Palladio’s Vitrium

Palladio’s Vitrium Olivia Vande Woude   Through the Palladian window, one can watch her spread butter on wheat toast then carefully sprinkle cinnamon sugar across it evenly, releasing granules from between smooth fingers her hija’s breakfast favorite. At Saturday markets, she stands over the fryer folding meats, onion, and vegetables into corn masa. Carefully folding […]

Gospels

Gospels Logan Pritchard The mirror on my bookshelf is angled so that, if I don’t stand just in front of it, I’ll never see more than the ceiling. I don’t know Why I tilted it like that, only that I like the way it shines when The light casts over it. I used to have […]

Biscuit Run Writing Retreat – DECEMBER 4TH!

Save the Date! WE HAVE A SURPRISE INVITATION TO A TEEN WRITING RETREAT AT BISCUIT RUN!   Join us as we return to Biscuit Run for a day of writing workshops in a gorgeous space! We are delighted to be invited back to Biscuit Run to share a day of writing  in this visually rich space. […]

Thursday, Nov. 10th’s meeting At Milli Joe!

Just a reminder – November 10th – tonight’s meeting is at Milli Joe’s 6:30-8pm Just before the UVA MFA student meeting! 400 Preston Ave, Suite 150 Charlottesville, VA 22903 434-282-2659

Young writers bursting forth

There’s a new litmag on the scene. Sooth Swarm Journal, begun by Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center student staff Marie Ungar, inner of both Writer’s Eye and Crossroads IV writing awards, Erin Jin Mei O’Malley, a Speedwell Scholar studying in  Germany, and Steven Chung, winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year award! Consider submissions, have a look at […]

Submission Time!

Submissions due! It’s time to submit  your work! Local students are gearing up for The Writer’s Eye(November 30th deadline), and the Virginia Festival of the Book’s contest (opens December 1st, deadline February 15th). Nationally, students are preparing for the Scholastic National Art and writing Contest, Virginia deadline December 15th! If you live in Albemarle County […]

Writerhouse gifts!

We’ve spent more time leading and writing than posting this year, and the work coming out of our weekly meetings has been tremendous! Our teen meetings have been welcomed by Writerhouse for the past four years, and we want to share one of their gifts to our young writers! Writerhouse maintains a wonderful library of literary magazines they […]