The WITS Alliance

Jubilee Rocks LA this Weekend

witsalliance — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:15:57 +0000

If you’re in Los Angeles this Memorial Day weekend, check out PEN in the Classroom and other great authors at the literary event of the season. Celebrate the literary with PEN Center USA at the Jubilee. The Literary Stage is LIVE from 12 Noon -6PM May 26+27. For more information, click here.

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Teen Authors and Artists, Get Trill

witsalliance — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:49:36 +0000

Photo by Eleanor Leonne Bennet, published in Trill

Trill is a new online publication made by and for teen writers and artists. It is created through the auspices of the Asheville Writers in the Schools program in North Carolina. Their first issues are very inspired. Check it out.

Filed under: authors, creative writing, essay, fiction, k-12 education, poetry, wits alliance, writers in the schools, writing

What Matters Most?

witsalliance — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:18:13 +0000

In fall 2012, Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T & W) will launch a searchable Digital Resource Center (DRC) on theirr website. Initially drawing on material from T&W’s 45 years of print publications, the DRC will also include resources provided by other members of the WITS Alliance–the professional network of literary arts education programs and individuals who serve K-12 students and provide professional development for their teachers.

Help them shape this new resource by completing a short survey here. Thank you!

Filed under: authors, books, creative writing, k-12 education, teaching, wits alliance, writers in the schools, writing Tagged: Education, professional development, teachers & writers collaborative

The Poetry Circus: Joanna Fuhrman on Teaching Kenneth Koch

witsalliance — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:03:25 +0000

WITS Alliance member organization Teachers & Writers Collaborative publishes an outstanding periodical called Teachers & Writers Magazine. Check out a fun essay by Joanna Fuhrman on teaching the poetry of Kenneth Koch. And have a ball at the Poetry Circus.

Filed under: authors, books, creative writing, k-12 education, poetry, teaching, wits alliance, writers in the schools Tagged: Joanna Fuhrman, Kenneth Koch, teachers & writers collaborative, Writers Resources

Immerse Yourself: “Writers on Writing” in Key West

witsalliance — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:22:37 +0000

The theme of the next Key West Literary Seminar is “Writers on Writing,” and financial assistance is available to teachers and librarians. Scholarships are also available to students and writers who would not otherwise be able to attend. “Writers on Writers” will be an opportunity to re-experience some of the world’s most enduring authors (think Thoreau, Dickinson, Hemingway, Melville, and Woolf) through the eyes of the contemporary writers who know them best (Geoff Dyer, Pico Iyer, and Colm Tóibín, among others).

“Writers on Writers” has now expanded to include two sessions. Session One will take place January 10-13, 2013. Session Two will take place the following weekend, January 17-20. The writers’ workshop program takes place in between the two seminar sessions, January 13-17. The seminar and workshops are independent of one another; you may attend both programs or choose between the two.

Registration is open now. The scholarship application period is also open now. Priority deadline for scholarship applications is June 30, 2012.

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