Contributor Wins National Award

A homeless writer for Nashville’s street newspaper The Contributor won a national award over the weekend.

Michael Cooke, better known as Pontiac, won “Best Vendor Contribution” from the North American Street Newspaper Association.

The one-year-old newspaper takes submissions from homeless advocates and those who live on the streets. The homeless vendors purchase the papers for a quarter and sell them for a dollar.

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Jeannie Alexander, an outreach worker for Park Center and writer for The Contributor, reads from her piece “Knocked Up, Knocked Down” about pregnant women living on the streets. It was nominated for “Best News Feature.”