Programs for Students
Youth Writing Camp
Young Writers, find your voice at the National Writing Project at Kent State University's (NWP-KSU) Youth Writing Camp this summer! The camp, led by NWP-KSU teacher consultants, will be held virtually via Zoom from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Open to students entering 4th through 7th grades, the camp cost is $20 per student. The camp offers young writers a way to engage in a morning of creative activities designed by NWP-KSU TCs.
The camp sparks kids' creativity, allows them to choose what to write, and provides them with the opportunity to express themselves in a variety of media while sharing their writing with a supportive audience.
Download the flyer.
Register here: https://commerce.cashnet.com/YouthWritingCamp
Young Writers, find your voice at the National Writing Project at Kent State University's (NWP-KSU) Youth Writing Camp this summer! The camp, led by NWP-KSU teacher consultants, will be held virtually via Zoom from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Open to students entering 4th through 7th grades, the camp cost is $20 per student. The camp offers young writers a way to engage in a morning of creative activities designed by NWP-KSU TCs.
The camp sparks kids' creativity, allows them to choose what to write, and provides them with the opportunity to express themselves in a variety of media while sharing their writing with a supportive audience.
Download the flyer.
Register here: https://commerce.cashnet.com/YouthWritingCamp
2022 "Write Where You Are" Poetry Contest Winners
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For the 2022 Write Where You Are Poetry Contest, K-12 students across Ohio wrote original poems about physical places that hold special meaning to them. The poems were judged based on the writer’s ability to encapsulate, on one page, the emotional impact of one place.
Winning poems: Grades 3-5: Cole Minich for “Hole in One” Grades 6-8: Emma Chelbezan for "The Lake" Grades 9-12: Danica Banks for "Hospital" Read the winning poetry entries in the downloadable 2022 Write Where You Are Poetry Magazine linked to the image on the left. Thank you to all writers who submitted their work to this contest, and to our judges TCs Christiana Thompson and Jean Kanzinger. We appreciate every poem we had the honor to read! Thank you also to TC Amy Hirzel for managing the poetry contest. |
2021 Write Where You Are Poetry Contest Winners
For the 2021 Write Where You Are Poetry Contest, K-12 students across Ohio were asked to write original poems about physical places which hold special meaning to them. After receiving dozens of submissions, the poems were judged based on the writer’s ability to encapsulate the emotional impact of one place on one page.
Click on the image to the left to access the winning poetry in the 2021 Write Where You Are Poetry Magazine. In addition to print publication, 1st Place winners were honored with a special video reading of their poems from local authors.
Thank you to all writers who submitted their work to this contest. We appreciate every, single poem we had the honor to read!
For the 2021 Write Where You Are Poetry Contest, K-12 students across Ohio were asked to write original poems about physical places which hold special meaning to them. After receiving dozens of submissions, the poems were judged based on the writer’s ability to encapsulate the emotional impact of one place on one page.
Click on the image to the left to access the winning poetry in the 2021 Write Where You Are Poetry Magazine. In addition to print publication, 1st Place winners were honored with a special video reading of their poems from local authors.
Thank you to all writers who submitted their work to this contest. We appreciate every, single poem we had the honor to read!
K-2 1st Place Winner
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3-5 1st Place Winner
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