Maine Writing Project

The 2013 Annual Institute of the Maine Writing Project concluded with the seven-day Institute on Teacher Leadership held on the Orono campus July 1-12.  Twelve Fellows completed the online Introduction to the National Writing Project during the UMaine spring semester and became teacher-consultants by completing the July institute. Highlights of this year’s institute included a […]

We are pleased to announce two new recipients of the Jeffrey D. Wilhelm Fellow Award. Amy Philbrook has been named the Wilhelm Fellow for 2012 and David Farady has been named for 2013. The Wilhelm Fellow is awarded annually to a member of the Annual Institute who exemplifies devotion to teaching, collegial spirit, and scholarship. […]

Happy Summer, MWP friends!  We want to make sure all of you have a chance to know and read the work of Douglas “Woody” Woodsum, who completed the MWP Summer Institute in 2008.   Read about him here, and then check out his impressive collection of published works.   Woody grew up in Maine and […]

As the school year is winding down, and you take the leap into the summer season, please keep the following date in mind and save it for the University of Maine Writing Project’s new Promising Practices Conference. On July 11, 2013, your presence is requested as The University of Maine Writing Project hosts our Promising […]

The Maine Writing Project is pleased to introduce you to High School English Teacher Natalie Davis!  Natalie has some amazing ideas about increasing student investment by writing to an authentic audience.  There is a take-away in her interview for every teacher of writing.  Enjoy!   Natalie Davis earned her BS in Secondary Ed at UMaine […]

Each year MWP hosts several Young Authors Camps (YACs) around the state. YACs provide young writers an environment to: explore different genres of writing, including autobiography, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction develop their writing while working with experienced classroom teachers and Maine Writing Project teacher-consultants celebrate their work and share their creative pieces in a relaxed […]

The Maine Writing Project membership will gather for a writing workshop conducted by award-winning author Monica Wood (When We Were the Kennedys, Any Bitter Thing, The Pocket Muse). We’re also serving a scrumptious luncheon… at no charge. Writing Ourselves with Monica Wood Monica will conduct a two-hour writing workshop titled “Life Stories: Beginner’s Guide to Memoir […]

The Maine Writing Project is pleased to highlight the amazing work of 2nd grade teacher and MWP Teacher-Consultant Kim Oldenburgh.  You can feel her enthusiasm about writing and teaching through her words.     Kim, on the MWP and how it affected her as a teacher: “I participated in the MWP in 2005.   I went […]

The Maine Writing Project would like to introduce you to the smart, witty, and talented teacher-consultant Emily Denbow Morrison.  Emily studied English Literature and Secondary Education at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT and graduated with honors in 2001. She married her classmate, Matthew Morrison. Emily began her teaching career in southern New Hampshire and […]

For our first MWP Teacher Consultant Writer Spotlight, we’d like to introduce you to Paul Frost.  Paul attended the Maine Writing Project Institute in 2006. Since that time, Paul has been active in a writing group on MDI and has published poetry and op-eds in the Bangor Daily News. Paul, on the highlights of the […]