Local writers recognized at Oklahoma conference

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Doug Kelley and Clay McKinney were recognized during the 2010 Oklahoma Writer’s Federation Conference.

Kelley, a corporate pilot for Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., won a third place award for poetry and honorable mention for a feature article.

McKinney, a banker with Simmons First, received an honorable mention for an adult short story and an honorable mention in nostalgia prose.

This is a tough conference to get any award. I’ve been going to it for five years and just now got an honorable mention,” McKinney noted in a statement.

Kelley and McKinney have also worked as freelance writers for The City Wire.