Henry. While schoolchildren still read his short stories, some may not know of his Greensboro heritage, early education and life experiences that inspired his fiction.

The first festival commissioned the life-size statue of O. Henry, his dog and his works that is located at the corner of Bellemeade and North Elm streets. An ...

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