W.o.o.t.s.

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 [...]

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 it’s kind of scary because I [...]

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 compete [...]

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 used to be.
Big smoking hole, [...]

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 one way trip to [...]

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 runs the world, pushes the buttons, [...]

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 run away. I [...]

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.
your fears.
Your beliefs.
Your morals.
Your aspirations.
Your strengths.
Your weaknesses.
Your will.
Knock, knock.
Who s there?
You.
You as you were.
You as [...]

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 [...]