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Come and join us for a Celebration National Day on Writing!
7:00 p.m.
Oct. 20, 2009
Tupelo Room Barnard Observatory
Celebrate the Right to Write!
ˇ Join students, faculty, and staff members in celebrating writing
ˇ Hear from writers who participated in the Mississippi
Writers Café in the National Gallery of Writing and the Blog-a-thon.
ˇ Participate in some easy, fun writing in a relaxed
environment. Bring your favorite pen!
Writing may be "the quintessential skill for the 21st century."
Co-sponsored by the J.D. Williams Library and the UM Writing Project
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An Invitation! We are still taking student writing! 
The
University of Mississippi Writing Project is partnering with the University
Libraries, the UM Center for Writing and Rhetoric, NCTE, and NWP to bring the National
Day on Writing to celebrate the National Day of Writing on October 20th!
We
invite you to submit the pieces of your students' writing and your own writing to
our dedicated gallery of writing to display on October 20th on the
National Day of Writing at the University of Mississippi Gallery. Submissions are due October 6 so that we may
read and post for publication on October 20th.
Any
format is welcome - poetry, prose, essay, journal, narrative, and even
multimedia. We want
to capture and celebrate the writing being created in Mississippi.
So join us by letting us know that you are interested by sending an
email to umwp@olemiss.edu We want LOTS of entries from UMWP Teachers! We look
forward to exhibiting your writing and your students' writing in our writing
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UMWP Annual Writing Competition
 The Second Annual UMWP Writing Competition is for students in grades 7-12 in the genres of poetry, short story
fiction, nonfiction narrative, or expository essay. The writings should be
inspired by the "Celebration of Place" theme. Entries will be judged
on literary merit and usage/grammar appropriate to grade level.
Contest submissions are due Monday, October 26, 2009. Students and
teachers are invited to attend the awards ceremony that will be held on
Wednesday, November 11, 2009. During this event student finalists will be
asked to present their work to an audience of their peers, teachers, and
parents. All student participants are invited to attend regardless of
their reading in the competition. Lunch and a tour of the campus will be
included in the day's events.
The top three students in each category will receive scholarships to one of the
following University of Mississippi programs for middle and high school
students: Summer Academy,
Summer College, or Jump Start. (Please visit
http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/academic_competitions/writing.html for more
information concerning this program.)
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Betty Collum Young Writers Scholarship
Many of you knew Betty Collum, a wonderful Writing Projecct
friend and dedicated teacher from Eupora who worked with our site and the
Mississippi State Writing Project. Her
love for teaching writing to elementary students shone through everything that
she did.
Betty passed away in March 2009, and we would like to honor
her memory by beginning the Betty Collum Young Writers Scholarship for several
deserving students in our Summer 2010 Young Writers Workshops. Normally the workshop cost is $50 for
students, which may be difficult for some families in these economic
times. Please help us honor Betty's
memory by assisting an emerging writer.
Please send your donations to the UMWP, P.O. Box 9, University, MS 38677.
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Call for Presentations
Teaching Writing: The Bridge to Academic Success
2010
Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute
5th
Annual Write Connection Conference
Hosted by
Alcorn Writing Project
June 11-12, 2010
Alcorn State
University Campus
Natchez, Mississippi
Deadline for
submission: Feb. 1, 2010
Email eshelton@olemiss.edu for the Call for Presentations form.
Save the date, make plans to join us, and plan to be a part of this outstanding
program.
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Common Core Standards for English
from the National Writing Project Ning
Core Standards has released a new draft of their English language arts
standards as well as evidence for these standards. The draft has been
released as part of a website now open for commentary and will also be
reviewed by a 'validation committee'.
Go to the Core Standards website to see the latest draft and make comments. http://www.corestandards.org/Standards/index.htm Comments are being accepted through October 21, 2009.
NCTE members will be interested in the Open Letter by Kylene Beers that provides a clear explanation of NCTE's involvement in responding to the July draft of the standards as well as the summary review of the July standards NCTE submitted. http://www.ncte.org/standards/commoncore/response3
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Don't forget to check out the information on our Spring Workshops and the 2010 Summer Institute.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Sincerely,
Ellen Shelton
UMWP |
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