William “Bill” McCann

William “Bill” McCann is a playwright, poet, and essayist. He is a former arts columnist for the Winchester Sun and a 2024 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with an MFA in creative writing. Mr. McCann was nominated for the 2025 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his chapbook God Hires Gardeners (Finishing Line Press, 2023). He has two more books forthcoming in 2025: Yearnings: A Memoir in Prose and Poetry (Cyberwit.net) and The New Adventures of Jesus (Finishing Line Press). He was commissioned in 2023 to write a play for the Pikeville, KY Bicentennial. That play “Fiddlesticks and Dynamite” premiered at the Appalachian Center for the Arts in Feb. 2024; in December 2024 a radio drama version was produced and broadcast on WEKU (88.9 FM) as part of Eastern Standard’s Theatre of the Mind series. His full-length play :”Boats Against the Current” premiered at Flashback Theatre, Somerset, KY in 2019.

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The Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community learning and literary arts center with local, state, and national awards for programming excellence. The Center offers seasonal classes in writing, publishing, and languages; tutoring for students grades K-12; vibrant youth and family programs and exhibits; outreach programs for children and adults; readings from established authors and local literary icons; and other programs and events designed to encourage people to explore and express their voices through imaginative learning and the literary arts.

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