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THE SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS OF 2009 The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers invites students in grades 7 – 12 to participate in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009, the nation’s longest-running, largest, most prestigious recognition program for creative teenagers in the visual and literary arts. Prizes include possible publication and [...]

To Love by Alexis Andrew from Jefferson High School Published in the 2006-2007 WITS Anthology Mostly What I’m Made Of Sometimes I wonder do you make me the way I am? Or do I make you the way you are? Sometimes I imagine how my life would be if you weren’t in it. But then [...]

This is just something we would like to bring to the attention of any students out there interested in the chance to win a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop. Head over to the competition page for more information. GAMBIER, Ohio (November 3, 2008) High school sophomores and juniors are encouraged to [...]

Brown Bear by Casey Wang from Madison High School Published in the 2006-2007 WITS Anthology Mostly What I’m Made Of Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see I see an evangelical, hydrogen-filled death ray pointed at me. Evangelical hydrogen-filled death ray, what do you see? I see a big smoking hole where this bear [...]

Dear Attitude by Victoria Branch from FOCUS Published in the 2006-2007 WITS Anthology Mostly What I’m Made Of Dear Attitude, You’re loved and all you’re a part of me you stick up for me when I’m sitting down but attitude you really get in personality way sometimes and I’ve been thinking about getting you a [...]

Hands by Michael Nelson from Jefferson High School Published in the 2006-2007 WITS Anthology Mostly What I’m Made Of Light cream, with tunnels of life running through it. Unique patterns of one’s self, telling everything, but some times not enough, your fingerprint is your identity. Scarred, weathered and hard from a timeless life. Where it [...]

I Would Like to Go Inside My Dad’s Brain By Haley Savage from Franklin High School Published in the 2006-2007 WITS Anthology Mostly What I’m Made Of I would like to go inside my dad’s brain, so that I could change the way he now feels about me. So he wouldn’t assume I wanted to [...]

Identity Knock, Knocking By Danielle Newman From Marshall High School Published in the 2006-2007 WITS Anthology Mostly What I’m Made Of Knock, knock. Who’s there? There is nothing. Nothing you can’t do. Nothing you can’t see. Nothing you can’t understand. Nothing you can’t accomplish. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Yours. Your hopes. Your dreams. Your thoughts. [...]

Matthew B. Zrebski is our Writer-in-Residence at Grant High School. A native Texan, Matt studied acting, directing, and playwriting at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University and received his BFA in 1995. Having been closely mentored by Paul Walsh and Lou Salerni, Matt developed a deep passion for new work development [...]