What is in a contest?

The Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center was thrilled at the number and quality of this year’s student submissions. Over the year our founding member Jacquelyn Lazo shared the project with friends. Upon hearing about our anthology, seeing last year’s edition, Tim Green, editor at Rattle, a national poetry magazine, offered to judge our contest. Given […]

How to build a book:

How does your anthology grow? We’ll take some time this month to introduce you to the volunteers behind the Crossroads III anthology, you may see familiar faces! Our students are involved in the ordering of work in our anthology,  starting with workshops and discussions led by Jacquelyn Lazo of the Darden School. Students met weekly with […]

Is it a collectible book?

Does it require a magnifying glass? A black light? Is it covered in a transparent sheet of horn? Was it letterpress printed, or self-published? Did it have an unauthorized quote on the binding? Was it controversial? Students were treated to a dazzling array of books by Molly Schwartzburg, curator of the Albert and Shirley Special Collections Library at […]