Filkoff wins Amelia Island's First Annual Storytelling Slam

Submitted by Wilma Allen

September 25, 2014 4:00 p.m.

Arlene Filkoff makes an appearance at the FOL Storytelling Slam the day after cataract surgery.
Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Wilkes
www.elizabethwilkesphotography.com

Former Fernandina Beach Mayor Arlene Filkoff won top prize in the “Island Tales Storytelling Slam” with her story “What I Learned as a City Commissioner” September 19 at St. Peters Church. She and four other outstanding local storytellers competed in the sold-out fundraiser sponsored by Friends of the Library (FOL) with support from the Florida Humanities Council and Amelia Island Museum of History. As part of her prize, Filkoff will name a piece of furniture in the expanded, renovated Fernandina Beach Library opening next spring.