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Website

http://www.newriters.org

Twitter handle

: @nebraskawriters

Overview of Workshop

This six-week workshop will be conducted by the teaching-artists of the Nebraska Writers Collective at a local youth detention center, and will teach the youths in question how to compose personally meaningful poems, short stories, and essays as they pursue their GED or high school credit.

The Specifics: How will the $1,000 help you host your workshop?

Funds will pay for 6 weeks of teaching-artist visits, all supplies, and for the creation of a book/chapbook which compiles all of the writing done by these students (with their permission, of course) so as to serve as a positive example of how to channel thoughts, feelings, and emotions into something positive, constructive, and creative.

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