Cider Press Review just published former Writers in the Schools (WITS) writer Landon Godfrey’s first book of poems Second-Skin Rhinestone-Spangled Nude Soufflé Chiffon Gown. David St. John selected her manuscript for the Cider Press Review’s book award in 2009. If you’re interested in buying the book, you can find it at the Cider Press bookstore as well as book [...]
Three Writers in the Schools (WITS) students at Helms Elementary (HISD) will have their winning poems published in the Young Writers of America Annual Students Anthology! Congratulations to 3rd graders Joshua Martinez, Bella Corona, and Emily De Leon, who are students in Ms. Jennifer Martinez’s class and work weekly with Writers in the Schools (WITS) [...]
FROM OUR FRIENDS at Young Playwrights Inc. Do you know a young playwright, under the age of 18? National Playwriting Competition Deadline: January 2, 2012 Young Playwrights Inc. is holding a competition for playwrights under the age of 18. The winners will receive an all-expenses paid trip to New York City to attend the Young Playwrights [...]
2012 Children’s Contest Rules Subject = Adventure The final deadline for entries is March 31, 2012. Children are encouraged to submit their work to Houston-Texas-Online as soon as possible. They will receive 10 extra points if they submit their work prior to December 31, 2011. These extra points will count toward the final judging. Entries will be displayed on [...]
The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop. In addition, the winning poem will be published in The Kenyon Review. [...]
September 2011 is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. To raise awareness, Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers (TCCHC) sponsors an extraordinary event called Making a Mark, the annual art exhibit presented by The Periwinkle Foundation. The Periwinkle Foundation, which reaches more than 4,000 children every year, provides programs for children, young people, and their families [...]
Have you heard about Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page, a “one book, one city” program that will take place through September 30th, 2011? Everyone in the the city of Houston is invited to read and discuss the book One Amazing Thing by author Chitra Divakaruni, an internationally acclaimed writer who is featured in one of our WITS [...]
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Call for Submissions—High School Writers If you are a teenager currently enrolled in high school, grades 9-12, Crashtest, the new online literary magazine for high school writers, would like to hear from you!Crashtest publishes poetry, stories and creative non-fiction in the form of personal essays, imaginative investigation, experimental interviews, and more. They are looking for [...]
If you’re a teacher trying to figure out her first-day-of-school writing prompt, visit the Northern Nevada Writing Project (NNWP) for some wonderful, interactive writing lessons that will get you off to a brilliant beginning. The NNWP WritingFix page is set up for teachers and features many helpful ideas, routines, and practices for the writing classroom. [...]
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When our daughter turned 4 years old, we signed her up for the Summer Creative Writing Workshops sponsored by Writers in the Schools and Rice University’s School Literacy & Culture Project. Carrie wasn’t really “writing” at all when she started camp, but she was bursting with energy and ideas. By the end of camp, she [...]
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These days I’m amazed and excited by all the new book jargon. In addition to nooks and kindles and kobo e-readers, there are terms such as POD, reflow, and XML. It makes me giddy. On the other hand, I still love good old-fashioned book jargon too. When our oldest daughter was in kindergarten, she learned [...]
If you are a teenager currently enrolled in high school, grades 9-12, Crashtest, the new online literary magazine for high school writers, would like to hear from you! the deadline for the inaugural issue is APRIL 15, 2011. Crashtest publishes poetry, stories and creative non-fiction in the form of personal essays, imaginative investigation, experimental interviews, [...]
What: WITS Writers Chuck Carlise and Ryler Dustin will share their work tonight at Brazos Bookstore as part of the Gulf Coast Reading Series, sponsored by the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program. This event is free and open to the public. When: 7PM, February 11 Where: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnett About the Writers Chuck [...]
Young writers, you can submit your best work to a poetry contest. It’s sponsored by Creative Communication, and the next deadline is December 9, 2010. Yes, there are prizes. For students, the top ten entries in each grade division (K-3; 4-6; 7-9; 10-12 for poetry) will receive a $50 savings bond, special recognition in the anthology, [...]
The Blue Pencil Online, edited and produced by the students in the Writing & Publishing Program at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, publishes the work of writers ages 12 to 18 from around the world, with the intention of showcasing the best in literary craft by young writers. The Editors seek text and audio [...]
