3rd Place – Create
by Emma Laible, 04/02/2020, Traverse City, Mi
High School Category
“Oh my gosh! No school for three weeks! This is gonna be great!”
“Ugh, that means I have to turn in all of my late assignments by tomorrow.”
“Girls, this is serious. This isn’t something we should be celebrating.” . . .
Transit in the Time of Corona
by Don Driver, 04/02/2020, Chicagland, Il. Adult Category
Writers Series to launch Life in the Time of Virus
You’re hearing and reading a lot of stories about the Coronavirus in the media these days. But those stories aren’t your story. And that’s the one the National Writers Series (NWS) wants to make part of local history.
Author Next Door: Sally Jo Messersmith
Sally Jo Messersmith’s Hope For Korea We all have dreams for this world. Sally Jo Messersmith’s dream is for the two Koreas to become one again. She has helped bring this hope closer to reality in part by writing a children’s book and a young adult book which she hopes will leave a lasting impression […]
National Writers Series virtual event with Terry McMillan April 9
Author Next Door: Patricia Steele
By Erin Evans Twelve years ago, Patricia Steele — convicted of killing a Lake Ann man while driving drunk — was led off to prison, where she served seven harrowing years, including time in maximum security, side-by-side with the most notorious female criminals in Michigan. In 2015, she returned to her home in Interlochen, ready […]
National Writers Series welcomes author Peter Heller
Wild Rivers, Wildfires and Disappearing Wives
National Writers Series Welcomes Author Steve Luxenberg
Author Next Door: Peter Damm
by Erin Evans One morning, Peter Damm was taken by his mother to get his tooth pulled— already a dreadful enough ordeal, especially considering the dentist’s tendency to treat pain like a mildly annoying fly on the wall. Worse, his mother surprised him with a visit to the doctor to get a polio shot the […]