Richelle Putnam

Richelle Putnam is a Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) Teaching Artist, two-time MAC Literary Arts Fellow, and Mississippi Humanities Speaker. She earned her BS in Marketing Management and holds an MA in Creative Writing. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and articles have been published in many print and online literary journals and magazines. Among her six traditionally published books are a 2014 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Silver Medalist and a 2017 Foreword Indies Book Awards Bronze Medal winner. Her songs have been commended and awarded by the Billboard Songwriting Contest, UK Songwriting Contest, Songdoors Songwriting Contest, and Mike Pinder’s Songwars. American Songwriter Magazine has recognized her lyrics with a 2nd place and four Honorable Mentions in its Lyric Writing contest. She believes you should always dare to dream, discover, and do …YOU ... at any age.

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