Apply to Marylhurst University’s show:tell Workshop for Teen Writers!
Show:tell the Workshop for Teen Writers is a nine day writing seminar for student writers between the ages of 14 and 18 hosted by the Department of English and Literature at Marylhurst University. Within a diverse community of learners, students receive college level instruction in creative writing and contemporary arts, as well as developing skills [...]
WITS in Action: Desmond Spann at Benson HS
With the rise of slam poetry and storytelling in the literary world, Writers in the Schools is excited to hire talented local writers who create work in these genres. This year Desmond Spann, who describes himself as “a spoken word poet, a positive emcee and hip hop artist,” was the writer-in-residence in two of Steve [...]
A Writing Experience for Teens at University of Iowa
Every summer, the International Writing Program at University of Iowa hosts Between the Lines (BTL), a program that brings together American and foreign high school writers to study creative writing and cultural interaction. This is a call for young writers to apply to attend the BTL Arabic World, from June 22-July 6, or BTL Russia, [...]
Sherman Alexie visits Franklin HS and NAYA
Before his PA&L lecture at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Sherman Alexie visited Franklin High School and the Native American Youth Family Center (NAYA). At both visits, Alexie kept his audience laughing throughout. When a student asked about his sense of humor, Alexie responded that humor is a response: one can either laugh or cry. [...]
The William Stafford Writing Contest – Call for Submissions
Attention student writers! We are pleased to announce another exciting publishing opportunity, courtesy of Ooligan Press: William Stafford (1914–1993) was one of the most important American poets of the last half of the twentieth century. Among his many credentials, Stafford received the National Book Award for his poetry collection Traveling through the Dark (1963), and [...]
Stephen Greenblatt visits Benson High School
When Stephen Greenblatt walked into the library of Benson High School, Elisa Wong’s senior AP English class fell into an expectant hush. The students had been studying Hamlet and read a chapter of Greenblatt’s book, Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare in advance, so they were prepared with questions for the Pulitzer Prize-winning [...]
The MothSHOP at Franklin High School
When The Moth came to town for their Mainstage event, they also brought their MothSHOP Community Education Program for an entire week at Franklin High School. Launched in 2000 as a way to bring their famed storytelling process to people who might not otherwise have a chance to participate, The MothSHOP teaches storytelling principles to students [...]
WITS Reading for Cleveland Students at TaborSpace
Students presented both prose and comics at the WITS end-of-residency celebration for Cleveland students at Taborspace. Their audience included several community members and parents, who laughed, gasped, and applauded warmly throughout the evening. At one point, the audience was invited to read along with the student’s piece in the chapbooks that were provided at each [...]
2013 Write to Publish High School Scholarship
Our friends at Ooligan Press are offering a scholarship for a high school student to attend their 2013 Write to Publish Conference. Here’s their info: Are you a high school student? Do you love to write, and wish you knew how to get your work published? Come check out Write to Publish (W2P), a one-day [...]
Wilson Students Read at Annie Bloom’s Books
It was quite a reading for Wilson students at Annie Bloom’s Books on Thursday night. The poems, prose, and plays that students read–in both Spanish and English–ran a gamut of emotions, from sadness and mourning in pieces about a car crash to laughter and sass in a series of pieces written about being a cat, [...]
