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YOUNG WRITERS 2012 ANNUAL CELEBRATION
INVITATION

Seating Limited



You are cordially invited to attend the
15th Annual CT Young Writers
Statewide Ceremony

Saturday, June 2, 2012
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, Hill-Stead Museum
http://www.hillstead.org/activities/poetry_performseries.html#one
9 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Workshops, 9 a.m.; Readings, 1 p.m.;
Award Ceremony, 5 p.m., Makeshift Theater
35 Mountain Road
Farmington, CT 06032

Special Guests
Sheldon Gaskell, 2010 State Prose Champion,
Cornell College, 2015; Greater Hartford Academy / Suffield HS, 2011;
Slam Poet / Hip Hop Star B. Yung;
Former U.S. Poet Laureate / Pulitzer Winner Richard Wilbur

Workshops
B. Yung, for young writers
Poet Lisa C. Taylor, for teachers

Music
MetaFour, Theresa Thomason and the choirs of Joyful Noise

Co-Masters of Ceremonies
Rand Richards Cooper, Author,
Bon Appétit travel writer
Ravi ‘I Don’t Play The Sitar’ Shankar
Poet, CCSU English Professor, Chairman, CT Young Writers Trust

General Admission, $10, to Hill-Stead
[young poets & writers complimentary]

RSVP by May 25, 2012

RSVP and donations to CT Young Writers Trust
390 Shore Drive, Branford CT 06405
ctyoungwriterstrust@gmail.com
http://www.ctyoungwriterstrust.org/

Suggested Minimum Donation $25.00

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The Connecticut Young Writers Trust proudly announces its first year of electronic submissions for the annual writing competition. Prose and poetry entries will be accepted from now until March 31, 2012.

The deadline has passed and we are no longer accepting entries for the 2012 competition.



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