by Admin | Jul 16, 2019 | Writing and Residencies
2019 Summer Literary Festival Teen Poet Contest Awards Grand Prize ($500 Award): Taylor Fang, “Solstice,” “Prehistory” Second Prize: Sabrina Guo, “Huài shì hǎo shì” (“Evil Things, Good Things”) Third Prize: Kaja Rae Lucas, “for that morning when pretending was the...
by Admin | Jul 12, 2019 | Event
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 1455 Teen Poetry Contest. First, some numbers. We were delighted to receive almost 70 submissions (and almost 140 poems!) from around the country. The overall quality of the writing exceeded all expectations. On one hand,...
by Admin | Jul 3, 2019 | Event
Big gratitude to Robyn Taylor of the Winchester Star for providing the first official media story regarding 1455’s name change and upcoming literary festival! You can check out the piece online here, and it’s pasted, below. A few things: you can find out...
by Admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Event
A prize of $500 will be given to the winner of 1455’s First Teen Poetry Contest. 1455’s first Summer Literary Festival (July 18-20) will include a special Teen Poetry Reading, featuring Maia Siegel, who is co-judging the contest (along with writers on the...