Crossroads V Teen Award goes to:
The Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center is proud to present our third annual Crossroads V Award to Kiley Weeks at a special reading at Writerhouse today.We are grateful to Aimee Nezhukumatathil for selecting her from a fantastic group of submissions. Great thanks go to The Secular Society for making this $500 award possible for the third, to the […]
Crossroads V Contest Results
We are thrilled to receive the results for both the Virginia Festival of the Book, and the Crossroads Teen Writing Contest All students who have submitted have been informed of the results and invitations to the Virginia Festival of the Book reading have been sent. We invite you to join us at the Virginia Festival […]
Paper Cranes
Paper Cranes Jenna Bryant He spills words onto creamy cellulose sheets squeezing them in the spaces between thin blue veins, uniformly stacked, marred by coffee stains and poor penmanship corners curling, edges torn, a roadmap of wrinkles on parchment skin his pen scratches tributaries of ink outside the lines swirling eddies of ideas that […]
Winter Writing Workshops Resume Thursday at Writerhouse!
Our popular weekly writing workshops begin again on Thursday, with a special presentation from alumni and student staff! Are you curious about submitting your writing to journals and contests? Alumn Olivia Vande Woude and student staff Marie Ungar share their experiences and thoughts on publishing their work while in high school. When do you know your writing is ready […]
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to all! Enjoy your break and get your submissions ready! The Virginia Festival of the Book Teen Contest is currently accepting submissions through February 15th, and we can’t wait to see your writing! Our weekly meetings resume January 12th, with exciting workshops and guests!
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 […]