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Scholastic Writing Awards--Deadline December 2
Register and submit entries in various categories
https://www.artandwriting.org/
Hollins College--Nancy Thorp Poetry contest--Deadline Oct. 31
https://www.hollins.edu/academics/pre-college-experiences-camps/nancy-thorp-poetry-contest/
Bennington Young Writers Contest 2025-2026--Deadline Nov. 1
Princeton University's
Leonard L. Milberg '53
Leonard L. Milberg '53
High School Poetry Prize
High School Poetry Prize
Thank you for your past interest in the Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize at Princeton University. Unfortunately, the contest has been discontinued and will not be accepting submissions for the 2025-26 or future academic years.
Princeton University will continue to host the annual Ten-Minute Play Contest for high school students. The playwriting contest is open to students in the eleventh grade in the U.S. or international equivalent of the eleventh grade. Each year a guest playwright serves as contest judge.
Publications for Young Writers to Submit Their Writing - Ongoing
Publications for Young Writers to Submit Their Writing - Ongoing
The Creative Writing Department at SOTA will keep you informed of upcoming writing contests and opportunities. Many of our students take advantage of these contests and this information. The best way to start your career as a writer is to start submitting your original writing!
The Creative Writing Department at SOTA will keep you informed of upcoming writing contests and opportunities. Many of our students take advantage of these contests and this information. The best way to start your career as a writer is to start submitting your original writing!
This post includes some links to online publication opportunities that any student can enter and some helpful writing advice on submitting.
Young writers can find print and online literary magazines to read and submit their writing to. Learn about places to publish your own original works! This list also includes some legitimate contests. Some publications publish only young writers, some publish all ages for young readers, so you need to know what you're submitting to (and what the editors like to publish!) For specific submission guidelines, visit the publication's website. Ages can include elementary/middle school, teen (high school), or even early college.
Young writers can find print and online literary magazines to read and submit their writing to. Learn about places to publish your own original works! This list also includes some legitimate contests. Some publications publish only young writers, some publish all ages for young readers, so you need to know what you're submitting to (and what the editors like to publish!) For specific submission guidelines, visit the publication's website. Ages can include elementary/middle school, teen (high school), or even early college.
Safety Matters! We expect sites listed in the link below to adhere to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Safety Matters! We expect sites listed in the link below to adhere to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
A Note to Young Writers: Editors expect you to read their publications to know what kinds of work they publish. Take time to become familiar by reading their content online or requesting a sample copy. DO NOT just send your work without having read the publication. It's a mistake too often made by many writers, and it annoys editors. Do not annoy editors!
A Note to Young Writers: Editors expect you to read their publications to know what kinds of work they publish. Take time to become familiar by reading their content online or requesting a sample copy. DO NOT just send your work without having read the publication. It's a mistake too often made by many writers, and it annoys editors. Do not annoy editors!
https://www.newpages.com/writers-resources/young-writers-guide
https://www.newpages.com/writers-resources/young-writers-guide-to-contests
https://www.newpages.com/writers-resources
Authors Sejal Shah & Willa Carroll with SOTA students, 2016
Readers Theatre--The Laramie Project
Writing Contests, 2025-2026
Writing Contests, 2025-2026
Writing Contests, 2024-2025
Writing Contests, 2024-2025
Gannon’s National High School Poetry Contest is now open for submissions!
Entrants must be a high school student or a home-schooled student in grades nine through twelve from anywhere in the nation. Up to two original
poems may be submitted.
Submission website: www.gannon.edu/HS-PoetrySubmission
The top three winners will receive a monetary award, a book by poet Rajiv Mohabir, and publications in the Awards Night program and in the award-winning literary magazine, Totem.
First Place: $100
Second Place: $75
Third Place: $50
Berwyn Moore Young Erie Poet Award: $50
Poems may also win Honorable Mention awards.
All entries must be received by February 1, 2025.
Winners will be notified by email in March 2025.
Awards will be presented at the 48th annual Gannon Writing Awards Night on April 10, 2025.
For more information, email Dr. Clayton Bradshaw-Mittal at highschoolpoetry@gannon.edu
For complete rules and entry submission, visit:
Thank you,
Clayton Bradshaw-Mittal, PhD (they/them)
Assistant Professor of English
Gannon University
Office: Palumbo 3239
bradshaw013@gannon.edu
BENNINGTON YOUNG WRITERS 2024
https://www.bennington.edu/events/young-writers-awards?utm_campaign=YW-Teach-Open&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Annouce
YoungArts National Competition---
Oct. deadline
https://youngarts.org/apply/?utm_source=YoungArts+eNews&utm_campaign=a1a15d714d-EMAIL_ENEWS_2025_app_awareness_two_months&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7f80e3fe33-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=a1a15d714d&mc_eid=73ca78e5f0
Submissions Sought for “Under the Eclipse”
Young Playwrights Festival
The Actor’s Studio partners with Geva Theatre, Writers and Books, and the Rochester Museum and Science Center for an eclipse-themed festival of plays by young writers.
On April 8th 2024 at 3:20pm, Rochester will experience its first full solar eclipse in nearly 100 years. The next time that Rochester will be in the path of totality will be in 2144.
Using this once-in-a-lifetime event as a writing prompt, the Actor’s Studio of Rochester invites Rochester area middle school and high school students, ages 13 – 18, to write and submit short scripts that will be curated by the Actor’s Studio for further development – five scripts will be chosen from the pool of submissions. The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2024.
Jean Ryon, who will spearhead the festival, is a director and teacher who has been a dramaturg for Geva for 25 years and managed the Regional and Young Playwrights Festival. Jean will be curating, dramaturging, and directing.
Award-winning playwright and educator, Carter Lewis, will work with the five young playwrights to develop the scripts, and guide their revisions.
Carter is an Actor’s Studio Artist and is the former head of the Washington University playwrighting program - and a former playwright-in-Residence and literary manager at Geva. He is also a two-time nominee for the American Theatre Critics Award and his plays have been produced all over the nation for decades.
Professional actors will be chosen to rehearse the selected plays with our staff, directors, and playwrights, before script-in-hand readings take place at on March 30th at 2pm at the RMSCs Bausch Theatre – one week prior to the actual eclipse on April 8th.
The Actor’s Studio of Rochester is partnering with Geva, Writers and Books, and Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC) on this project. Working with the RMSC’s “ROC the Eclipse” event, this playwriting festival will help to spark our community to look up and out – and provide a literary lens to view this once in more than a century event.
When we have a showcase for adults, we encourage writers. When we have a showcase for young people, we create writers!
Entrant Guidelines
· The Showcase is open to writers between the ages of 13 and 18 now living or having lived within the six-county area: Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Orleans, Ontario, and Genesee.
· Plays for consideration must be submitted via email to eclipse@ActorsStudioRochester.org by February 14, 2024.
· Please include clear contact information on the title page: name, address, phone number, and email.
· Scripts should be no longer than ten (10) pages and contain no more than four (4) characters.
· Entrants must submit the play in its entirety.
· Writers may submit up to 3 plays for consideration.
· Submitted plays may have multiple authors.
· Plays can be any genre: comedy, drama, sci-fi, romantic comedy, etc. No musicals, please.
· The only requirement is that the 2024 Solar Eclipse must inspire the script in some way and the word “eclipse” is included in the script. How? It’s up to you! Let your imagination be your guide.
· Selected authors will be notified by February 29.
· Winning authors must be available to attend the rehearsal of their piece on Thursday, March 28, 2024 and the reading on Saturday, March 30, 2024.
Submissions Sought for “Under the Eclipse”
Young Playwrights Festival
The Actor’s Studio partners with Geva Theatre, Writers and Books, and the Rochester Museum and Science Center for an eclipse-themed festival of plays by young writers.
On April 8th 2024 at 3:20pm, Rochester will experience its first full solar eclipse in nearly 100 years. The next time that Rochester will be in the path of totality will be in 2144.
Using this once-in-a-lifetime event as a writing prompt, the Actor’s Studio of Rochester invites Rochester area middle school and high school students, ages 13 – 18, to write and submit short scripts that will be curated by the Actor’s Studio for further development – five scripts will be chosen from the pool of submissions. The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2024.
Jean Ryon, who will spearhead the festival, is a director and teacher who has been a dramaturg for Geva for 25 years and managed the Regional and Young Playwrights Festival. Jean will be curating, dramaturging, and directing.
Award-winning playwright and educator, Carter Lewis, will work with the five young playwrights to develop the scripts, and guide their revisions.
Carter is an Actor’s Studio Artist and is the former head of the Washington University playwrighting program - and a former playwright-in-Residence and literary manager at Geva. He is also a two-time nominee for the American Theatre Critics Award and his plays have been produced all over the nation for decades.
Professional actors will be chosen to rehearse the selected plays with our staff, directors, and playwrights, before script-in-hand readings take place at on March 30th at 2pm at the RMSCs Bausch Theatre – one week prior to the actual eclipse on April 8th.
The Actor’s Studio of Rochester is partnering with Geva, Writers and Books, and Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC) on this project. Working with the RMSC’s “ROC the Eclipse” event, this playwriting festival will help to spark our community to look up and out – and provide a literary lens to view this once in more than a century event.
Entrant Guidelines
· The Showcase is open to writers between the ages of 13 and 18 now living or having lived within the six-county area: Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Orleans, Ontario, and Genesee.
· Plays for consideration must be submitted via email to eclipse@ActorsStudioRochester.org by February 14, 2024.
· Please include clear contact information on the title page: name, address, phone number, and email.
· Scripts should be no longer than ten (10) pages and contain no more than four (4) characters.
· Entrants must submit the play in its entirety.
· Writers may submit up to 3 plays for consideration.
· Submitted plays may have multiple authors.
· Plays can be any genre: comedy, drama, sci-fi, romantic comedy, etc. No musicals, please.
· The only requirement is that the 2024 Solar Eclipse must inspire the script in some way and the word “eclipse” is included in the script. How? It’s up to you! Let your imagination be your guide.
· Selected authors will be notified by February 29.
· Winning authors must be available to attend the rehearsal of their piece on Thursday, March 28, 2024 and the reading on Saturday, March 30, 2024.
Young Arts Writing Competition
John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Essay Contest
Contest Topic In his book Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy recounted the stories of eight U.S. Senators who put the nation’s interests above their own. They were guided by integrity and conscience, not party pressure or fear of losing the next election. Describe and analyze an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official who served during or after 1917, the year of JFK’s birth. The 2024 Profile in Courage Essay Contest™️ is now open! Write the next winning profile in courage. Submit your essay by January 12, 2024. Learn more:
Bennington Young Writers Contest
Entries for the competition may be submitted online at bennington.edu/ywa or mailed in with a submission form. This competition is free to enter. The deadline is November 1.
About the Award
Students in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades during the current academic year may enter in one of the following categories:
Poetry: three poems of any length and in any form
Fiction: a short story (1,500 words or fewer) or one-act play (max. 30 minutes run time)
Nonfiction: a personal or academic essay (1,500 words or fewer)
First-, second-, and third-place prizes up to $1,000 will be awarded for each genre. All entries must be original work and sponsored by a high school teacher. Judges include Bennington College faculty and students.
Young Writers Award finalists and winners are also eligible for undergraduate scholarships at Bennington. YWA finalists will receive a $10,000 scholarship every year for four years, for a total of $40,000. YWA winners will receive a $15,000 scholarship every year for four years, for a total of $60,000.
NCTE Writing Achievement Awards
Achievement Awards in Writing
Achievement Awards in Writing
Changes to the award that began with the 2023 cycle are can be found here.
View Eligibility, Award Specifics, and Writing Instructions here.
NOW AVAILABLE! The prompt for the 2024 contest is now live. The contest will open on Monday, November 13, 2023. Sign up to be notified when the contest opens.
Purpose: To encourage high school sophomores and juniors to write and to publicly recognize the best student writing.
Schools in the United States, Canada, Virgin Islands and American Schools Abroad are eligible to nominate juniors, and beginning with the 2023 contest, sophomores. Nominating schools must be US accredited.
STARTING IN 2023: Participating students submit themed writing. Beginning with the 2023 contest, participants will no longer submit “best” writings.
Electronic submissions only.
Please email aa@ncte.org with any questions.
Timeline:
August 29, 2023: 2024 contest prompt is released.
Until November 13: Present the prompt to your students. Encourage them to gather their thoughts and ideas and to write their first draft
November 13-December 15: Encourage your students to edit, to revise, and to finalize their drafts.
DEADLINE for All Submissions: February 15
*Late submissions will not be accepted.
https://ncte.org/awards/achievement-awards-in-writing/award-specifics/
National Flash Fiction Day Youth Competition
All ages
Deadline: April 30, 2023
https://fingerscommatoes.wordpress.com/nffd-youth/
Submission guidelines (see General Rules for further details):
What to submit:
Short stories/prose up to 300 words excluding title
Only previously unpublished work will be considered (see General Rules)
Open competition; no theme or prompt
Maximum 3 stories per entrant; please include submissions in one document
How to submit:
Submit through email at fingerscommatoes[at]gmail[dot]com
Submit stories as one document
Do not include author’s name or contact info on the submitted document, as submissions are judged blind (name may be included in the email or in any enquiries made to fingers comma toes)
Send submissions as an attachment in one of the following formats: .txt, .doc, .docx, .rtf; please, no pdfs or Google Docs
Who can submit:
Entrants can be up to age 18 (for those 19 or older, please see nationalflash.org/competition)
Competition is open to international entrants and is free of charge
Family members of current judges are not eligible to enter the competition
The entries will be read by fingers comma toes editors with guest judge Joanna Cho. Judges’ decisions are final; no feedback will be offered on an individual basis. Winners and short-listed work will be published in a special edition of fingers comma toes.
NPR STUDENT PODCAST CHALLENGE
NPR STUDENT PODCAST CHALLENGE
GRADES 5-12
We'll begin collecting submissions on January 6, 2023. Teacher involvement is required.
The deadline for submissions is April 28, 2023.
https://studentpodcastchallenge23.splashthat.com/
Author of Tomorrow Adventure Writing Contest
Ages 11 and under; 12-15; 16-21
Deadline: April 30, 2023
https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php/awards/author-of-tomorrow-2019/submissions
Teen Poetry Contest
Ages 13-19
Deadline: April 30, 2023
YouthPLAYS
Non-musical, one-act play suitable for HS audience
Written by Playwrights 19 years and under
Deadline: May 1, 2023
https://www.youthplays.com/submit_play.php
Prizes for Poetry and Prose
Open to Secondary and Undergraduate Students
Fee Waiver Request Form available
Deadline: May 31, 2022
https://theadroitjournal.org/adroit-prizes/
December, 2022 - February Contests: 2023
December, 2022 - February Contests: 2023
TEEN WRITERS: YOUR VOICE MATTERS. USE IT.
TEEN WRITERS: YOUR VOICE MATTERS. USE IT.
by Michael Cotey
GUN VIOLENCE has become the leading cause of death among children and teens, surpassing car accidents and cancer. So, what does the generation impacted the most by this uniquely American scourge have to say about it? Now in its third cycle, ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence aims to reveal just that.
ENOUGH! is calling on TEEN WRITERS (ages 13-19) to submit 10-MIN PLAYS confronting the issue of GUN VIOLENCE. Chosen plays will be published by Playscripts, an imprint of Broadway Licensing, and performed nationwide, and the writers will receive $500.
Teen Writers can submit their plays by April 20 at enoughplays.com/writing.
Calling young poets!
This February, poets ages 13-19 are invited to apply to be the first ever New York State Youth Poet Laureate. Please help us spread the word!
There's just one week left to apply!
Deadline: Feb. 28th.
The application is easy: young poets submit 3 poems and complete a simple online form.
The New York State (NYS) Youth Poet Laureate Program aims to identify young writers and leaders committed to creating change through civic engagement and poetic excellence.
T&W is partnering with Urban Word on the Youth Poet Laureate program in New York State. Along with the official title and a cash prize of $500, the NYS Youth Poet Laureate gets both high-level performance and learning opportunities and the chance to apply to be the National Youth Poet Laureate. They will join a community of other talented young poets, including Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate (2017), who read her poetry at the 2021 Presidential inauguration!
APPLY FEBRUARY 1 - 28, 2023
NPR STUDENT PODCAST CHALLENGE
NPR STUDENT PODCAST CHALLENGE
GRADES 5-12
We'll begin collecting submissions on January 6, 2023. Teacher involvement is required.
The deadline for submissions is April 28, 2023.
Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourn Student Award Poetry Award
Teacher/Administrator Nominated unpublished poem by 9-12 grade student.
Deadline: Postmark October 1-December 31, 2022
https://poetrysociety.org/awards/annual-awards/2022-student-poetry
Young Authors Writing Competition
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
High School Age Writers
Deadline: January 30, 2023
https://blogs.colum.edu/youngauthors/2022/11/28/guidelines-for-submission/
Mary Ann Hutchison Memorial Story Contest for Youths
Ages 9-13; 14-17 Both age groups awarded prizes.
Deadline: February 1, 2022
Leyla Beban Young Authors Foundation
Grades 6-12
Deadline: February 1, 2022
High School Poetry Contest
Grades 9-12
Deadline: February 1, 2023
For Juniors in the current academic school year
Students must be nominated by their school’s English Department
Deadline: February 15, 2023
https://ncte.org/awards/achievement-awards-in-writing/
Essay based on prompt.
Grades 9-12 U.S. Public, Private, & Home Schools
Deadline: February 19, 2022
http://jea.org/wp/home/awards-honors/high-school-essay-contest/
Young Romantics Prizes
Poetry, Essay
Ages 16-18
Deadline: February 23, 2022
Open to High School Students Globally
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Deadline: Open February 1 – February 28, 2023
https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit
Open to High School Students Globally
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Deadline: Open February 1 – February 28, 2023
https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit
September - November Contests: 2022
September - November Contests: 2022
*Young Arts National Writing Contest
Go to link to apply and for more information.
*Scholastic Writing Awards now open.
Go to link to create an account or submit writing.
*Bennington Young Writers Contest
*Bennington Young Writers Contest
About the Contest
About the Contest
Bennington College has a unique literary legacy, including twelve Pulitzer Prize winners, three U.S. poet laureates, four MacArthur Geniuses, countless New York Times bestsellers, and two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. In celebration of this legacy, Bennington launched the Young Writers Awards to promote excellence in writing at the high school level. Our goal with this competition is to recognize outstanding writing achievement by high school students.
Each year, students in the 9th-12th grades are invited to enter in one of the following categories with the following submission:
Poetry: A group of three poems
Fiction: A short story (1,500 words or fewer) or one-act play (run no more than 30 minutes of playing time)
Nonfiction: A personal or academic essay (1,500 words or fewer)
A first, second, and third place winner is selected in each category.
We welcome submissions from both US and international students.
Have questions about the contest? Email ywa@bennington.edu
Awards & Rules
First-place winners in each category are awarded a prize of $1,000; second-place winners receive $500; third-place winners receive $250.
There is no entry fee
All entries must be original work reviewed, approved and sponsored by a high school teacher. We will use your sponsoring teacher as a contact for the competition should we have any questions. For homeschooled students, please contact a mentor to sponsor your writing.
Young Writers Award finalists and winners are also eligible for undergraduate scholarships at Bennington. YWA finalists who apply, are admitted, and enroll at Bennington will receive a $10,000 scholarship every year for four years, for a total of $40,000. YWA winners who apply, are admitted, and enroll at Bennington will receive a $15,000 scholarship every year for four years, for a total of $60,000.
The competition runs annually from September 1 to November 1.
International Human Rights Art Festival
Poetry, Short Story, Essay as well as any creative media
Youth Age Category 18 and under
Deadline: September 30, 2022
https://www.ihraf.org/art-of-unity-creative-award
International Human Rights Art Festival
Poetry, Short Story, Essay 2500 words or less on Human Rights Theme
Youth Age Category 18 and under
Deadline: September 30, 2022
https://www.ihraf.org/creators-of-justice-literary-awards
Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest
For High School Sophomore and Junior Girls
Deadline: October 31, 2021
Open to High School Students Globally
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Deadline: Open September 15 - October 15, 2022
https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit
Open to High School Students Globally
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Deadline: Open October 1 - October 31, 2022
https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit
Themed Essay Competition
Grades 6-8
Deadline: October 31, 2022
https://www.vfw.org/community/youth-and-education/youth-scholarships
Audio Essay Competition
Grades 9-12
Deadline: October 31, 2022
https://www.vfw.org/community/youth-and-education/youth-scholarships
Juneteenth Slam Poetry Event - Notice of SOTA Creative Writing Major Winner
Juneteenth Slam Poetry Event - Notice of SOTA Creative Writing Major Winner
Senior Elani Spencer participated in the Juneteenth Celebration at University of Rochester where her poem was displayed, and won 1st place in the Juneteenth Slam Poetry event held at Highland Bowl.
Student/Alumni Publications & Award Winners (2021-2022):
Student/Alumni Publications & Award Winners (2021-2022):
Teen Ink
Teen Ink
Nicholas Cutaia: http://teenink.com/fiction/thriller_mystery/article/1162031/The-Girl-Who-Could-Read-Minds
Miriam Parnam: https://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/all/article/1162295/The-Growth-Of-A-Sprout
Grayce Peltz: http://teenink.com/poetry/free_verse/article/1162200/Constellation
Scholastic Award Winners, 2022:
Scholastic Award Winners, 2022:
Hannah Gallegos,12th grade, Silver, poetry
Ariel Haak, 12th grade, Honorable Mention, poetry
Pia Nielsen, 12th grade, Gold, poetry
Kianely Otero, 10th grade, Silver, poetry
David Sweeney, 12th grade, Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction
Simone Walden, 12th grade, Gold, poetry
Scholastic Award Winners, 2021:
Scholastic Award Winners, 2021:
Madison Sutherland, 12th grade....honorable mention, poetry
Fowzia Abdi, 9th grade ............ Silver Key, poetry
Tashiana Williams, 10th grade .... Silver Key, Poetry
Elani Spencer, 10th grade........... Gold Key, Poetry
2022: Sokol Awards--Friends of the Rochester Public Library, writing contest:
2022: Sokol Awards--Friends of the Rochester Public Library, writing contest:
Grayce Peltz, 9th grade, 1st place prose
Elani Spencer, 11th grade, 2nd place poetry
Aries Champion, 12th grade, 3rd place in Poetry
Gannon University High School Poetry Contest, 2020-2022:
Gannon University High School Poetry Contest, 2020-2022:
Harrrison Jurenko: Poem “The First Time,” honorable mention (2022)
Tali Beckwith-Cohen, 3rd place winner, poem (2021)
Raeona Hampton, 1st place winner, poem (2020)
Public Readings & Opportunities
Public Readings & Opportunities
Writers and Books Summer Employment Opportunities:
Writers and Books Summer Employment Opportunities:
Position Descriptions, Summer 2022
SummerWrite Coordinators: $15 - $16/Hour
One full-time and one part-time SW Coordinator oversees the daily operations of 32 reading and writing camps for youth K-12. They interact with and support campers, families, teaching artists, apprentices, and interns; and coordinate behind-the-scenes logistics. SW Coordinators assist with planning, provide administrative support, and troubleshoot. The successful candidates will be highly organized, possess excellent communication skills, and have experience working with youth. To learn more and apply, go to https://wab.org/about-us/positions/.
Summer Youth Employment Program Mentor: $16/Hour
The SYEP Mentor leads program activities for 10 teens ages 14-15 during a dynamic six-week arts enrichment/job readiness initiative. Responsibilities include interviewing applicants; onboarding, mentoring, and evaluating participants; interacting with teaching artists; supervising an apprentice, and problem-solving. Administration and documentation are significant aspects of the work. The successful candidate will be mature, flexible, and highly organized. They will possess excellent communication skills and have experience working with youth. To learn more and apply, go to https://wab.org/about-us/positions/.
Summer Apprenticeships: $125/Week Stipend
High school juniors and seniors and college students earn stipends while working alongside skilled teaching artists in our SummerWrite camps and Summer Youth Employment Program. These hands-on positions are ideal for individuals considering a career in education or the literary arts. To learn about three Apprenticeship tracks and apply, go to https://wab.org/about-us/internships/.
SummerWrite Internships: $500-$1,500 Stipend, depending on hours
Two SummerWrite interns gain new skills while supporting the behind-the-scenes work of delivering 32 reading and writing camps for youth K-12. Responsibilities include data management, communications, graphic design, supervising campers, and administrative duties as they arise. The successful candidates will be mature, organized self-starters who work equally well as members of a team. These positions are excellent resume builders. To learn more and apply, go to https://wab.org/about-us/internships/
Please send questions to Sally Bittner Bonn, Director of Youth Education, sallyb@wab.org.
March - June, 2022
March - June, 2022
The Adroit Journal
The Adroit Journal
Ongoing submissions, check their website for information about how to submit & what they're looking for...
The Adroit Journal (ISSN 2577-9427) was founded in November 2010 by poet Peter LaBerge. At its foundation, the journal has its eyes focused ahead, seeking to showcase what its global staff of emerging writers sees as the future of poetry, prose, and art.
Featured in Best American Poetry, Pushcart Prizes: Best of the Small Presses, Poetry Daily, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets, and by the New York Times, the Paris Review, Teen Vogue, PBS, and NPR, the journal has featured the voices of Terrance Hayes, Rita Dove, Ocean Vuong, Franny Choi, D. A. Powell, Mark Doty, Lydia Millet, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ned Vizzini, Fatimah Asghar, Danez Smith, and beyond.
The journal sponsors the annual Adroit Prizes for Poetry and Prose for secondary and undergraduate writers, the annual Djanikian Scholars Program for emerging student and non-student writers, and the free, online Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program for high school students from around the world.
We’re looking for work that’s bizarre, authentic, subtle, outrageous, indefinable, raw, paradoxical. We’ve got our eyes on the horizon. Send us writing that lives just between the land and the sky.
https://theadroitjournal.org/about/submissions/
Teen Ink
Teen Ink
TEEN INK is one of the most popular and diverse writing spaces to get published in high school. The broad categories for publication reflect the diversity of writing that this lively online magazine celebrates. Some publication categories include: community service, travel and culture, the environment, health, reviews of TV shows and video games, and college essays, among the more traditional poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Visit online at: http://www.teenink.com
submit: https://www.teenink.com/submit
Blank Theater Young Playwrights' Festival
Blank Theater Young Playwrights' Festival
Original Plays or Musicals on any subject; Ages 9-19
Deadline: March 15, 2022
For more information visit:
https://www.theblank.com/young-playwrights-festival/
Lewis Arts Center
Ten-Minute Play Contest
Grades 11and 12 only
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Carl Sandburg Student Poetry Contest
Carl Sandburg Student Poetry Contest
Students are invited to submit a poem to Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site’s annual Student Poetry Contest. The contest encourages youth to explore writing their own poetry, and is open to students nationwide!
Submissions are accepted from grades 3-12 and must be postmarked, e-mailed, or faxed by March 1, 2022. See below for submission rules. Winners will be notified by April 8, 2022, and will be invited to participate in a special virtual program on April 22.
2022 Contest Rules
Theme - "Ambition"
Carl Sandburg wrote millions of words reflecting on the American experience of the 20th century. Though his words often focused on war, labor, and social injustice, as a father of three, he also wrote imaginative, zany, and fantastical children’s stories, called “Rootabaga Stories.” Carl Sandburg’s “Rootabaga Stories” were first published in 1922 and celebrate 100 years of entertaining readers of all ages this year. The theme “Ambition” is from one of these stories. “An ambition...creeps in your heart night and day, singing a little song, ‘Come and find me, come and find me." Read the story here.
Poems submitted for the 2022 contest should reflect the theme of "Ambition." By definition, a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. Or setting goals to achieve success.
Submission Rules
Poetry accepted from 3-12th grades only. Poems will be grouped for judging by 3-5th, 6-8th, and 9-12th.
Poems must be submitted by a teacher (traditional classroom or homeschool teacher).
No more than three poems per class. Teachers with multiple classes, can submit up to three poems per class period.
Poem will be judged on its ability to communicate the theme.
Poem can be written in any style, but must not exceed one-page in length. No illustrations.
Poems must be typed, no handwritten entries, using standard computer fonts, like Times, Arial, etc...
Do not place any identifying information (name, school, grade, etc...) on poem sheet, that will go on the accompanying submission form.
Submission form must be complete to be accepted:
Paperclipped to poem, no staples
Must be signed by parent, student and teacher
Submissions must be postmarked, faxed, or e-mailed to Carl_Administration@nps.gov, by March 1, 2022. Emailed submissions must be docs, .pdfs or scans. Low resolution pictures of the submission will not be accepted.
https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2022-poetry-contest.htm
Writopia Lab’s 2022 Worldwide Plays Festival Competition
Writopia Lab’s 2022 Worldwide Plays Festival Competition
"Out of this World"
"Out of this World"
We are pleased to announce that the theme for Writopia Lab’s 2022 Worldwide Plays Festival is “Out of this World.” The past year, we’ve all had to contend with a new normal in our lives. But the beauty of theater is always its ability to create a communal moment out of our fantasies and fears, our frustrations and frictions. This year, we are excited for our playwrights to explore their own personal journeys while taking us “Out of this World.” Please take a setting outside of your day-to-day life, from the In the Sky, Underground, In or Under Water, in the Desert, in the Woods or on the City Street. From there, we want you to fly high into your imagination, but we also want you to dive deep into your soul. What is something that you desperately needed this past year? It could be connection or community, it could be resolution of a fractured friendship, or it could be a change of the status quo. Can you give that very personal desire to your character(s)? Can you take us out of this world and bring us somewhere brave, bold, and new?
Guidelines
Guidelines
Setting
Setting
Pick one of the following settings for your play:
In the Sky
Underground
In/Under Water
In the Desert
In the Woods
On the City Street
Characters
Characters
Plays should have no more than three characters. Please include a character breakdown at the top of your play. In the breakdown, you can be as specific as you’d like about their demographics (age, ethnicity, gender, etc.) or as general or magical as you’d like (Carl is a fish).
Genre
Genre
The play can be any genre—comedy, drama, horror, polemic, tragedy, historical, docudrama, solo play, interactive, sci-fi, musical, or anything you dream up.
Format
Format
There is no standard playwriting format. Feel free to use the Writopia Lab Playwriting Format as a model, if that works for you.
Narrators
Narrators
There can be no narrator of the play who is not emotionally invested in the story. (i.e. Ramona can tell her story to the audience, but an unnamed narrator cannot tell her story to the audience.)
Length
Length
Plays should be no longer than eight minutes in length. With dialogue, that evens out to about one minute per page. However, if you have longer monologues or speeches, it might be less. One way to make sure it doesn’t go over eight minutes is to read it aloud by yourself or with friends and time the reading.
A Note About the Production
A Note About the Production
Thirty plays will be selected for Outdoor Readings. Thirty plays will be selected for Zoom Readings. The productions will be pared down with very limited props and costumes. Please put the universe of your play in the dialogue.
Who Can Submit?
Who Can Submit?
Submissions for the 2022 Worldwide Play Festival are open to all playwrights between the ages of 6 and 18.
Submission Deadline
Submission Deadline
Submissions will be accepted between January 5th and March 1st. Submit here.
January - February, 2022
January - February, 2022
Polyphony Lit
Polyphony Lit
POLYPHONY LIT: invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction from high school students worldwide. Student editors provide feedback to all submissions, including the ones not accepted for publication. Submissions are open from February 1-28, 2022 and June 1-30, 2022. More details can be found at https://www.polyphonylit.org/.
To submit: https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit
Submission period: 31 January to 28 February 2022
https://fingerscommatoes.wordpress.com/
Theme: No theme
Artists/authors notified in March 2022
NEW: 2022 introduces our new nonfiction column! See below under Submission guidelines.
Submission guidelines:
What to submit:
NEW: Nonfiction column topic: A Day In The Life Of… We are excited to hear from voices all around the world, so share your stories! Nonfiction essays, presentations, personal anecdotes, et cetera—any format welcome, text/writing up to 1,500 words, videos/recordings up to 10 minutes (exceptions may be made).
Submissions may be any form of creative art. That includes writing (essays, short stories, micro stories, poetry—any forms of writing), photography, visual art (digital art included), music, et cetera.
We welcome previously published work, and simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but we advise that the artist/author informs us if the submission is accepted or published elsewhere.
There are no limits as to the length of written submissions, but prose submissions under 1,500 words are preferable (though exceptions may be made).
Artists/authors may submit up to five pieces each.
How to submit: Submit through email at fingerscommatoes[at]gmail[dot]com. In your email submission, please include the following:
Your age
Your geographical location
A brief bio (approximately 50 words, or three sentences)
Please send written submissions as downloadable .txt, .rtf, or .docx documents. Please do not send documents via Google Documents or other online sharing platforms, as these are private and can be restricted for us.
Who can submit: There is no strict age limit for submitters. We are a youth journal, and our submitters currently range in age from four to twenty-six years old. We encourage international and diverse submissions. As a general guide to what we’re looking for, our previous issues can be found here.
There is no theme for the March 2022 issue. Submission themes are not strict and may be interpreted freely. We are always excited to receive a variety of submissions and experience how different perspectives respond to an overarching idea: some pieces may relate to a theme in a concrete manner, using it to convey a message in a new way, while others may be more abstract, making the audience work a little harder to see the connection. There is never one way to respond to a theme. In every case, we encourage you to have fun with it and push your boundaries—be creative, and see what you can do.
2022 Sokol High School Literary Awards Contest
2022 Sokol High School Literary Awards Contest
View/download the 2022 flyer here
Any Monroe County high school student in grades 9 – 12 can apply.
Entries from public, private, charter schools and Home Schools are welcome!
Entry deadline: Monday, January 31, 2022.
Susquehanna University: The Apprentice Writer
Susquehanna University: The Apprentice Writer
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography.
http://www.apprenticewriter.com/submission-guidelines/
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2022
November - December, 2021
November - December, 2021
NYS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Exhibition student art Essa
NYS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Exhibition student art Essa
New York State Schools are invited to submit student artwork and essays based on Dr. King’s SIX PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE. This year, all entries will be available to view in a new online exhibit via www.empirestateplaza.ny.gov/nyking.
NYS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Submissions due DECEMBER 17, 2021
Annual High School Writing Contest
Essay, Fiction, Poetry
Deadline: December 20, 2021
The Kenyon Review
High School Sophomores and Juniors
Award: First place: Full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop and publication. Second and third place: Publication.
Deadline: November 1 - 30, 2021
Performance Response to Prompt: What is the story of segregation in your community? How can it be fixed?
Grades K-12
Genres: Video, Podcast, Classroom Lessons, Written Pieces, Poetry, Art, Music, Prezis, Powerpoint, & Other Creative Medium
Deadline: November 1, 2021
https://tcf.org/bridges-collaborative-student-contest/?agreed=1
Appelley Publishing: Student Poetry Contest
Appelley Publishing: Student Poetry Contest
Early entry, Submit early (Sept./Oct.) to be in the running for extra prizes.
Poetry: $500 first place in each grade division: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.
Deadline: November 15
Open Call for Poetry Submissions
Ages 15 or younger
Deadline: November 15, 2021
Young Writers Competition
Grades 10-12
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Deadline: November 1, 2021
September-October, 2o21
September-October, 2o21
The 24th Annual Dine & Rhyme
The 24th Annual Dine & Rhyme
Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:30- 9 PM EST
Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:30- 9 PM EST
In-person at the Rochester Academy of Medicine & via live-stream and 32Auctions
In-person at the Rochester Academy of Medicine & via live-stream and 32Auctions
Dine & Rhyme is BOA's one-and-only annual fundraising event. This year will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Poulin Prize, named in honor of BOA's late founder, A. Poulin, Jr. The event will feature poetry readings and book signings from poets Chen Chen, Keetje Kuipers, and Geffrey Davis, and a celebratory video about the Poulin Prize.
Dine & Rhyme is a night to celebrate BOA's past, present, and future and to support the work that BOA is doing to diversify and expand the literary landscape. All Dine & Rhyme proceeds support BOA's mission to bring exceptional and essential works of literature to the public.
Purchase your Dine & Rhyme tickets using the form below. If your business would like to sponsor this event, our sponsorship opportunities are now live here. Feel free to contact Genevieve Hartman for more information.
The Silent Auction will go live on September 24th, 2021 at 32Auctions.
Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest
For High School Sophomore and Junior Girls
Deadline: October 31, 2021
Scholastic Art and Writing Now Open!
Scholastic Art and Writing Now Open!
Go to:
https://www.artandwriting.org/awards/how-to-enter/
PoArtMo Anthology
Poetry, Prose, Artwork, Mixed Genre
Ages 13-16
Deadline: October 16, 2021
https://abpositiveart.com/youth/
Ages 15-18
Receive up to $10k + educational support
Applications Open June 22 - October 15, 2021
See link: https://youngarts.org/apply/
Audio Essay Competition: Theme - America: Where Do We Go From Here?
Grades 9-12
Deadline: October 31, 2021
See link: https://www.vfw.org/community/youth-and-education/youth-scholarships
TEEN SEQUINS
TEEN SEQUINS
Submission Guidelines
2 poems should be sent to teensequins@gmail.com. Poems should be grouped in a single document, attached to your email in a .docx format. *Please do not paste poems in the body of your email, share them as a Google doc or in a Google drive. These formats automatically disqualify your submission.
In the body of your email, list your age (your age is essential for this feature!) your email address, your school and location, and a brief bio (info of your choosing, up to 100 words, include your pronouns if you wish).
Submissions CLOSE on October 1st, 2021.
If you are wondering about our guidelines / requirements about previously published work - please thoroughly read our FAQ !
Eligibility
ONLY writers ages 14 - 18 are eligible to submit to Teen Sequins! Any writers outside of this age range will not be considered.
If you are 13, but will turn 14 BEFORE June 2021, you are eligible! If you will turn 19 BEFORE June 2021, please refrain from submission.
Current or former students of Teen Sequins editor Sophie Klahr are ineligible for this feature.
Results!
All who submit will be notified by late October. A single poem from each age group will be featured on the Gigantic Sequins blog in NOVEMBER, and all will receive the distinction of honorable mention for their dedication to poetry! Every age group is judged individually.
Summer, 2021
Summer, 2021
Poetry Competition
Ages 13-19
https://classicalpoets.org/category/poetry-contests/
Calling All Teen Writers: Write across America This Summer!
Calling All Teen Writers: Write across America This Summer!
by Katie Bonner // July 2, 2021
Just because school is out for the summer, that doesn’t mean your creative journey needs to be put on pause. This August, embark on a writing tour of America with the #TeensWriteAcrossAmerica Marathon (TWAAM)! Hosted by teen writers for teen writers, this writing marathon will take you around the country as you meet with peers in a judgment-free virtual space to explore your creativity. Join us to cultivate a writer’s eye, ear, and mind while writing and sharing writing in a supportive community of writers.
The Writing Marathon will meet every Wednesday from August 4, 2021, to September 8, 2021, for 90-minute sessions (8:00–9:30 pm ET). This marathon is open to all teen writers. Whether you’re experienced or just starting out, we want to hear from you!
Each week, young writers will be inspired by a new virtual host location. A peer will lead the group in writing and sharing exercises. Writers celebrate each other at the end of each session by sharing their favorite lines. No criticism is offered, just a simple “Thank you for sharing.”
For our last session, we will invite young writers to bring one piece of writing from any of their marathon stops for feedback and revision! Our talented host writers will help you polish it up to enter the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
How to Participate
How to Participate
You will receive a Zoom link to join each event 48 hours before we meet.
Schedule
Schedule
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00–9:30 pm ET: Hosted by the Red River Valley Writing Project (Fargo, ND)
Wednesday, August 11, 8:00–9:30 pm ET: Hosted by the Los Angeles Writing Project (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, August 18, 8:00–9:30 pm ET: Hosted by the Middle Tennessee Writing Project (Murfreesboro, TN)
Wednesday, August 25, 8:00–9:30 pm ET: Hosted by the Prairie Lands Writing Project (St. Joseph, MO)
Wednesday, September 1, 8:00–9:30 pm ET: Hosted by the Long Island Writing Project (Garden City, NY)
Wednesday, September 8, 8:00–9:30 pm ET: Feedback and Revision
TWAAM was created by the National Writing Project in collaboration with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Featured image: Saskia Lethin, Wait for the Guests to Arrive, Photography. Grade 11, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Bronx, NY. Marianna Ellenberg, Educator. Silver Medal 2021
Tuesdays with BOA Editions
Tuesdays with BOA Editions
https://wab.org/tuesdays-with-boa-editions/
Join Writers & Books this fall for Tuesdays with BOA Editions, the iconic Rochester-based publisher of poetry and literary works by such authors as Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Bruce Weigl. Tune in on Tuesdays, September-October 2020, for our virtual readings and conversations with some of today’s most exciting authors.
TUE
13Justin Jannise: How to be Better by Being Worse
April 13 @ EST 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
TUE
2Kendra Decolo: I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World
April 20 @ EST 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
TUE
27Rachel Mennies: The Naomi Letters
April 27 @ EST 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
MAY
May 11 @ EST 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Events are conducted EST via Zoom, a virtual platform. Though events are admission-free, to participate, please register by the deadline using the ticket portal below. Zoom links are emailed to registered participants.
Admission to Tuesdays with BOA Editions is free, but you're encouraged to consider making a one-time or monthly donation to support Writers & Books. Your tax-deductible gift will help ensure that reading, writing, and the free exchange of ideas will flourish.
WRITERS AND BOOKS:
WRITERS AND BOOKS:
Virtual SummerWrite 2021
Virtual SummerWrite 2021
Visit our website and register today and open doors to creativity. Roll your own dice of adventure in Dragons, Dice, and Roleplaying. Learn about change makers here in Rochester and worldwide in Rebels, Leaders, & Innovators. Find your inner thespian at Shakespeare's Comedy Camp. Learn about scholarships, and browse our catalog of virtual summer camps.
Join the SummerWrite Team!
We are now accepting applications for our SummerWrite Apprenticeship program from high school juniors/seniors and college students. Explore the Claire Allen Social Justice Apprenticeship, an opportunity to learn, contribute, and make a difference. Deadline to apply is May 1.
March-April 2021
March-April 2021
Writer's & Books
Author/Journalist Discusses Rights of Pregnant Women
Writers & Books Welcomes Lyz Lenz
Rochester, NY— Writers & Books, Rochester’s home for the literary arts, welcomes Lyz Lenz, author of Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women for a reading and conversation facilitated by Megan Stielstra on Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm. "In a voice full of humor, passion and urgency, Lenz asks that women be the ones making decisions about their bodies." ―Time Magazine The event is free to the public, but registration is required.
Lyz Lenz is the author of God Land (Indiana U. Press, 2019). Her writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, Pacific Standard, and elsewhere. Her essay, “All the Angry Women,” was included in the anthology Not that Bad, edited by Roxane Gay. Lyz lives in Iowa with her two kids and two cats and is a columnist for Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s The Gazette.
January-February 2021
January-February 2021
Happy Black History Month! Black Lives Matter Resources
Happy Black History Month! Black Lives Matter Resources
Education
Education
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) – Resources for individuals and organizations to learn more about undoing racism.
Ahead of the Curve – Resources on equity and inclusion.
Bookshop – Antiracist Reading Recommendations.
YouTube – Full documentary about the U.S. prison system and on how racial inequality contributes.
Verso – Free eBook of Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter edited by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton
Verso – Free eBook of The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale.
Verso– Free eBook of Police: A Field Guide by David Correia and Tyler Wall.
New York Times – 1619 Podcast talks about history and the impact slavery has left on the U.S.
NPR – Code Switch, a podcast that investigates race, ethnicity, culture, how this impacts their lives, and how it is shifting.
Crooked Media – Pod Save the People explores news, culture, social justice, and politices with a focus on overlooked stories and topics that often impact people of color.
About Race Podcast – A podcast by Reni-Eddo Lodge, author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, advances the conversation started in that book.
Race Forward – Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast discusses stories and strategies for racial justice.
Civil Rights – Pod for the Cause is a podcast that helps spark conversation and activism.
BBC – Witness Black History features interviews with people who were at key moments in Black and Civil Rights history.
Letters for Black Lives – Crowdsourced, multilingual resources which help create an open and honest space for conversations about racial justice and anti-Blackness to occur
Yale University – An open class from Yale that teaches about African American History
USA Today – Lists non-fiction, fiction, and books for children/teens + black-owned bookstores.
Pepperdine University – Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others,
New York Times – Book list to explain racism and protests to your children.
Colours of Us – Book list to explain racism and protests to your children, seperated by grade level.
Common Sense Media – List of children and YA books written by Black authors which show an appreciation for African American culture and universal human values.
New York Times – List of anti-racist books recommended by BIPOC teachers and librarians.
New York Public Library – A list of essential Black liberation reads.
Support
Support
Black Lives Matter – Support your local chapter of Black Lives Matter.
Color of Change – Active petitions and campaigns.
The Movement for Black Lives – Virtual resources, mutual aid information, and more.
Campaign Zero – Opportunities and resources for policy solutions.
Rewire – Concrete ways to be helpful from near or far.
Western States Center - Play Publishing Opportunity
Opportunity for young people ages 12-22 to share their thoughts and experiences around issues of social justice, which may become part of a play for youth to perform online.
The play is a project for the Western States Center, an organization committed to strengthening inclusive democracy. Rachel Atkins is part of the Center’s recent master class for artists on anti-Semitism, racism and white nationalism.
Would you be willing to share this Google Form with your students (https://forms.gle/QVTcP3Azd4T4M8936)?
They can respond to any or all of the questions, and answers can be anonymous unless they want to identify themselves. If you’d like, you’re also welcome to use this as a class or extra credit assignment.
The link will be open until January 31. After that, I’ll use the responses to craft a script that reflects what young people are currently thinking, feeling, and experiencing on these topics. I’ll be happy to share the final product with you and your students later this year.
Please feel free to forward the form to any other youth or colleagues. For more information about who I am and why I’m doing this project, you can review my social justice and educational theatre work for Living Voices and at the Dramatists Guild.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Rachel Atkins (she/her)
Playwright, Seattle, WA
atkinsplaywright@gmail.com
Writer's & Books
Rochester, NY— As part of its virtual Visiting Author Series, Writers & Books, Rochester’s home for the literary arts, welcomes Cave Canem fellow Akua Lezli Hope, author of Them Gone and Embouchure: Poems on Jazz and Other Musics, for a reading and conversation with Wendy Low on Wednesday, January 13 at 7:30 pm. Author Tyehimba Jess calls Them Gone “a homecoming of homegirl reminiscence, a family reunion in verse and song that sings a personal and public history alive and into our hands.” The event is admission-free, but registration is required.
Akua Lezli Hope is a New York City-based author of Them Gone and Embouchure: Poems on Jazz and Other Musics and a speculative poetry chapbook, Otherwheres, published in October 2020 by ArtFarm Press. A Cave Canem fellow, she has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts and Ragdale US-Africa. Her work has appeared in many literary magazines and national anthologies, including The 100 Best African-American Poems and DARK MATTER. Her next project is “Words on Wheels,” which helps create poetry art cards for the frail elderly in her community. https://akualezlihope.com/
December 2020
December 2020
National Women's Hall of Fame - Virtual Induction Series (free online)
Would you like to read more about the 2020 Inductees? The NWHF Web-shop sells books about each of our Inductees, and is stocked with a variety of merchandise that make great gifts.
We began the Virtual Induction Series so we could induct women who were deceased prior to the establishment of the NWHF, overlooked during their lifetimes, or those who passed away before they were able to be inducted. We plan to continue this series by hosting additional virtual inductions like this one, which will honor other diverse groups of women deserving of recognition, such as Latinx, Asian, Native American, LGBTQ+ women, and many more.
Please help the NWHF and the Virtual Induction Series by continuing to nominate more diverse, and great, women! Click on the button below to nominate. Nominate!
See the virtual induction at the link below...:
https://youtu.be/K4HK6VAYV9w
October/November 2020
October/November 2020
DODGE POETRY FESTIVAL ONLINE
DODGE POETRY FESTIVAL ONLINE
GET A FREE STUDENT PASS
GET A FREE STUDENT PASS
OCT. 22 - NOV. 1, 2020
OCT. 22 - NOV. 1, 2020
Come experience a deep, personal connection to poetry. Join the online festival to engage with beloved and distinguished poets and take part in community conversations no matter where you are.
Live Streaming Passes to the Festival are free.
Captioning will be available for all Dodge Poetry Festival Events
Writers & Books: Another Free Poetry Reading (LGBTQ+)
Writers & Books: Another Free Poetry Reading (LGBTQ+)
Rochester, NY— Writers & Books will host Jeannie Gainsburg, author of The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate, for a reading and conversation facilitated by poet Reilly Hirst on Wednesday, October 14, at 7:30 pm.
Called “an unputdownable book” by Lambda Literary Award-winning and Barnes & Noble Discover Award-winning author Alison Smith, The Savvy Ally, is an easy-to-digest guide for anyone interested in supporting the LGBTQ+ community.
The event is free to the public, but registration is required.
Jeannie Gainsburg is an educational trainer and consultant in the field of LGBTQ+ inclusion and effective allyship. The Savvy Ally (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020) is her first book.
Reilly Hirst is a poet, philosopher and activist living in Rochester. She/xem/amphibian has been published in Bitch Goddess, ImageOutWrite vol. 7&8, the Advocate, HIV+ Mag, Le Mot Juste, and the Empty Closet.
WRITERS & BOOKS: Free Poetry Reading
WRITERS & BOOKS: Free Poetry Reading
Hot With the Bad Things: Poetry Reading & Conversation
Writers & Books Showcases Poet Lucia LoTempio
Writers & Books, Rochester’s home for the literary arts, will showcase poet Lucia LoTempio on Thursday, October 8, at 7:30 pm, reading from and discussing her debut collection, Hot with the Bad Things, released earlier this year by Alice James Books. Award-winning poet Ross Gay has praised Hot with the Bad Things as “a book that thinks about and thinks about thinking about violence, patriarchy, memory, witnessing . . . in ways unlike anything I have ever read. This book does beautiful, crucial, and difficult work.”
The virtual event is admission-free, but registration is required.
LoTempio’s poems can be found in Passages North, The Journal, TYPO, Quarterly West, as part of the Academy of American Poets poem-a-day series, and elsewhere. With Suzannah Russ Spaar, she co-authored the chapbook Undone in Scarlet (Tammy, 2019). The author lives and writes in Pittsburgh.
The National Women's Hall of Fame Forum Event
The National Women's Hall of Fame Forum Event
The National Women’s Hall of Fame is excited to partner with the League of Women Voters for their next Forum event.
Featured Speaker: Deborah Turner, MD, JD
Discussion: The history and importance of voting as well as expanding voter access.
Date: Thursday, Oct.1
Time: 7 pm - 8 pm
zoom link will be sent to those who register...
Register - spread the word!
register for Oct 1 forum (Click on link to register; a Zoom link will be sent to you)
IT is free & non partisan
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project
2020 Events (sponsored with MCC)
2020 Events (sponsored with MCC)
Survivors (A new play)
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Inspired by the Words and Lives of Rochester Holocaust Survivors Directed by Sandi Henschel
Crafted from the actual words and experiences of ten Rochester-based Holocaust survivors, CenterStage Theatre and the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester commissioned this new play to put a human face on this important time in history. A cautionary tale on the risks of normalized hate, this play ensures that the voices of Rochester survivors will never be silenced. The play was recorded to broaden the opportunity to view it.
Following the video, Sheila Weinbach, will be available to answer questions. Shelia’s husband, the late Kurt Weinbach, is a Holocaust survivor and his story is featured in the Survivors video.
https://monroecommunity.zoom.us/j/92308890390?pwd=bHhuYitjZ0NwMSsxUU1Rbmh6YnhDZz09
Join Meeting ID: 923 0889 0390
Password: 855570
29th Annual Kristallnacht Program:
Childhood in Black and White
Miriam Katin, American Graphic Novelist and Artist
Monday, October 26, 2020 at 7:00pm
Sponsored with the Comic Book Club
Register in advance for this webinar: https://monroecommunity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PvcLhzfhQ9u_OgQQQsXI-w
Miriam Katin is a Hungarian-born American graphic novelist and graphic artist. She has worked in animation since 1981. She has written two autobiographical graphic novels, We are on Our Own and Letting it Go.
Comic Book Virtual Club meeting with special guest Miriam Katin
Thursday, October 29, 2020
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/3118187464?pwd=Tk5JRW5IV25MRkpUbWVHNDM5eWVUdz09
WRITERS & BOOKS SHOWCASES
WRITERS & BOOKS SHOWCASES
CAVE CANEM POETS
CAVE CANEM POETS
Award-winning Poet Keith Wilson Kicks Off Fall Series
Rochester, NY— Writers & Books, Rochester’s home for the literary arts, teams up with Cave Canem Foundation, the nation’s preeminent organization committed to amplifying the voices of Black poets, to launch a virtual reading series, beginning with Keith Wilson on September 23 at 7:30 pm. The author of Field Notes on Ordinary Love, selected by The New York Times for its “best poetry of the year” list, Wilson is an Affrilachian Poet, Cave Canem Fellow, graduate of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, and a 2018-19 Kenyon Review Poetry Fellow.
The reading is free to the public, but registration at www.wab.org is required.
Writers & Books Hosts Cave Canem Poets:
October 15, 2020: Makalani Bandele, author of under the aegis of a winged mind, with Joy Priest, recipient of the 2019 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry from the AWP for Horsepower.
October 26, 2020: Destiny Birdsong, reading from her debut book of poems, Negotiations.
November 5, 2020: Akua Lezli Hope, New York City-based author of Them Gone and Embouchure: Poems on Jazz and Other Musics.
These events are free, but you must register at www.wab.org (writers & books)
August/September 2020
August/September 2020
The Albany Book Festival
The Albany Book Festival
Lots of great contemporary authors (you can watch their readings on Youtube linked on the Festival page... (Thank you, Laura Viau for the notice...)
Lots of great contemporary authors (you can watch their readings on Youtube linked on the Festival page... (Thank you, Laura Viau for the notice...)
Writers & Books events (September, 2020)
Writers & Books events (September, 2020)
Writers & Books, Rochester’s home for the literary arts, will host Minda Harts, author of The Memo: What Women of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table, for a virtual book launch on Thursday, September 24, at 7:30. The event is free, but registration is required.
Drawing on her entrepreneurial experience as CEO of The Memo, as well as her past career as a fundraising consultant, Minda Harts’s Memo acknowledges the “ugly truths” that keep women of color from getting the proverbial seat at the table in corporate America: microaggressions, systemic racism, and white privilege. With wit and candor, Hart gives straight talk on how to address these issues head on and provides a roadmap to help women of color and their allies make real change to the system.
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