OMG Where's the 6-word story?
Submitted by ggevalt on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 6:45pmIt moved.
It morphed.
It now is the 255-character story.
And it resides above, on the tab called SHOUTS, as in shout-out your 255-characterstoryallinonebreathifyoucandoit.
Just joking.
It's a new idea: Try creating stories that are 255-characters long. Why 255? I don't know. I really don't. If you find that too short we can lengthen it, a little.
TRY IT OUT: youngwritersproject.org/shoutbox
VERMONT WRITES DAY 2.07.2012
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 9:37amJOIN the Third YWP Vermont Writes Day extravaganza on Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 (the birthdays of Charles Dickens, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Sinclair Lewis, by the way). Take seven minutes on that day to write to a prompt (or your own idea). Write for 7 minutes. Just seven minutes! Then share what you've written. Do it all at once, or at times all during the day! DO IT MORE THAN ONCE!
YWP is encouraging schools across the state (and various organziations and businesses) to stop what they're doing to get everyone -- students, teachers, staff, administration, guests -- to write for just 7 minutes.
YWP is also asking to arrange time for feedback and public display of what gets written! Use paper and pencil, stone tablets, school Web sites, blogs, YWP Schools Project sites, THIS Web site (youngwritersproject.org) or a special public site that will be open that day -- vermontwritesday.org -- to post. And, later, to read.
Send in your best work to us by submitting here, at youngwritersproject.org, as a Newspaper Entry under the "general" prompt.
Prompts are below. (click Read More) Poster and info are attached and can be downloaded to give to a parent or a teacher.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR SCHOOL or ORGANIZATION is participating! (email ggevalt@youngwritersproject.org)
The suggested PROMPTS (or write about anything in 7 minutes):
Irene: Pick a recent moment that reminded you of the impact of Tropical Storm Irene. Share a story.
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YWP on TV!!
Submitted by ggevalt on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 3:59pmGG was on TV twice the week of Jan. 16...
On Monday, Jan. 16 on WCAX-TV for a 5-minute live interview about YWP and Vermont Writes Day (Feb. 7, spread the word: http://youngwritersproject.org/vermontwritesday). Thanks to the folks at WCAX for helping us tell folks about this fun event coming up!
And on Melinda Moulton's show, On the Waterfront on Channel 17 on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Additional Air Times below. Many thanks to Melinda, a friend of YWP; it was great fun.
- Additional Air Times on Channel 17:
- Saturday January 21, 2012 at 5:30 AM
- Saturday January 21, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Saturday January 21, 2012 at 5:30 PM
- Tuesday January 24, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Tuesday January 31, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Tuesday February 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Tuesday February 14, 2012 at 1:00 PM
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New Features, Upcoming Events -- IMPORTANT
Submitted by ggevalt on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 12:12amYWP Folks,
IMPORTANT Upcoming events and NEW features:
- NEW SHOUTS: Wondered where the 6-word Story widget went to? Click SHOUTS on the header menu bar above and try your hand at a 255-character (maximum length) story!
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LOVE button: A small heart
below each post and comment lets you love what you read. For more, click here. -
DIRECT RECORD FEATURE. Click the
near the top of your blog, newspaper entry and photo story and you can now directly record a podcast to your blog! For more, click here. - PHOTO STORY CONTENT TYPE. To encourage you to create a Photo Story -- Image, story, podcast -- we've created a new content type. For more info on creating photo stories, click here. Or Click PHOTO STORIES on below header.
- WORKSHOPS FEB 4 -- On Podcasting and a new content type: Photo Story; and Jazz Poetry from 10-2 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 4 at YWP. For more and TO SIGN UP, click here.
- VERMONT (and NH) WRITES DAY Feb. 7! Get your school to participate. For more, and for poster and info sheet, click here.
- YWP THIRD FRIDAY SLAM HAS MOVED to the Block Gallery atop the Winooski traffic circle doors open at 6 p.m. Friday Feb. 17.
GET Active! Get Involved! Join us!
gg
Do you love this?
Submitted by ggevalt on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 5:09pm
So YWP has a new feature. And more will be coming soon. This is a little feature, a little love, as it were. You will notice that beneath every blog and newspaper entry is a little button. Click it and you can tell the writer you "love this post." You can warm a writer's heart.
But be judicious. Give them love if they deserve it, if the piece moved you in some way. Be careful with your love.
You can now see which content has received the most loves, by clicking here. (youngwritersproject.org/most-loved-posts) or by linking "Most Loved Posts" in the left sidebar.
We'll soon be creating other ways you can see the "loved" pieces -- who has loved your posts and how to receive a message or email when your piece receives love.
cheerio,
gg
Do you love this, too? Direct Record!!
Submitted by ggevalt on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 4:20pmWELCOME to the world of direct record: You can now record directly to your blog and create a .wav file of yourself narrating your piece. Try it out. You can also still upload a .mp3 file through the conventional means, the podcast box. Click "Read More" for instructions. TRY IT OUT! For more about podcasting: http://youngwritersproject.org/podcasting/how_to
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February Slam: Friday Feb. 17 and Lonely Hearts Open Mic
Submitted by kimberlingo on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 3:59pmNEW Venue: Winooski's Block Gallery at the top of the traffic circle in the Winooski Block building.
6:00 pm - Doors open for coffee, hot chocolate and delightful deserts.
6:30 p.m. Open Mic with music, poetry, stories, etc. 5-minute time limit!
7 p.m. - Poetry SLAM!! (6:15 sign-up). Note: poets who do not sign up to slam WILL NOT be permitted to slam! 3-minute time limit. Bring 2 original poems to perform.
PG-13 rules apply.
For more info on The Block Gallery, go to http://blockgalleryvt.com/
Send us your writing! Get published! Be famous!
Submitted by sreid on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:48pmWriters!
Send us your very best poetry and prose in response to dozens of YWP prompts.
Write about an extraordinary person, feeling alive, saying goodbye...and more.
See the list of prompts from now until June in the attached pdf. For more details and to read past submissions, go to the "prompts" tab on this page.
We look forward to reading your work!
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The YWP Community ...
Submitted by ggevalt on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 5:29pmUPDATE: Please react, comment, below on these ideas. YOUR COMMENTS WILL DETERMINE WHAT WE DO, or DON'T DO. This is your space, your organization. COMMENT! THANKS!
YWP Community,
For those who don't know me, I'm gg, and I am directed by the Young Writers Project. In our spare time, of which we have little, we like to play around. And we like to scheme up things we think you'd like to do. So we want -- NEED -- to get your reaction to some half-baked ideas:
- Photo Stories... We are interested in doing a series of workshops on photography, storytelling and podcasting. We will have an online version so those of you who can't make it can participate. Our idea is to help you create a photo and a story around a single theme to share here. We'll take the best and post them elsewhere to expand your audience. ARE YOU INTERESTED?
(To help you visualize, take a look at these "prototypes" that are centered on my own storytelling and theme -- Elders:
http://cowbird.com/stories/#/2822
http://cowbird.com/stories/#/2857
http://cowbird.com/author/geoffrey-gevalt/#/2932 )
- Poetry ... As part of our anticipated workshop series -- which should begin near the end of January and extend through the year on Saturdays -- we will be holding several on poetry -- a favorite genre. Jim Ellefson, Poet in Residence at Champlain College, and Reuben Jackson, poet, BHS teacher and former Jazz Archivist for the Smithsonian, have signed up. Comment below to tell us any preferences for types of poetry workshops or things you'd like to work on.
- Slams and Performance Writing ... As you know YWP is fortunate to have Kim Jordan, performance writer extraordinaire, working with us this year. Slams are the 3rd Friday and Performance Writing Events on the 1st Friday of each month. Big event planned in Montpelier for May 12. Do these interest you? How can we get more of you to attend? Do you want related workshops?
PLEASE speak up. YWP is a community. It is your community. We are here to help you have more fun with writing but we need to hear from you about the ideas we have, or the ideas you might want to pursue. We are only as good as the feedback. And we really won't pursue ideas that don't interest you. So your comments will have a lot to do with whether we do these ideas...
cheerio,
gg
The Alum Slam (Jan 6)
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 2:42pmThanks to Qwerty and Nonnie for leading a wonderful Slam and Open Mic on 12.16.
Thanks to Greenie and Usagi for leading the fabulous Alum slam of 1.6.12.
Hope we can get some help in dealing with audio/images -- looking for Volunteers!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: January 20, 6 p.m. YWP SLAM at THE BLOCK GALLERY in Winooski at the top of the traffic circle. Park in the garage.
See you there!
Anthology 3 -- eVersion, where to order, etc.
Submitted by admin2006 on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 2:37pm
Anthology 3 is here! Order copies and help YWP! Give them as gifts!
NOW AVAILABLE AT THESE BOOK STORES:
- The Norwich Bookstore, Norwich VT
- The Flying Pig, Shelburne, VT
- Brown Dog, Hinesburg, VT
To order from YWP:
Anthology
Young Writers Project
20 Winooski Falls Way, Suite #4
Winooski, VT 05404
Send a check payable to Young Writers Project for $10 plus $2 shipping. If ordering multiple copies, $10 per book, no shipping. Or click below for PayPal fulfillment with credit card:
Click "Read More" to access the electronic version which can also be viewed on your iPad (if you have one.) Cheers, gg.
YWP October's Poetry Slam!
Submitted by mjbouvier on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 2:30pm
Poets of all ages take the stage at Young Writers Project headquarters in the basement of the Champlain Mill in Winooski the third Friday of every month!
Check out these podcasts from the October slam and hear the winning performers read and/or recite their work. Amazing!
Please join us here at the Mill for more Friday night slams. The next one is this Friday, Nov. 18.
YWP/Vermont Public Radio Partnership
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:42am
Young Writers Project is excited to share your best work with Vermont Public Radio. Each Monday a new selection of your very best work will be posted on VPR's website, vpr.net, sometimes with a podcast. During the school year, we also publish your best work in NINE newspapers. Support our media partners!
Tropical Storm Irene Stories
Submitted by ggevalt on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:00pm
Writers! It has been more than a month since Hurricane Irene hit Vermont with its heavy rains, raging rivers and intense destruction in some parts of the state. Many roads have been repaired and bridges replaced. But for many communities and individuals the impact of this storm is still enormous and the work ahead is daunting.
Legal housework...
Submitted by ggevalt on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 2:40pmHi,
The next time you log in... You will notice a 'Terms and Agreements' requirement that you must accept to continue on. Sorry for the intrusiveness of this. We updated our legal requirements.
NOTE: As we say in the agreement Young Writers Project Inc. owns the copyrights to your work here. We must do that in order to freely publish your submitted work both here, in our anthologies and with our media partners. We couldn't possibly exist if we had to go to you each week to get you to sign over a copyright agreement.
HOWEVER: YWP also automatically gives back to you ALL commercial rights to your work, meaning you can do whatever you want, whenever you want, with your work without notifying us, crediting us or paying us. In perpetuity.
Questions? Contact me.
cheers,
gg
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