The six winners of the Middle School Writing Contest - short story & poem in the sixth seventh and eighth grades - were awarded their prizes ($$ and certificates).
This month, we enjoyed not one, not two, but three shining literary lights - three of our best female writers. Speakers for the meeting, aiming to encourage the young writers, were
Children's author and playwright, Joanna Kraus, who shared the formula for a successful play. An Emeritus Professor of Theatre (SUNY) her plays for young people have won critical acclaim.
Susan Hart Lindquist, children's author, has set all her books in the Northern California area. Noted for Walking the Rim and Wander, her latest book, Summer Soldiers, is just out.
Publisher and Editor, Lori Marques shared the joys and challenges of editing "Looking Ahead," a local publication. Lori is coauthor (with her sister, Lisa) of the book Paranoid Sisters’ Child Safety Made Easy.