World Champ-Pen -- Again!

Getting it "Write" in Columbus, for Top Honors
--a press release from the World Handwriting Contest, 7/3/06
For the second time in two years, Columbus resident Ann Alaia Woods (calligrapher, author, owner of Aimia Artworks) has won the top prize in an international competition:the World Handwriting Contest sponsored by Pen World International( http://www.penworld.com/ ) and directed by Kate Gladstone (owner of Handwriting Repair), Albany, NY ( http://global2000.net/handwritingrepair/WHAC/ ).

Last year, Woods won the top prize for cursive writing in her age group (Senior Division). This year, her writing won her the top prize for artistic writing in her age group. Last year - and again this year - Woods' fluent, clear, and gracefulpenmanship also held its own against samples from other handwriting contests, submitted to the World Handwriting Contest for comparison. Beating all these contenders in appearance, fluency, and legibility, Ann Alaia Woods' handwriting won a special inter-contest award as"World Pen-Champ" last year, and again this year. Woods, and the year's other first- and second-prize winners will receive their awards - fine writing instruments - from the Contest's main corporate sponsor, Pen WorldMagazine( http://www.penworld.com/ ), an international publication dedicated to the users and collectors of high-quality pens. Contest director Kate Gladstone commented: "I enjoy the opportunityto see each year's new crop of prize-winning handwritings - all legible, all beautiful, and all as different as snowflakes."

For more information about the contest, visit the World Handwriting Contest website http://global2000.net/handwritingrepair/WHAC/