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Poetry, prose finalists
named for Young Writers Contest
Monday, April 13, 2009
The following Litchfield County students are finalists in the 2009 Connecticut Young Writers competition. Each student 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 Dublin Writers Festival. The county champions are to be selected from about a dozen finalists in each category of the counties across Connecticut.
Prose Finalists
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.
Poetry Finalists
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.
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Young Writers event moves to Hartford
Monday, April 13, 2009
HARTFORD — An awards ceremony highlighting the poetry and prose submitted by teenagers across the state will be held this year, for the first time, at the Mark Twain House &Museum in Hartford.
The 2009 Connecticut Young Writers awards ceremony has been held at the Litchfield Inn for the past 11 years.
The competition has inspired the participation of 580 students this year which is the highest ever in the event’s 12-year history, according to organizers of the annual event. Two of the prose finalists and six of the poetry finalists are from Torrington High School.
Four students in the prose category are from Litchfield and the remainder come from New Milford and the Taft School.
Sponsored by both IMPAC and the Connecticut State University System, the ceremony is scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 31, beginning at 7 p.m. A reception will be held before the ceremony, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The ceremony is preceded by afternoon programs and workshops for the students, as well as tours of the Mark Twain House & Museum.
A total of 16 students will be selected this month as county winners in prose and poetry categories from the eight counties in the state.
Each 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 Dublin Writers Festival.
The county champions are to be selected from about a dozen finalists in each category of the counties.
The regional ceremony for Fairfield and Litchfield counties is scheduled for Thursday, April 23 at Western Connecticut State University.
“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 a writer,’” said Andy Thibault, chairman of the Young Writers Trust. “We are honored especially this year to walk where Twain walked as we affirm and celebrate the work of young writers.”
Greenwich Time Updates Finalist List
4 GA students in running
for regional prose awards
Greenwich Time Staff
Posted: 04/10/2009
Four students from Greenwich Academy have been named finalists in the prose writing competition for The 12th annual 2009 Connecticut Young Writers awards. The statewide competition drew nearly 600 student entries in poetry and prose for county awards of $1,000 in each category. The county champions are to be selected from about a dozen finalists in each category in each county. Sixteen 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. Their works will also be considered for publication in Connecticut Review, the literary journal published by the Connecticut State University System (CSUS).
The Greenwich Academy students selected as prose finalists are Adriana Rexon for "Breathless;" Meagan Goldman, "Lost Car Keys;" Gus Ruchman, "American Airwaves: The Communication of Hope and Anxiety in the Golden Age of Radio," and Giulia Caterini, "Skin Deep
Last week, Connecticut Young Writers announced that four GA students had been named finalists in the poetry writing competition.
The winners for Fairfield and Litchfield counties will be announced April 23, at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. The state winners will be announced May 31 at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford.
-- Barbara A. Heins
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