Download a publication of selections from the winning entries here.

2011 Contest Winners

Division One (Grades 5 & 6)

Poetry

Anna Hardie, “Hidden Laser”  1st place
Allyn Reed, “The Flowering Reed” 2nd place
Elizabeth Calabresi, “The Light of Darkness” 3rd place

Fiction

Ben Salinger, “The Quote” 1st place
Katia Koelliker, “Elizabeth’s Story” 2nd place
Sam Batt, “Badgers and Fast Food” 3rd place

Essay

Naomi Shimberg, “Drawing the Walk” 1st place
Thomas Satterthwaite, “My Interest in Computers” 2nd place

Division Two (Grades 7 & 8 )

Poetry

Kathleen Kneeland, “The One-Eyed Dog” Honorable Mention

Fiction

John Donahue,  “Happily Never After” 1st place
Tim Murray, “A Change in Heart” 2nd place
Maeve Ennis, “Unexpected Detective” 3rd place

Essay

Nicholas Lowinger ,“Lessons Learned” 1st place Essay

Division Three (Grades 9 & 10)

Poetry
Lauren Poplaski, “Advice”   1^st place

Essay

Robert Gaines, “Down on the Farm”  1st place

Division Four (Grades 11 & 12)

Fiction

Emilie Rabideau, “Day Dream” 1st place
Tiffany McClay “Nightmare” 2nd place

Essay

Samantha Paul, “Iowa Childhood” 1st place
Anastasia Procaccini, “The Farm”  2nd place
Jessica Grasso, “Grand Canyon” 3rd place

Division Five (College)

Poetry

Kevin Fernald “New Lands” 1st place
Bradley Branam, “That Summer Feeling” 2nd place

Fiction

Ryan Mathews, “Lucy Awoke” 3rd place

Essay

Ashley Plante ,“The Reason” 1st place
Christian Vialva, “Walk with Me”  2nd place
Rebecca Ohlsen , “Battle Wounds” 3rd place

The Teacher as Writer

An Annual Literary Journal

Sponsored by

The Rhode Island Council
of Teachers of English

Requests Submissions for
The Forthcoming 13th Edition

We Welcome
Creative Writing in All Genres
and
Visual Arts in All Mediums

Please submit all work via email attachment
(MS Word, Georgia 12, bold)
to gwagner@jwu.edu
(Include your address, phone number, and email.)

Deadline for the 13th edition is February 28, 2011
(However, we would highly appreciate earlier submissions!)

Submissions should ideally be approximately five pages or less.
However, longer works will be accepted if space permits.

Each submission must have the following statement:
“The attached submission(s) is (are) the original words of this writer. RICTE has permission to publish it (them) in The Teacher as Writer.”
(Print Name, Sign Name, and Date)

Submission is open to members only. Any teacher in Rhode Island or Massachusetts is welcomed to join RICTE at the time of submission.

Annual dues amount: $20, student teacher $10, substitute teacher $10, first-year teacher $10, retired $5, (departmental 10 or fewer $100, 11 or more $150)

Check payable to: RICTE
Send to: Jim Brosnan
Johnson and Wales University
8 Abbott Park Place
Providence, RI 02903

This year’s publication will be unveiled at the
Student Writing Contest Awards schedule for late April 2011

ATTENTION STUDENT WRITERS!
Announcing the RICTE Writing Contest 2011
Entries Due March 15
Click here for entry form

The Rhode Island Council of Teachers of English (RICTE) is sponsoring a contest to recognize the writing talents of Rhode Island students. We encourage you to submit your best writing by following the requirements below.

DIVISIONS:

• DIV.1 (Grades 5 & 6)
• DIV. 2 (Grades 7 & 8);
• DIV. 3 (Grades 9 & 10)
• DIV.4 (Grades 11&12)
• DIV.5 (College Level)

CATEGORIES:

• Short Fiction (1200-word maximum)
• Essay (not a research-based paper; 1200-word maximum)
• Poetry (ONE poem only)

REQUIREMENTS:

1. You must be enrolled in a Rhode Island school or college.
2. You may submit only ONE entry, which must be titled.
3. You must type and double-space your entry.
4. You must demonstrate clarity, effective use of language, and originality of topic and
thought.
5. You should use the entry form below as your cover sheet. Your name SHOULD NOT appear on the entry itself. Your entry must be signed by a teacher who is a RICTE member who can sponsor ONLY SIX (6) ENTRIES.

AWARDS: First, Second, and Third Place awards will be given in each division. Winners will be notified by mid-April and invited to late April award ceremony. Should there be no viable entries in a particular category, the selection committee reserves the right to withhold awards.

DEADLINE:
Please attach your entry to the form below and mail by March 15 to

Dr. Geraldine Wagner
School of Arts & Sciences
Johnson & Wales University
8 Abbott Place Park
Providence, RI 02903

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: E-mail Dr. Wagner at gwagner@jwu.edu.

The annual RICTE conference is resuming this year and will be held on November 6th at the New England Institute of Technology. Our keynote speaker is the distinguished novelist, Michael White, and the conference theme is as follows:

Present Learning and the Living Past:

Local History, Literature, and

The Composition Classroom

The conference will run from 8:30am to 2:30pm with two break-out sessions and a round table discussion after lunch. Breakfast and a snack will also be served. All food is included in the registration fee. We will also have publishers on hand.

RICTE Fall Conference Registration Form

RICTE Call for Papers and Conference Proposal Form

Congratulations
To the RICTE Writing Contest 2010 Winners!!!

DIVISIONS:

DIV.1 (Grades 5 & 6)

Short Fiction

1st place
Lena Rich, The Wheeler School

2nd place
Nicholas Lowinger, The Wheeler School

Poetry

1st place
Breanna Carpenter, Moses Brown,

2nd place
James Calabresi, Moses Brown

3rd place
Jarod Drury, Moses Brown

DIV. 2 (Grades 7 & 8 )

Short Fiction

1st place
Meaghan Dubois, Mount St. Charles Academy

2nd place
Caroline Connick, Tiverton Middle School

3rd place
Owen Murphy, Mount St. Charles Academy

Essay

1st place
Amelia Grumback, Moses Brown

2nd place
Holly Marshall, The Wheeler School

3rd place
Ryan McDermott, Mount St. Charles Academy

Poetry

1st place
Rebecca Greenberg, The Wheeler School

2nd place
Jamie Park, The Wheeler School

3rd place
Siara Clemmey, Mount St. Charles Academy

DIV. 3 (Grades 9 & 10)

Short Fiction

1st place
Margaret Hughes, The Wheeler School

2nd place
Matthew Pontes, Mount St. Charles Academy

3rd place
Wyatt Horan, The Wheeler School

Essay

1st place
Priyankar Dasgupta, The Wheeler School

2nd place
Sarah Corin, The Wheeler School

3rd place
Allie Lewis, Mount St. Charles Academy

Poetry

1st place
Beth Cosby, Mount St. Charles Academy

2nd place
Jessica Pawlowski, Blackstone Academy Charter

3rd place
Stephanie Roberts, The Wheeler School

DIV.4 (Grades 11 & 12)

Short Fiction

1st place
Thea Andrus, Westerly H.S.

2nd place
Curt Palmer, Ocean Tides School

3rd place
Tiffany McClay, Westerly H.S.

Essay

1st place
Laurel Zigerelli, The Wheeler School

2nd place
Katherine Silvestre, The Wheeler School

3rd place
Elizabeth Gao, The Wheeler School

Poetry

1st place
Seth Neel, The Wheeler School

2nd place
Briana Silva, North Providence H.S

DIV.5 (College Level)
Short Fiction

1st place
Kristen Harvey, Johnson & Wales University

Essay

1st place
Kaylyn Bannin, Johnson & Wales University

Poetry

1st place
Jennifer Kulick, Johnson & Wales University

2nd place
Julianna Parker, Johnson & Wales University

3rd place
Sydny Loughlin, Johnson & Wales University

The Awards Ceremony will be held in the auditorium at the Providence Public Library on Thursday afternoon, April 15 at 4 PM. Please RSVP to jbrosnan@jwu.edu.

Thank you for encouraging your students to enter their writing and for your support of your state professional organization, RICTE.

Please have the student(s) forward an electronic attachment of the entry to Wendy Wagner, our webmaster (wwagner@jwu.edu) for inclusion in our on-line publication of the 2010 Writing Contest winners

The 2010 edition of Teacher as Writer will be published online this month

In June 2010 we will be seeking proposals for the fall conference.

Applications are due on March 15, 2010 for the 2010 RICTE Student Writing Awards. Please go to this page for information and an entry form.

The Student Writing Contest will take place this spring. Entries will be due March 15, 2010. Please watch this space for further information and entry forms!

We are also planning a conference in Fall 2010!

The Rhode Island Council of Teachers of English is pleased to announce the 2009 Winners of the Student Writing Contest

Division Two (Grades 7 &

1^st place, Poetry
Kathleen Radigan, St. Mary Academy-Bay View

2^nd place, Poetry
Julia Feeley, Mount St. Charles Academy

3^rd place, Poetry
Tess McKee, Mount St. Charles Academy

1^st place, Fiction
Wyatt Horan, The Wheeler School

2^nd place, Fiction
Rachel Ford, Lincoln School

3^rd place, Fiction
Errol Danehy, Martin Middle School

1^st place, Essay
Isabella Nappa, Lincoln School

2^nd place, Essay
Joshua Santoro, Mount St. Charles Academy

3^rd place, Essay
Gregory Iovanel, Mount St. Charles Academy

Division Three (Grades 9 & 10)

1^st place, Poetry
Marissa Campbell, Mount St. Charles Academy

2^nd place, Poetry
Sophie Rao, The Wheeler School

3^rd place, Poetry
Christian DiMare, Mount St. Charles Academy

1^st place, Fiction
Tiffany McClay, Westerly High School

2^nd place, Fiction
Diana Alsabe, The Wheeler School

3^rd place, Fiction
Jiawen Tang, The Wheeler School

1^st place, Essay
Dylan Sehaffer, Mount St. Charles Academy

2^nd place, Essay
Jessie Connaughton, Mount St. Charles Academy

3^rd place, Essay
Chrissy Montani, Mount St. Charles Academy

Division Four (Grades 11 & 12)

1^st place, Poetry
Allyson Even, The Wheeler School

2^nd place, Poetry
Taylor Dalton, St. Mary Academy Bay View

3^rd place, Poetry
Rachael Medeiros, St. Mary Academy Bay View

1^st place, Fiction
Kelsey Petrie, St. Mary Academy Bay View

2^nd place, Fiction
Sophie Whitin, The Wheeler School

3^rd place, Fiction
Karan Takhar, The Wheeler School

1^st place, Essay
Katherine Silvestre, The Wheeler School

2^nd place, Essay
Gina Roberti, St. Mary Academy Bay View

3^rd place, Essay
Alexis Sampson, Charles E. Shea High School

Division Five (College)

1^st place, Poetry
Julianna Parker, Johnson & Wales

2^nd place, Poetry
Anna Holbert, Johnson & Wales

3^rd place, Poetry
Emily Hedgepeth, Johnson & Wales

1^st place, Fiction
Manuela Echeverri-Herrara, Johnson & Wales

2^nd place, Fiction
Christina Rivero, Johnson & Wales

3^rd place, Fiction
Rob Sweet, Johnson & Wales

1^st place, Essay
Michelle Rose, Johnson & Wales

2^nd place, Essay
Allison Pruonal, Johnson & Wales

3^rd place, Essay
Chelsea Sutton, Johnson & Wales