Printer’s Ornament: Clue #1
Here’s your first hint! Our student editors read every submission, sat with the accepted work at the Virginia Arts of the Book Center (thank you so!) and looked for themes to organize the work by. They chose literary conflicts (or relationships), and our first printer’s ornament in the book corresponds to poems of person to […]
Our Judges are impressed!
Announcing our Finalists and Winners! Thanks to our inspiring book editor, Max March, we can share these results with you in this gorgeous format. All finalists of our Virginia Festival of the Book Contest will receive invitations to read at the award ceremony at the Omni on March 15th, from 7-8pm, with a reception to […]
Congratulations to our Scholastic National Writing Contest award winners at the regional level!
Standing Room Only for Teen Artists!
The Piedmont Council of the Arts Rising Stars performed to a standing room only audience tonight! The Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center was represented by Olivia Vande Woude, our nominee, who read two stunning poems. The night’s awards included TWC member Kayli Wren, delighting the audience with her short story, Crossroads IV art editor Sydney Nicholson’s […]
Olivia Vande Woude receives 2015 Rising Star Award
We are delighted to announce that Olivia Vande Woude as a recipient of the Piedmont Council of the Arts Rising Star Award, nominated by the Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center (TWC). The Award Ceremony will be held at Cityspace on Friday, October 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm! Join us in celebrating these stellar young artists! We are […]
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 […]
And the air filled with words
We peered through 100 lenses. Tonight 300 people filled the Omni Ballrooms to listen to the poetry and prose of 100 students. We listened. What greater gift could we give them than to look at the world through their eyes. You can too. Order a copy of the Crossroads III anthology and read it for yourself, a […]
Virginia Festival of the Book high school teen contest results are in!
We are thrilled to receive the results for the Virginia Festival of the Book High School Teen Writing Contest from Proal Heartwell, founder of both the contest, and cofounder of the Village School, a private middle school for girls. All students who have submitted have been informed of the results and invitations to the reading […]
2015 Scholastic National Writing Awards
2015 National Scholastic Writing Contest Regional Awards for Local Students
Heather Walton wins Rising Star Award
The Award Winning Piedmont Council of the Arts (PCA) has announced its 2014 Rising Star Awards, and we are proud to announce Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center nominee Heather Walton, among this year’s award winners. Heather has been a member of the Teen Writing Center from the beginning, helping chart our course with her participation, offering leadership and enthusiasm […]