Finalists for writing awards announced
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Sat., April 11, 2009
“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.
-- CSU SYSTEM CHANCELLOR, DR. DAVID CARTER
Finalists for the 2009 Connecticut young writers awards were announced this week, and a ceremony for the winners in May will be held for the first time at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.
The annual state ceremony had previously been held at the Litchfield Inn.
The awards are given each year for outstanding prose and poetry submissions from teenagers throughout the state, ranging in age from 13 to 18.
This year, 92 prose entries and 91 poetry entries were selected for the finalist pool, with students from Litchfield, Torrington and New Milford high schools reaping the most recognition for prose writing in Northwestern Connecticut districts.
Students from the Westover School in Middlebury, Torrington High School and New Milford High School dominated the poetry category from the area. One Torrington Middle School student was also a finalist.
One prose and one poetry winner will be announced at the statewide award ceremony May 31, with prizes of up to $1,000 each [for county champions. 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 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.
The system co-sponsors the event with the founding organization, IMPAC, a [productivity enhancement] firm headed by James Irwin of Litchfield.
A total of 580 students from throughout the state participated this year, an unusually high number, reported Andy Thibault, chairman of the Young Writers Trust, which administers the program.
The judges are librarians, teachers, writers, poets and journalists from the state’s eight counties.
Regional ceremonies to choose winners from each county will be held later this month. The schedule is:
*April 20 at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, for Hartford and Tolland counties.
*April 23 at Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, for Fairfield and Litchfield counties.
*April 27 at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, for Middlesex and New Haven counties.
*April 28 at Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, for New London and Windham counties.
Among the prose finalists:
* From Litchfield High School: Rachel Beauregard, Veronica Birdsall, Crystal Booth and Bridget Smith.
* rom New Milford High School: Clarissa Burch, Amy Hambidge, Daniel Holland and Theresa Legan
* From Torrington High School: Ellen French and Melissa Yorker
* From the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, Julie Brown of Cheshire.
Among the poetry finalists:
*From Torrington Middle School: Krystal Pesino.
*From Torrington High School: Colleen Behuniak, Josh Jordan, Erin McElhone, Kevin Redmond and Elizabeth Soucy.
*From the Westover School: Jenn Barrett of Woodbury resident; Christine Cascellla, Bridget Hinz and Djamilla Mercurio, all of Middlebury; Alice Lloyd of Fairfield; Molly Kate McKenna of Waterbury; Mary Margaret Meehan of Redding; Felicity Sheehy of Jefferson Valley, N.Y. and Helena Tiedmann of Warren.
* From New Milford High School: Aytan Koch and Rebecca Schaefer.
* From Nonnewaug High School: Emma Welty.
* From the Taft School: Catherine Winslow of Farmington.
—George Krimsky
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