D. Slayton Avery and Thea Lewis have been named winners of the 2024 Vermont Writers' Prize, sponsored by Green Mountain Power and Vermont Magazine. Avery won in the poetry category for her poem "At the Fair," and Lewis won in the prose category for her short story "Farm Boy."

Both will receive cash awards of $1,250 and have their work published in the summer issue of Vermont Magazine.

Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital has announced the promotion of Chief Nursing Officer Olivia Sweetnam to CEO, effective July 1. She will succeed Doug DiVello, who announced his plans last December to retire when a replacement was hired.