Vermont Authors
Submitted by QwertyGirl on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:01pm.Hello!
I am here at YWP and we are in need of your help.
We have a grant to bring in authors for workshops. Vermont authors. I was told to make a list. Problem: I don't know very many Vermont authors.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
(NOTE- They should really be alive. No Robert Frost :) )
MM edit:
Here are a few Vermont authors and poets followed by an example of what they're written to get you thinking. Let us know who you like and who we can add to the list.
- Peter Gould, Write Naked
- Doug Wilhelm, The Revealers
- Karen Hesse, Stowaway, Witness, Just Juice
- Joe Citro, Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls, & Unsolved Mysteries
- John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The World According to Garp
- Julia Alvarez, In the Time of the Butterflies, Before We Were Free
- Archer Mayor, The Catch: A Joe Gunther Novel
Anthology selections are beginning-- UPDATE
Submitted by lmcisaac on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 6:08pm.We are beginning the process of selecting work from the 2008-2009 year for possible inclusion in our annual Anthology of best student work. If you have one or two blog entries that you really like and want them to be considered, please tag them with the keyword "best08-09" (no spaces, all lower-case). We need to have your selections by July 1.
An update from the team: Be on the lookout for changes in the tags of your own blogs. While we are primarily taking your picks, newspaper submissions, and Daily Reads into consideration, we are culling through all the blogs on the side.
If one of your posts is unexpectedly tagged, it just means that your writing will be considered as a possibility for the anthology. If it's chosen, keep an eye on your email accounts so we can get in touch with you.
NEWSPAPER SERIES -- 2008/09 Weekly index
Submitted by edevries on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 3:12pm.YWP 2008/09 Newspaper Series Index Links for selections and pages from the 2008/09 YWP Newspaper Series appearing on Tuesdays in the Burlington Free Press, Times Argus, Rutland Herald, The Valley News and Brattleboro Reformer. To submit, click here.
WEEK 38 -- June 9, 2009
READ THIS WEEK'S SELECTIONS: 'Through the window' and 'Advertising'.
To view or download the pages as pdf files, click the newspaper's name:
Brattleboro Reformer | Burlington Free Press | Rutland Herald | Times Argus
Memoir
Submitted by lmcisaac on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 5:37pm.By Sophia Seman
Albert D. Lawton Middle School, Grade 6
"His eyes are open," she whispered, then hid her nose in the tissue. My mom wasn't much of a crier, but in the last few days it had become a regular activity, like a dog licking itself.
I spent most of my time in the hospital. I hated it. Once again, that horrible hospital smell crept into my nose. So I glared down at my feet. It was too clean here. It was unnatural and unnerving.
Tongue Tied
Submitted by agharvey1014 on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 3:48pm.By Abby Harvey
Christ the King School, Grade 8
She couldn't speak.
She couldn't think.
She saw it coming.
She tried to stop it.
But it still came.
She got nervous.
She got stiff.
She stopped dead.
And wanted to quit.
Her words came out in jumbles.
She started to mumble.
She couldn't go on.
And ran away crying.
Disappearing Act
Submitted by nerdy4ever on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 2:22pm.By Emmalee Smith
Castleton Village School, Grade 7
Sitting silently in the empty room, motionless except for the beating of a heart, the frightened child sat in a chair, unblinking. He stared at the table in front of him. The light above him, flickering.
Finally, he blinked. He hadn’t blinked for five minutes. Within the quick milliseconds of time his eyes closed, something appeared on the table. An Apple as red as blood. Then he blinked again. The apple disappeared. He blinked again and again. The apple kept disappearing and reappearing. How was this happening? What was going on? He reached out and grabbed the apple. Then he bit the apple. He blinked and all the contents in his mouth disappeared with the rest of the apple. Then he blinked one last time and the flickering light above him went dark. The room was silent again.
