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Anne Of Green Gables Scriptwriting Workshop
Sunday February 3, 2013: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose RoomCalling all writers in Grades 4-12! The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Junior Theatre Company is performing an original...
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Teen Short Story Contest in Its 21st Year!
The Teen Short Story Contest has come of age, in this its 21st year! 'It's All Write!" cosponsored by the Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library and AADL is a contest open to middle and high school...
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Coming Soon: New Book Clubs to Go
Four new Book Clubs to Go titles will be available soon! Follow the title links below to jump on the waiting list.In Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, the best-selling author of Blink identifies the...
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March 15th Last Day for Teen Short Story Submissions
The deadline for submitting stories to the Teen Short Story Writing Contest is Friday, March 15, so, you still have time to put on those finishing touches and submit to: allwrite@aadl.org. Only...
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Ann Arbor Observer: Meet Jacqui Robbins
The March issue of the Ann Arbor Observer has a particularly good article about Jacqui Robbins, who is a writer, director and teacher in Ann Arbor. This article profiles Robbins, author of the...
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Introducing Judge #1 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Matt de le Pena
Matt de la Pena's debut novel, Ball Don't Lie was an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA-YALSA Quick Pick.He's also the author of the award winning picture book, A Nations' Hope: The Story...
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Introducing Judge #2 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Lauren Oliver
A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU's MFA program, Lauren Oliver has showcased her talents from middle grade reads, Spindlers and Liesel & Po to a best-selling teen trilogy which...
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Introducing Judge #3 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Steve Amick
Steve Amick has published two novels with Random House, The Lake, the River & the Other Lake (a Washington Post Book of the Year, 2005), and Nothing But a Smile (2009). Both were Michigan Notable...
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NEW! Short Story Writing Contest for Grades 3-5
On April 15, the Ann Arbor District Library will sponsor its first Short Story Writing Contest for 3rd - 5th Grades. Entries will be accepted April 15 through May 6, and may either be emailed to...
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Introducing Judge #4 Teen Short Story Contest - Elizabeth Wein
Elizabeth's lastest novel, Code Name Verity has received widespread critical acclaim. It is shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal; it is a Michael Printz Award Honor Book, a Boston Globe/Horn Book...
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Introducing Judge #5 Teen Short Story Contest - Sharon G. Flake
Sharon Flake's newest book, Pinned so far has received starred reviews in PW, Horn Book, and Kirkus. Told in alternating chapters, the reader gets to know Autumn and Adonis and watch them tackling...
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Author A. S. King Discusses Her Work And Announces The Winners Of The 2013...
21 Years celebrating teen writers, with this year's contest bringing in 335 submissions, is a lot to celebrate. The Awards Ceremony, where Finalists are honored and winners are announced will take...
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Introducing Judge #6 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Justina Chen
Justina is an award-winning novelist for young adults, with her most recent book, Return to Me, called an "uplifting story" by Publishers Weekly.North of Beautiful was named a Best Book of the Year by...
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May 6th, Last Day to Submit Stories - Grades 3-5 Short Story Contest
The deadline for submitting stories to the short story contest for Grades 3-5 is May 6th, so you still have time to put the finishing touches on your story and submit to youngwrite@aadl.org or hand in...
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Made in Michigan Writers Mad Lib Poetry Workshop
Saturday May 18, 2013: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose RoomHey! It's a one-of-a-kind Mad Lib Poetry Workshop with the poets of the Made In Michigan Writers Series. Team up with a...
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Introducing Judge #7 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Lara Zielin
Lara Zielin's newest teen novel is Waiting Sky and tells the story of Jane McAllister, who decides to switch things up one summer and joins her brother chasing tornadoes, which gives her a fresh...
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Introducing Judge #8 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Mac Barnett
Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children, including Extra Yarn, which won a 2013 Caldecott Honor and the 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Picture...
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Introducing Judge #9 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Don Gallo
Editor Donald R. Gallo is a recipient of the ALAN Award for Outstanding Contributions to Young Adult Literature and the editor of several short story anthologies for teens, including the highly praised...
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Introducing Judge #10 Teen Short Story Writing Contest 2013 - Jo Knowles
Jo Knowles is the author of teen novels, with most recently See You at Harry's c2012 and Pearl c2011. She recently received the Crystal Kite Award for her book, Pearl, and prior to that was the...
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Introducing Judge #11 Teen Short Story Contest 2013 - Frances O'Roark Dowell
Frances O'Roark Dowell has published 11 books for teens and middle-grades fiction. She started withDovey Coe in 2000 which promptly won the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the William Allen White Children's...
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