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  Workshop Description Return to the 2003 Founders Workshops
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Date: September 18 - 21, 2003. Begins Thursday at 6:00 p.m. with dinner; ends on Sunday with lunch.

Designed For: Writers interested in creating children’s poetry.
Maximum Capacity: 14 participants
 

Here is a workshop for those seeking to connect with their inner child as well as with
young readers everywhere through the joyful medium of poetry. In this workshop we will play with words, explore feelings, experiment with free verse, tackle rhyme, observe nature.

There will be quiet time, writing time, and sharing time.

There will be opportunities to ask questions, to express frustrations, and to just sit back and listen.

 
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  Workshop Faculty


Eileen Spinelli

 Eileen Spinelli
Eileen has published many books for children, including Lizzie Logan Wears Purple Sunglasses, When Mama Comes Home Tonight, Sophie’s Masterpiece, Kittycat Lullaby, and Summerbath/Winterbath. Currently, Eileen has eighteen new books under contract.

Wendy Murray		 Guest Faculty - Wendy Murray
Wendy is editor of Wordsong, the poetry imprint of Boyds Mills Press. She has worked in the publishing field for twenty years, most recently serving as an editorial director at Scholastic Teaching Resources. In her ten years at Scholastic, she held a variety of positions, including editor of the poetry column at Instructor magazine, working with columnists Jack Prelutsky, Paul Janeczko, and Bernice Cullinan. Among the hundreds of language arts books she edited for Scholastic, many were poetry books, including the best-selling Kids’ Poems by Regie Routman and Favorite Poetry Lessons by Paul Janeczko.

Jerry Spinelli		 Guest Faculty - Jerry Spinelli
With titles like Do the Funky Pickle, There’s A Girl in My Hammerlock, and Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?, Jerry Spinelli has won the hearts of many young readers. His 1991 release Maniac Magee won the Newbery Medal, and his eighteenth book, Wringer, received a Newbery Honor. Jerry’s latest, Stargirl, was the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers 2001 Book of the Year.