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Write a Poem, Win a Prize!

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Hi everyone! We’re going to have our first LVYWF contest!! The following are the rules to enter:

  1. Write a poem (5 lines or more) about something that doesn’t make sense to you. Maybe you don’t get how televisions work, or perhaps you don’t understand love or war. Feel free to be creative and let your mind wander!
  2. All who enter must be between the ages of 12-18.
  3. Entries are accepted from ANYWHERE! You don’t need to be from the Lehigh Valley to enter.
  4. Entries should be e-mailed to lvyoungwriters@gmail.com by 11:59 pm EST on June 25th. Please include your name, age, and e-mail address with your poem.

The winner will receive a $20.00 Barnes and Noble gift card, and their poem will be published on this page and the LVYWF blog.

Please share with your friends. We can’t wait to read your poems!!

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Saturday, April 25th!!

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The LVYWF will now be held on April 25th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at Eckhaus Gallery in Kutztown!

We welcome any and all readers from grades 6-12! Please spread the word to any talented writers you may know!

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Lehigh Valley Young Writers Fest POSTPONED!

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Attention: The LVYWF will be postponed until further notice due to events in the larger Kutztown community affecting our student readers.

Readers, please watch you inboxes and the website for a new date!

Writers in grades 6-12, please continue to submit poems and short stories to lvyoungwriters@gmail.com. We’d love to have you join us!

We appreciate your creativity and dedication to this event, and we promise to have it back on track soon! Thank you for your understanding!

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Submission Deadline Extended Until March 5th!

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CALLING ALL 7th and 8th GRADE WRITERS: If you enjoy writing poetry/short stories, please consider joining our event at Eckhaus Gallery on Saturday, March 21st. Here, you will get to read your work in a relaxed and encouraging setting!

Local professional writers will offer advice/activities/exercises! Food, music, and fun will all be provided, and one lucky writer will be published on the Lehigh Valley Vanguard website!

Don’t be shy! 🙂 There’s a world of readers who can’t wait to see your work!

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Welcome to Lehigh Valley Young Writers Fest!

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Calling all aspiring writers:

The Lehigh Valley Young Writers Fest is an all-day event taking place at Eckhaus Gallery in Kutztown, PA on March 21st (poster advertisement is forthcoming).  In a time of Common Core and non-fiction, local teacher/poet, Kailthey Tedesco, hoped to create a one day event where middle-level (seventh and eighth grade) students from local districts could share their creative poetry and fiction in a positive, encouraging environment!

Collaborators such as Lehigh Valley Vanguard, a locally established publication, are coming together to sponsor the event. College students majoring in Professional Writing will share tips/advice on how to make writing a career, rather than a pipe dream. Published writers will attend to lead fun and productive exercises to help generate new ideas and material.

Submissions from seventh and eighth grade students who wish to read at the event will be accepted from December 21st – February 1st (by midnight). One exceptionally talented writer will be published in Lehigh Valley Vanguard!

All are welcome to attend! Please stay tuned for more information! And, most importantly, keep writing! You are brilliant!

Please send poetry/short story submissions to:

lvyoungwriters@gmail.com

(Include your name and grade as the subject)