Previous Young Writers Workshop
Students K through 12 Enjoyed a Fun Morning With Published Authors
WHEN: Jan. 30, 2016
WHERE: AMERICAN MOUNTAINEERING CENTER:
710 10th Street,
Golden, CO 80401
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CHRISTINE LIU-PERKINS – AUTHOR
A workshop on using your curiosity and questions in writing nonfiction
GRADES 10 to 12 & Adults
About the author: Christine is the author of At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui, a nonfiction book about the tomb of a 2,000-year-old mummy. She has also written articles for Dig into History, Highlights for Children, and other magazines. Being interested in what motivates people to think and act as they do, Christine majored in psychology and education, completing a PhD at Stanford University. She loves asking questions and digging into research for answers. Visit www.ChristineLiuPerkins.com for more information.
LAURA PADGETT – AUTHOR – PUBLIC SPEAKER
A fun moving way to teach writing through oral storytelling workshop
GRADES 10 to 12 & Adults
About the author: Laura Padgett is an award-winning author who has been published by several book publishers including, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Xulon Press, and Westbow Press. Her first book, Dolores, Like the River, spent twelve weeks on her publisher’s best-seller list. She has several gold and silver medals in Irish Dance, as well as prizes for competitions in clogging and tap dance. She and her husband Keith love to travel, garden, and spend time in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She has one son, two step-children, and three grandchildren. Visit www.lauralpadgett.com for more info.
CHERYL REIFSNYDER – AUTHOR – TEACHER
“Creating Characters Readers Will Love,” is a fantastic fantasy workshop for GRADES 7 to 9
About the author: Cheryl Reifsnyder writes in Boulder, CO, where she lives with one sweetheart, two energetic boys, two bouncy dogs, and more books than she can count. She merges a background in science with a love for writing to work as a science/medical writer by day and writer of middle grade and young adult fantasy and children’s nonfiction by night. Her articles, crafts, and short stories have appeared in Highlights for Children, Cricket, Spider magazine and other publications. Visit www.cherylreif.com for more info.
JODY THOMAS – AUTHOR– TEACHER
Fascinating creative fiction workshop for GRADES 3 to 6
About the author: Jody Thomas wrote her fist poem, “A Book is Truly My Best Friend,” when she was in preschool. Since then she has written a lot more, some of which have been published in Highlights and the Cricket magazines. Jody studied at Claremont McKenna College, Oxford University, and the University of Colorado at Denver. She teaches writing, literature, humanities, and women’s and gender studies at CU Denver, the Community College of Denver, and Front Range Community College.
WILLOW GEORGE SEELY– AUTHOR – TEACHER
Outstanding workshop for GRADES K through 2.
About the author: Willow George first published a poem was when she was 9. She is the Co- Creator of the Jeffco Writing Challenge and for the past 8 years, a facilitator for the Young Writer’s Conference. During her first year teaching, Willow wrote thematic units for a multicultural and gifted/talented book, Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms, which is taught across the country at the university level. She has studied at U Mass-Amherst and University of Colorado at Denver. She holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology with a practicum in Gifted and Talented. As a Gifted and Talented Specialist, Willow brings the creativity and exploration of writing to a higher level using the arts to illuminate all genres of writing. Her passion stems from poetry and knowing how powerful words, books, and communicating opens new windows for each child. She is currently writing and co-writing two children’s books and a nonfiction book about being a GT teacher.
Costs for the workshop will be primarily paid by ENC.
Students can enroll now by paying a fee of $10.00
and completing both the application and publication release forms online
You can also email completed forms to barbarabanning83@msn.com or mail them to:
ENC
PO Box 688
Golden, CO 80402
Call 800-978-4290 or 720-354-1444 for questions.
