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Last month, Penguin Random House awarded six public high school seniors with PRH Creative Writing Awards in recognition of their outstanding written submissions. Here’s a glimpse at the scholarship recipients reading from their winning pieces, which can be found in full at the blog post below, as well as interviews with the winning writers! (🔗 also in bio) 💻 bit.ly/2024CWAs In addition to winning $10,000 each in scholarship funds, this past week, the winners attended an exciting week of virtual professional development. Events included a roundtable discussion with publishing professionals, one-on-one meetings with editors, and a fireside chat with #1 New York Times bestselling author Tara Westover! Penguin Random House and We Need Diverse Books once again extend our warmest congratulations to the winning students for their incredible accomplishments in creative writing! 🏆 Allison Curletto, Freedom of Expression Award 🏆 Sofia Hernandez, Michelle Obama Award for Memoir 🏆 Anika Bukkapatnam, Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry 🏆 Kellen Hunnicutt, Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word 🏆 Ella Ferrell, Fiction and Drama Award 🏆 Amber Shen, NYC Entrant Award Tags: #Scholarships #WritingScholarships #WritingAwards #WritingContest #PRH #PenguinRandomHouse #CWAs #CreativeWritingAwards #CreativeWritingAwards2024 #CWAs2024 #CollegeScholarships #ScholarshipPrograms #WNDB #WeNeedDiverseBooks
Is there an opportunity to read these winning pieces?
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Congratulations to all the Winners!
Congrats!
Poet/Artist, Editor, Writing Consultant, Creative Consultant, Educator
1moI’m sorry, but it’s always struck me as incredibly strange (and, let’s be honest, disrespectful) that the spoken word prize (a specific approach to poetry) is named for Maya Angelou while the general poetry prize is named for Amanda Gorman. I know a lot of other writers are weirded out by this as well.