Winter Edition Newsletter - The Appalachian Writing Project

Winter Edition ‘12/’13
Appalachian Writing Project
(276) 376-4562
Newsletter
Special Interest:
•NWP Spring Meeting
and Lobbying
March 20-23
•AWP 2013 Summer
Writing Retreat
Write at Home July
23 - 25
•Kentucky's Premier
Writers Workshop
Hindman Settlement
School, July 28August 2
What H appens in Vegas?
In November, members of the AWP (Director Am y
Clark, Technology Liaison Cy ndi Newlon, TC
Rebecca Elswick, and Continuity Leaders Robin
Charles and R ita Justice) attended the NWP Annual
Meeting in Las Vegas. Amy C lark presented on
"Language and Diversity" and discussed the AWP's
action research that docum ented the success of
teaching writin g with contrastive analysis in rural
classroom s.
AWP
Teachers
Teaching
Teachers
2013
Program Leaders
Director:
Amy Clark
Summer Institute
Director:
Hope Cloud
Publishing Committee and
Young Writers’ Camp:
Karen Peters
Writing Retreat Coordinators:
Robin Charles
Rita Justice
Inservice Coordinator:
Grace Bradshaw
Continuity Coordinator:
Robin Charles
Tech Liaison & Newsletter
Cyndi Newlon
Check it out!
In Dec issue of Now and Then Magazine TC Becky Elswick
had a creative nonfiction piece "The Christmas Tree Bird."
Check out our FACEBOOK page!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Appalachian-Writing-Project/212092201436
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AWP
UVA @ Wise
One College
Avenue
Wise, VA 24293
PHONE:
(276) 376-4562
FAX:
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NEWSLETTER
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
Thanks to everyone who submitted a
grant proposal for the TC SEED
Grants! We are excited about your
ideas.
Two AWP-sponsored sessions are now
underway!
1) Inservice: The Effective Digital Writing
Classroom (online) taught by TC Renia Clark
2) Continuity: creative Writing,
online/meeting, led by Inservice Coordinator
Grace Bradshaw
AWP ON THE FACEBOOK!
Plans for Summer are in MOTION!
We’re on the
Web!
See us at:
http://www2.uvawise.edu/awp/
Interested in mentoring a
new recruit?
Contact Amy Clark at
[email protected].
Mark your calendar!
The AWP 2013 Summer Writing Retreat: Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, July 23, 24, and 25.
Plan to join us and Write at Home in the Breaks.
Interested in writing
and publishing?
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Donate to AWP,
please!
Send your gift to the
Office of Development
at UVA-Wise
(http://www.uvawise.edu/
giving/) with a note that
the money should be
designated for
Appalachian Writing
Project. THANK YOU!
If
you
have
any
news
you
would
like
to
share
with
the
AWP,
please
send
your
information
to
Cyndi
Newlon
[email protected].
Stay up to date with AWP news on FACEBOOK!
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