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Win a Scholarship to Young Writers Program at Kenyon College

Picture this: Having your ideas take shape among the rolling hills and sprawling trees that make up the historic campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Even better, imagine winning a scholarship to send you there! The Kenyon Review invites high-school students ages 16-18 to an intensive 2-week writing workshop as part of its Young Writers Program taking place June 24-July 7 and July 15-28th. The program offers a supportive, challenging, and rewarding environment for youths to express themselves among their peers and gain insight from leading instructors in literature. Click here for more information and to apply.

What: Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop

Where: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Cost: $2,275 includes tuition, accommodations, meals, and activities. Need-based scholarships available.

Contact: (740) 427-5207 or youngwriters@kenyonreview.org

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Nov. ’11

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. The runners up will also see their poems published.

The contest is named in honor of Patricia Grodd in recognition of her generous support of The Kenyon Review and its programs, as well as her passionate commitment to education and deep love for poetry.

The final judge of the contest is KR poetry editor David Baker.

Submissions will be accepted electronically November 1 through November 30, 2011. The link to the submissions page for the contest will be active from this webpage on November 1, 2011.

Check out the guidelines and ubmit your work to the Patricia Grodd Poetry Contest by visiting the website.

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Jan. ’11

Scholarship Op: Kenyon Review Young Writers Program

Picture this: Having your ideas take shape among the rolling hills and sprawling trees that make up the historic campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Even better, imagine winning a scholarship to send you there! The Kenyon Review invites high-school students ages 16-18 to an intensive 2-week writing workshop as part of its Young Writers Program taking place June 26 – July 9 and July 17-30. The program offers a supportive, challenging, and rewarding environment for youths to express themselves among their peers and gain insight from leading instructors in literature. Click here for more information and to apply.