Ten Years Affirming Young Writers

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Ten Years Affirming Young Writers

Entry Forms Now Available
For Upcoming Competition:
$16,000 In Prizes &Dublin Trip

LITCHFIELD, Ct. Aug. 23, 2006 - The IMPAC-Connecticut State University Young Writers Trust invites Connecticut's young poets and writers to enter its 10th annual competition.

Entry forms can be downloaded from the Trust's homepage, www.ctyoungwriters.org

The CSU System will also mail entry forms to all public, private and parochial secondary schools this fall.

About 3,500 young writers have competed in the IMPAC-CSU program, which has awarded more than $135,000 since 1998.

Poets and writers in each of Connecticut's eight counties win $1,000 prizes, awarded during ceremonies at the four CSU campuses in Willimantic, New Haven, New Britain and Danbury. The top poet and writer from that set of winners each earn a trip to Dublin with a parent for the presentation of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Dublin Writers Festival and related activities. Statewide poetry and prose champions will be announced during the annual dinner in June 2007 at the Litchfield Inn.

IMPAC, a leading productivity firm, also endows the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, which at 100,000 Euros is the world's largest prize for a single work of fiction.

IMPAC Chairman Jim Irwin and retired CSU Chancellor Bill Cibes joined to bring the Young Writers Program from Litchfield County to cover the entire state in 2000. Chancellor David Carter, formerly president of Eastern Connecticut State University, has been a champion for the program and has undertaken initiatives to expand participation.

The CSU System serves more than 35,000 students, making it the largest public university system in Connecticut. A total of 166 academic programs are offered throughout the system, and more than 5,000 degrees are awarded annually.

IMPAC-Connecticut State University
Young Writers Trust
231 Beach St. Litchfield, CT 06759
* 800-814-6931 * Fax- 860-567-9119
tntcomm82@cs.com
www.ctyoungwriters.org
ANDY THIBAULT, Chairman