"The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom"
by Christopher Healy:
Books and SkypE
Not only did Howl fully fund this endeavor, but we arranged for the author himself, Chris Healy, to Skype with the elementary school students to talk about the fun of story-telling and reading.
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Starke Elementary School in DeLand, Florida needed the money to purchase "The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom" by Christopher Healy for students. The goal was to encourage reading and engagement with students through fun, inspirational, and well-written stories.
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Hometown News, a local newspaper even wrote out Howls endeavors for Starke Elementary School!
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Teen Writer Residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts
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Howl and Dylan Emerick-Brown were able to create a scholarship for one Deltona High student each year to attend the prestigious teen writer residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Under Emerick-Brown, Howl was able to arrange a new series called Writers' Roundtable where acclaimed writers were Skyped in to talk shop and Q & A with the student writers from around the country.
2015's Roundtable writers were:
* Daniel Wallace
* Brenda Hillman
* Tracy K. Smith
* Robert Pinsky
* André Aciman
* Daniel Wallace
* Brenda Hillman
* Tracy K. Smith
* Robert Pinsky
* André Aciman
Passion for poetry
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In 2014, Howl funded Wendi Librach's Poetry for Passion project. Librach, who is a teacher at Flamingo Elementary, wanted to teach her students not only to appreciate poetry, but to love it. The author of the books Librach wanted for her students, Andrew Toffoli, visited and talked with the students.
"My request for funding was to be able to introduce poetry into my Art curriculum. I wanted to purchase a series of beautifully illustrated "kid friendly" books that my students could easily identify with and be inspired to emulate . Mr. Emerick-Brown's students saw my request and decided to pool their efforts to help finance my program. Because of them, my students not only created amazing works of art, but write beautiful haiku poems, learned the art of calligraphy and on their own time- created additional poems and illustrations that they joyfully brought back to my art room to share with me! I am so grateful to him for inspiring HIS students and enabling MY kids to benefit from their paying it forward !!!" ~ Wendi Librach |
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Silver Sands Middle School Warrior Scribes
For the 2014-15 school year, Silver Sands Middle School's students in Volusia County, Florida, wanted to create a student literary magazine called Warrior Scribes. They reached out for funding and Howl's staff raised money to donate to their literary endeavors. And they ended up with a beautiful publication at the end of the year. See below.
Check out the publication !
Big Fish Big Night
In conjunction with Howl, the Florida Literary Arts Coalition put together an event where patrons watched the film “Big Fish,” followed by a live Skype on the big screen with the author of the novel, Daniel Wallace. This was put together in St. Augustine.
Creative Writing Workshop
Twice per year - in the fall and spring semesters - , we have a creative writing workshop for interested students from Deltona, New Smyrna Beach, and DeLand high schools. This is held at the Atlantic Center for the Arts where students get a tour of the grounds, learn what the ACA does, find out more about the writer's residency, and participate in two rotating creative writing workshops run by Dylan Emerick-Brown and Brian Lysholm. Lunch is be provided. The day’s program is completely FREE!
The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach conducts an annual summer 2-week residency for high school students who are interested in honing their skills in the literary arts. Acclaimed writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction are flown in to live among the students during this residency and lead creative writing workshops while the students build their writing portfolios. These works are later shared at a closing ceremony open to the public. The cost per student is $1,700 and the ACA has created a scholarship for one Deltona High student, chosen through a blindly judged creative writing competition, to attend this residency. In return, Mr. Emerick-Brown organizes live Skype sessions between students and acclaimed writers from around the country during the residency such as former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith, and more. The student will share what they learned with fellow students the following school year.
The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach conducts an annual summer 2-week residency for high school students who are interested in honing their skills in the literary arts. Acclaimed writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction are flown in to live among the students during this residency and lead creative writing workshops while the students build their writing portfolios. These works are later shared at a closing ceremony open to the public. The cost per student is $1,700 and the ACA has created a scholarship for one Deltona High student, chosen through a blindly judged creative writing competition, to attend this residency. In return, Mr. Emerick-Brown organizes live Skype sessions between students and acclaimed writers from around the country during the residency such as former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith, and more. The student will share what they learned with fellow students the following school year.
Lit Nite
Each month, the students of Howl meet up at the Boston Coffee House in DeLand for a night of literary fun including:
Student poetry/prose readings
Poetry Slam
FIT - Flash Improve Typing (themed 5-minute poetry/prose improv writing where two students compete on opposing vintage typewriters; one hot pink Olympia and one teal/blue Smith Corona)
Literary-themed Apples-to-Apples
...and more!
Student poetry/prose readings
Poetry Slam
FIT - Flash Improve Typing (themed 5-minute poetry/prose improv writing where two students compete on opposing vintage typewriters; one hot pink Olympia and one teal/blue Smith Corona)
Literary-themed Apples-to-Apples
...and more!
Deltona High School Poet Laureate
The Deltona High School Student Poet Laureate will write commemorative poems and recite them for special school events and holidays from Homecoming and Graduation to Veteran’s Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Poet Laureate is also a poetry editor for Howl. His/her work gets published as well in the literary magazine.
2014-15: Brittany Revels
2014-15: Brittany Revels