Maine Writing Project

On a blustery, first Friday in October, almost 100 Writing Project teacher-consultants, fellows, and friends gathered in Belfast for the annual Effective Practices Conference. The day included innovative and informative workshops led by the Writing Project class of 2010, an engaging keynote by Maja Wilson, and the presentation of the Baker Scholar Award.

Maine Writing Project friend and author Monica Wood appeared on WCSH TV’s 207 on Monday, September 13, 2010. Monica spoke about her upcoming Master Class, “What Are You Waiting For? Creating a Fiction-Writing Kit.” The workshop will be at The Telling Room in Portland on September 20th from 6-9 PM. In her televised interview Monica […]

We are pleased to announce that Debra Butterfield ’03 has been named the Maine Writing Project Baker Scholar for 2010.  The Baker Scholar is awarded annually to a Maine Writing Project Teacher-consultant who exemplifies thoughtful teaching, inspired scholarship, and important contributions to the Maine Writing Project Community. Debra Butterfield completed the MWP Summer Institute in […]

We have some encouraging news from Washington, DC. Funding of $25.6 million has been recommended for NWP for fiscal year 2011 by the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The amount is the same as NWP’s fiscal year 2010 appropriation. This recommendation is a positive sign […]

TOPSHAM  — Ten-year-old Abby Malbon of Topsham sits with her back to the wall, knees together supporting the notebook she is writing in, gripping the pencil with the painted pink fingertips of one hand while steadying the pages with her other hand. Malbon, who will enter fifth grade next school year, said this is the […]

  The Wabanaki Writers Project, working with the Paul Frost ’06 of the Maine Writing Project, begins its third year as a youth program that blends literacy work and outdoor experiences. Wabanaki teachers and students got busy writing during a summer class, all designed with cultural relevancy for Wabanaki youth in mind. “One of the […]

Check out the Bangor Daily News interview with Young Authors Camp Director, Jean Plummer ’98.

Congratulations to Brewer High School English teachers, Andrea Martin ’09, Rebecca Peterson ’09, and their students for their creativity, use of technology, and school spirit.  They celebrated the end of the school year with a “Lip Dub”.  Don’t know what a “Lip Dub” is?  Check out theirs at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SoPIDAy-7o.

Congratulations to UMaine instructors Paul Frost TC ’06 and gkisedtanamoogk as well as other facilitators and students of the Wabanaki Writers Project. Their story is featured in a National Writing Project article titled “Indian Education for All: Grounded in Place and Culture.”   “Any teacher who has little or no familiarity with Native American cultures […]

The Write Track, the new student-staffed writing center at Old Town High School celebrated its grand opening today. Congratulations to co-directors Natalie Davis ’09, Matt Pittis ’09, and Melanie Ruark ’07, as well as their student staffers, for their vision and dedicated work on behalf of the students, staff, and community of OTHS. The grand […]