Connecticut State University System Announcement:
12th Annual
Connecticut Young Writers Competition
Awards Ceremony
Moves to Mark Twain House & Museum
Hartford Landmark Will Host
State's Top High School Writers on May 31;
Universities Will Host
Regional Award Ceremonies Later This Month
APRIL 6, 2009 -- The 2009 Connecticut Young Writers awards ceremony,which highlights works of poetry and prose submitted by teenagers from throughout the state, will be held for the first time this year the Mark Twain House& Museum in Hartford, after 11 years at the Litchfield Inn.
The competition has inspired the participation of over 580 students this year -- the third highest number of entries in the competition's 12years -- and is sponsored by IMPAC and the Connecticut State University System.The ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 31, 2009, beginning at 7 p.m., following a reception that begins at 5:30 p.m.
"There could not be a better setting to honor outstanding young writers than the Mark Twain House & Museum. The talent and creativity of a new generation of Connecticut writers is clearly evident, and the inspiration that Mark Twain's example provides is especially fitting as we recognize their excellent prose and poetry," said David G. Carter, chancellor of the Connecticut State University System.
That evening,16 students who will be selected this month as county winners in prose and poetry categories from Connecticut's eight counties, will be vying for selection as the statewide winner, thus qualifying to receive a trip to Ireland for celebrations connected with the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Dublin Writers Festival.
"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter -- it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."
-- Mark Twain, 1888.
"These students certainly understand what Mark Twain was saying in 1888.The Mark Twain House &Museum is honored to host the 12th Annual Young Writers Award Ceremony. Hartford's Nook Farm was a haven for 19th century writers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley Warner, and, of course, Mark Twain. I can not think of a more fitting location in Connecticut for this prestigious awards ceremony," said Jeffrey L. Nichols, executive director of The Mark Twain House & Museum.
"With the help of many sponsors and volunteer laborers throughout Connecticut,we are able to say, again, to Connecticut's best young writers: 'Yes, you are a poet. Yes, you are writer.' We are honored especially this year to walk where Twain walked as we affirm and celebrate the work of young writers,"said Andy Thibault, chairman, Young Writers Trust.
Rockville High School English teacher Victoria Nordlund [left] and senior Melanie Lieberman [center] with NBC 30's Tom Monahan
The awards ceremony is preceded by afternoon programs and writing workshops for the students, as well as tours of the Mark Twain House & Museum. Co-masters of ceremonies for the program are author Rand Richards Cooper, broadcaster Diane Smith, Central Connecticut State University Professor of English Ravi Shankar, and author/columnist Colin McEnroe. Speakers will include Rockville High School senior Melanie Lieberman, the 2007 state prose champion;and her teacher, Victoria Nordlund, chair of Rockville's English department.
ELIZABETH THOMAS
Performance poet and slam coach Elizabeth Thomas, the Connecticut Review Poet in Residence for the Naugatuck public schools, will lead an afternoon workshop for teachers on how to teach performance poetry. The May 31 event,which will be catered by La Cupola Ristorante and featuring the Jen Allen Big Band, begins at 5:30 p.m. [Tickets are $50 per person. Teachers participating in the teacher workshop should add $25.]
County champions are to be selected from about a dozen finalists in each category in each county. Regional ceremonies will be held:
* Monday, April 20, at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, for Hartford and Tolland counties;
* Thursday, April 23, at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, for Fairfield and Litchfield counties;
* Monday, April 27, at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, for Middlesex and New Haven counties; and
* Tuesday, April 28, at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, for New London and Windham counties.
The state winners in prose and poetry, to be announced at the Mark Twain House ceremony, will be invited, with a parent, to a week of festivities in Ireland connected with the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Dublin Writers Festival. There, they will also meet young writers from Europe and Asia. Their works will also be considered for publication in Connecticut Review, the literary journal published by the Connecticut State University System (CSUS).
The Connecticut Young Writers competition affirms the work of young poets and writers and celebrates their accomplishments. IMPAC Chairman Jim Irwin and retired CSUS Chancellor William Cibes expanded the Young Writers Program from Litchfield County to cover the entire state in 2000.
IMPAC, a leading global productivity firm, sponsors the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, which, at 100,000 euros, is the largest in the world for a single work of fiction. CSUS serves nearly 36,000 students, making it the largest public university system in Connecticut. CSUS offers 160 academic programs, and a record setting 6,870 degrees were awarded in 2008.
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MEDIA CONTACTS:
Andy Thibault, Connecticut Young Writers Trust, tntcomm82@cs.com, 860-690-0211
Terri Raimondi, CSUS Public Relations, raimondit@ct.edu, 860-493-0040
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LAURA McCABE, lead vocalist, Jen Allen Big Band, In 2008 Musical Finale, Imagination
video at the very bottom of this post
Program sponsorships are available
for a limited time as follows:
Business Card Ads in Program, $250;
Dublin Trip Prose Sponsors, 5 @ $400.
Dublin Trip Poetry Sponsor, 5 @ $400.
County Award Co-Sponsors, $500.
* The IMPAC-Connecticut State University System Young Writers Trust is anon-profit foundation affiliated by Charter with the International IMPACDublin Literary Award and classified by the IRS as a 501 C (3) Public Charity.Federal Tax ID: 31-1635811
Some supporters have sent in donations of $50 and $100. We are very grateful for this support, which will help us get through this very difficult year.
Please make checks out to:
IMPAC-CSU System Young Writers
and mail to:
231 Beach St.
Litchfield, CT 06759
*new biz cards can also be mailed to Beach St. or electronically to tntcomm82@cs.com
Draft INVITATION
Seating Limited
You are cordially invited to attend the
12TH Annual IMPAC-CSU System Young Writers
Statewide Ceremony &Celebration
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Mark Twain House &Museum, 351 Farmington, Ave., Hartford
2 p.m. Tour &Programs For Young Writers
4:30 p.m. Workshops For Young Writers &Teachers (CEUs granted)
5:30-6:45 p.m. Reception Catered By Frank Rosa's La Cupola Ristorante &Inn
7 p.m. Awards Ceremony
Special Guests
Melanie Lieberman, 2007 State Prose Champion
Victoria Nordlund, Poet &English teacher
Elizabeth Thomas, Teacher Workshop Leader / Performance Poetry
Co-Masters of Ceremonies
Rand Richards Cooper, Author
Diane Smith, Author & Positively CT TV Host
Ravi Shankar, Poet in Residence, English Professor, CCSU
Colin McEnroe, Author &Columnist, Hartford Courant
Reception Entertainment
Jen Allen Big Band Featuring...
Reception Donation*
$50 per person (teacher workshop add $25)
PLZ MAKE CHECKS OUT TO IMPAC-CSU YOUNG WRITERS
-RSVP by May 21, 2009
ANDY THIBAULT
IMPAC-CSU System Young Writers Trust
231 Beach St.
Litchfield, CT 06759
800-814-6931 or 860-690-0211
tntcomm82@cs.com
www.ctyoungwriters.org
* The IMPAC-Connecticut State University System Young Writers Trust is a non-profit foundation affiliated by Charter with the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and classified by the IRS as a 501 C (3) Public Charity. Federal Tax ID: 31-1635811
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Reception, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Sunday, May 31, 2009
IMPAC-CSU System Young Writers Trust
12th annual celebration
CHEF-ATTENDED CARVING STATION
Roasted turkey breast with whole grain mustard and imported rustic breads
Over seared pochetta served with olive, sundried tomato pesto and rustic breads
ITALIAN ANTIPASTO BOARD
Dried cured meats, aged imported cheeses, pickled garden vegetables, rustic breads
FRUIT DISPLAY WITH YOGURT SAUCE
SEASONAL VEGETABLE DISPLAY
Crisp garden vegetables served with Italian gorgonzola dip and roasted garlic hummus and assorted flat breads
BUTLER PASSED HORS D'OEUVRES
Tomato bruschetta
Lump crab stuffed mushrooms
Coney island franks
Spinach risotto Arancia
Lobster &corn fritters
Asparagus tips with smoked salmon goat cheese wrapped in pastry
Lobster tart cobbler
Scallops wrapped in bacon
Miniature Maryland crab cakes
Lollipop baby lamb chops
Chicken sate with olive, sundried tomato pesto
Red and yellow cherry tomatoes and fresh mozzarella skewers
Roasted tenderloin crostini with horseradish aioli and green onions
Chicken tempura
Goat cheese and wild mushroom strudel
Shrimp wrapped with arugula and prosciutto
Baked polenta with wild mushrooms and gorgonzola cheese
English cucumbers with smoked salmon
Figs stuffed with goat cheese and prosciutto
Roast duck wrapped with arugula on brochette with aged balsamic
Assorted pizzas
-- left to right: Franz Douskey, Young Writers Trust founding board member; Britta Bell, 08 statewide poetry winner; Ben Cooper, 08 statewide prose winner; and Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University.
2009 COUNTY FINALISTS
Prose
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Amy Hambidge
Ransom
New Milford High School
Veronica Birdsall
Cocoon
Litchfield High School
Melissa Yorker
Summer Canvas
Torrington High School
Clarissa Burch
Missing You
New Milford High School
Ellen French
Riches
Torrington High School
Bridget Smith
Children of the Moon
Litchfield High School
Rachel Beauregard
My Tears Can Run No More
Litchfield High School
Crystal Booth
The Struggle to Escape
Litchfield High School
Theresa Legan
Extracurricular Activities
New Milford High School
Daniel Holland
Tour of a Birch-Hemlock Temperate Rain Forest
New Milford High School
NEW LONDON COUNTY
Richard Riden
Sound of a City Burning
Montville High School
Hilary Sunderland
Beauty in the Breakdown
Griswold High School
Regan Miner
Sweet William
Norwich Free Academy
Gloria Anne Creamer
Untitled
Montville High School
Joanie Drake
The Plunge
Ledyard High School
Jessica Franco
Standard Procedure
Ledyard High School
Kanani Kinnaman
One
Kinnaman Home School
Margaret Linn
Storyteller
Norwich Free Academy
Harold Limkemann
The Knight
Montville High School
Lauren Specht
It's Not Over
Montville High School
WINDHAM COUNTY
Tom Simpson
Trench
Woodstock Academy
Kianne Gaylor
Illuminating the Shadows
Woodstock Academy
Olivia Richman
To Fit In, Or Not To Fit In: That is the Question
Woodstock Academy
Anna Nassiff
How to Walk on a Cloud
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Megan Nelson
My Promise to You
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Tatiana Amill
Buddy's House
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Christine Peterson
A Sunny Day
Killingly High School
Scott Mutchler
The Corporate Ritual
Woodstock Academy
HARTFORD COUNTY
Maggie Hendrickson
Mina's Mornings
Bristol Eastern High School
Victoria-Lynn Bell
The Swing
Martin Kellogg Middle School
Katie Kowalski
Dad Is With Me
Henry James Memorial School
Isabel Hall
Leap Of Faith
Granby Memorial High School
Angel Villa
He Spoke Lightly
Kingswood-Oxford School
Ryan Juliano
Prologue To A Heist
Northwest Catholic High School
Maxwell O'Brasky
Saint Charles Darniette
Kingswood-Oxford School
Leah Shafer
Snap
Simsbury High School
Joshua Robair
Harmless Studies of the Insane
Farmington High School
Kaelyn Kelly-Colon
Queenie: The Cain & Abel Complex
Manchester High School
Marissa Bergman
Autumn Rythmn
Farmington High School
Kim Miller
3130 Miles
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Emma Lowenberg
Bernard
Lowenberg Home School
Adriana Rexon
Breathless
Greenwich Academy
Betsy James
Blind Faith
Central High School
Katie Fragoso
My Wings Have Finally Taken Dream
Newtown High School
Meagan Goldman
Lost Car Keys
Greenwich Academy
David Buchannan
The Drifter
Immaculate High School
Oliva Lowenberg
The Black Death: Prelude to Rebirth
Lowenberg Home School
Maureen Davis
Warm Welcome, New Outlook
Saint Joseph High School
Gus Ruchman
American Airwaves: The Communication of Hope and Anxiety in the Golden Age of Radio
Greenwich Academy
Giulia Caterini
Skin Deep
Greenwich Academy
Faith Lynn Morris
Poseur Who? Poseur You.
Central Magnet High School
Jensine Eckwall
Poetry Out Loud Analysis and Reflection
Newtown High School
Nathan Dembowski
Street Etiquette From The Modern Point of View
Brookfield High School
TOLLAND COUNTY
Jessica Ruman
Photo
Rockville High School
Dawn Rzeznikiewicz
Love You Too
Rockville High School
Katharine Vannier
Edelweiss Ghost
Rockville High School
Amanda Schroth
Pretty, Pretty Baby
Ellington High School
Katie Angelica
Hearts Tide
Ellington Middle School
Melanie Lieberman
A Bird in the Hand, Worth Two in the Bush
Rockville High School
Allison Burg
Cappucino Girl
Rockville High School
Rebecca Arkin
Our Last Pageant
Horace W. Porter School
Rose Goldich
Laughter
Rockville High School
Elise Ursin
Lost
E.O. Smith High School
Connor Tracy
Spam
E.O. Smith High School
Catherine Stanford
Calling Down a Statue
E.O. Smith High School
Emily Gregonis
The Whisper in the Woods
Horace W. Porter School
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Joseph Gayeski
The Hendrickson Butcher Shoppe
Xavier High School
Julia Eastwood
The First Day
Old Saybrook High School
Kathryn Mill
Shades of Gray
Old Saybrook High School
Jeff Holmes
Life is So Precious
Valley Regional High School
Chrissy Guirri
Pain Tolerance
Old Saybrook High School
David Grylka
The Descent
East Hampton High School
Evelyn Benvie
Once More
Valley Regional High School
Kevin Dunn
The Untimely Death of Walter Hadley
Valley Regional High School
Liz Palmieri
My Dream of Having a Dream
Old Saybrook High School
Dana Callahan
So You've Come to Make a Deposit?
Valley Regional High School
Mary Katherine Bowering
The Grave Shave
Valley Regional High School
Amanda King
Graduation
Old Saybrook High School
Kaitlyn Ernst
The Well-Known Stranger
Valley Regional High School
Liza Dee
Mr. Cross
Valley Regional High School
Meaghan Fabrycki
The New World
East Hampton High School
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
Charlotte Beach
Thanksgiving Poker Night
Education Center for the Arts
Natalie Beach
The Autumn Fall
Education Center for the Arts
Julie Brown
Body
Education Center for the Arts
Jesse Erickson
Scrimshaw
Long River Middle School
Aliza Gans
The Mile
Education Center for the Arts
Charles Hart
The Final Consumers
Woodland Regional High School
Tamanna Hassin
Migration
Education Center for the Arts
Lindsey Hawthorne
Passageway to the Past
Long River Middle School
Meg Lincoln
Proud of Sanity
Education Center for the Arts
McKenzie White
A Slave in Love
Long River Middle School
Jane Youngberg
Footprints
Education Center for the Arts
Poetry
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Molly O'Neill
Orange
Greenwich Academy
Amanda Ball
Snapshots Denied
Greenwich Academy
Todd Massedge
My Crater
St. Joseph High School
Christine Elwell
Ki$$
St. Joseph High School
Emily Grosso
One Moment
St. Joseph High School
Caitlin Tefft
Still/Frame/Shot
Newtown High School
Rachel Fulton
I LoveYou Not
Joel Barlow High School
Heath Goldman
By The Sea
Greenwich Academy
Kathleen Wrobel
I Wish I Dream I Hope
Immaculate High School
Susannah Benjamin
A Little Glass Bowl
Greenwich Academy
Cassandra Urban
An Autumns Fire-A Tanka Chain
Alternative Center for Excellence
Melanie Wajda
Black Market
Wilton High School
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Catherine Winslow
Shades of Grey
The Taft School
Elizabeth Soucy
Changes
Torrington High School
Colleen Behuniak
#13
Torrington High School
Krystal Pesino
Grandfather
Torrington Middle School
Erin McElhone
We Are America
Torrington High School
Emma Welty
Crook Horn Road
Nonnewaug High School
Josh Jordan
#47
Torrington High School
Aytan Koch
Darelsalam Ahmed Eisa, 18
New Milford High School
Rebecca Schaefer
The Story of Hades and Persephone
New Milford High School
Kevin Redmond
The Cold Stare of Infinity
Torrington High School
NEW LONDON COUNTY
Tess Williams
Arianna
The Williams School
Dan Fisher
Ode To A Leaf
The Williams School
Alyssa Andres
To Find Yourself
East Lyme High School
Jhyde Ryals
To: Jhyde, From Daddy
Fitch Senior High School
Andrea Weiner
Body Language
The Williams School
Riley Richards
I Swear
The Williams School
Toni Pawlowski
My Poem
Lyman Memorial High School
Christopher Schellens
Description of a Picture
The Williams School
Laura Hagen
Montana
The Williams School
Molly Hannon
Drosophila melanogaster
The Williams School
WINDHAM COUNTY
Samaria Gutierrez
You
Windham High School
Nathan Babinski
Hidden Royalty
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Samantha Credit
Cherry Bay
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Brandon Tracy
Skin
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Brittany Murphy
Milk
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Yarelis Rivera
I Said No
Windham High School
Taylor Martin
Entity
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Sarah Aubin
The Dove
Arts at the Capitol Theater
Jeremy Porter
Today's Kids
Plainfield High School
Benjamin FitzSimmons
Hip Hop
Windham High School
HARTFORD COUNTY
Thelma Boamah
The Memories of Virginia Tech
East Hartford High School
Madeleine Morrin
Math Teacher's Last Love Letter
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Emily Delano
Weaving
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Emmett Gilles
Klotho's Road
Conard High School
Jillian Barry
The Leaves are like Chameleons
Rocky Hill High School
Caitlin Meuser
Christmas Eve 1980
Simsbury High School
Andrea Lamari
The Bend of Bodies
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Taylor Bidon
Theme for English A
Granby Memorial Middle School
Hailey Aguero
A Mother's Reign
Newington High School
Jenna Dafgek
Unanswerable Questions
Henry James Memorial School
Jennifer Ky
Hollow Ambition
University High School of Science & Engineering
Amanda Jacobsen
Asphodel
Bristol Eastern High School
Cara Dorris
Hors de Paris
Glastonbury High School
Miriam Thompson
Nuclear
Kingswood-Oxford School
TOLLAND COUNTY
Lauren Kidd
Weeding
Rockville High School
Aubrey Haboush
Georgia O
E.O Smith High School
Amber Murphy
The Guardians of Life
Rockville High School
Rachel Fuller
Alarm Lullabies
E.O. Smith High School
Seanna Cottle
The Secret
E.O. Smith High School
Kathryn Johndrow
Early Frost
Rockville High School
Jocelyn Weaver
Champagne Dreams on a Beer Budget
Rockville High School
Anne Buller
Andrew
Rockville High School
Patrick Crane
Memories are Just as Flammable as Gasoline
Rockville High School
Caitlin Parmelee
Something New
E.O. Smith High School
Jordyn Woodtke
Circuitous
Rockville High School
Amy Zylberman
Falling into the Mosh Pit of Love
Rockville High School
Miles Wilkerson
The New World
E.O. Smith High School
Jamie Phillips
Longevity
E.O. Smith High School
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
June Margaret Manuel
Circus
Old Saybrook High School
Katie Herrle
Lonely Together
Old Saybrook High School
Dillon Jones
Ode
Old Saybrook High School
Caroline Bruno
Portrait of Dr. Wilhelm Mayer-Hermann
Old Saybrook High School
Cassidy Wade
Proud
Old Saybrook High School
Lauren Martin
The Good Guys, Or, I Wanted to Destroy Time One Night
Old Saybrook High School
Courtney Duff
For the Lonely
Mercy High School
Margaret Dubey
The Party
Valley Regional High School
Allison Pash
Timeless
Valley Regional High School
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
Jenn Barrett
The Cliffs at Minack Theatre
Westover School
Christine Cascellla
Smile
Westover School
Alexa Fermeglia
Reborn
Woodland Regional High School
Bridget Hinz
My Land
Westover School
Alice Lloyd
Picture of a Dream
Westover School
Molly Kate McKenna
An Old Man's Winter Night
Westover School
Mary Margaret Meehan
Morning in March
Westover School
Djamilla Mercurio
Summer Monsoon
Westover School
Cleo O'Brien-Udry
On the Bombing of the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad
Education Center for the Arts
Felicity Sheehy
Evening Conversation
Westover School
Helena Tiedmann
Dominican Postcard
Westover School
Amelia Urry
Sculptures
Guilford High School
Musical Finale, 11th Annual Dinner,
IMPAC-CSU System
Young Writers Competition, June 2008
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