Graham,
Both are good, but I prefer your second. "Marlboro Country" is an icon of cigarette advertising, and "plains" works well with it. Maybe you might consider substituting "Western" or "cowboy" for "glowing". Or, perhaps, "(Marlboro Country's Western plains)" ?
And, getting that pesky word "May" in as a proper noun ought to score you some extra points with the judge. It seems that match manufactirers are part of the smoking - industrial - complex.
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