The Best Teen Writing of 2009 Featuring work by Scholastic Art Writing Award winners Alliance for Young Artists Writers 9781449905675 Books
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The Best Teen Writing of 2009 showcases stories, essays and poetry by teen authors who earned a National Medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Pieces included in this anthology represent the courage and honesty of these young writers and the emergence of their individual voices. The collection celebrates the creativity forged by their hard work, personal experiences, and powerful perspectives. For more information about the Scholastic Awards, visit artandwriting.org.
The Best Teen Writing of 2009 Featuring work by Scholastic Art Writing Award winners Alliance for Young Artists Writers 9781449905675 Books
In his letter to the student writers whose works appeared in The Best Teen Writing 2009, Elie Wiesel (author of Night Trilogy, for which the first book won the Pulitzer Prize) wrote: "The curiosity before a blank page, the anguish in trying to discover the right word, the joy in finding it: Obviously, you have already discovered it. Now you must continue." My having finished reading the forty-eight winning selections, and that comprise about two-hundred and fifty pages, I hope the winners do just that. As with previous anthologies created by The Alliance of Young Artists and Writers and distributed to students, teachers, families, and educational organizations throughout the United States, these teen authors show a wealth of literary talent. This week, I'm reviewing the second of four Best Teen Writing anthologies which I myself received free at a writing workshop.In my previous review, I noted that although content is usually the focus of my attention and not the format, there were features which I'd like to have changed in newer versions of Best Teen Writings. Others must reacted similarly because the 2009 edition is formatted somewhat differently than the 2008 one. Each anthology still comes in a 5 x 8 paperback edition of, oh, about 200-300 pages. The inside pages still contain, no doubt for economical reasons, the newspaper gray pages and small text. However, now the footers now make it convenient to know the mode or genre of individual writing. Moreover, in case this feature is not enough, poems are now grouped together, essays are grouped together, etc. I'm not sure about the latter change (it makes me more likely to skip formats I don't like than when they were interspersed throughout) but commend the first change. Something else I enjoyed in this edition too, and would love to see more of, is the author explanations for the pieces they submitted. It enhanced my enjoyment of their work.
Now onto the most important part! Content. In contrast to most anthologies and magazines written by adults for young people, the style is more literary than popular. As such, it's often reflective and serious. Moreover, the compositions don't always follow structured formats. Some feel more like a string of moments collected together, rather than following point A to B to C. Also, endings of some compositions are more abrupt, without the satisfying wrap-up which we have come to expect from our best-selling novels. While I'm comparing literary and popular selections for young people, I have two additional points to make. One, these teen writers seemed quite comfortable switching between references to older pop culture and current pop culture, with a couple examples of the latter being Leave It To Beaver and The Outsiders. Two, rarely did any story refer to computers or cell phones, which surprised given how much of our teens use these tools. None of these observations are neither here nor there, because the compositions mostly engaged me and felt well-written, but I did find them an interesting contrast to other works for young people.
What about the topics? As with the 2007 edition, this one covers quite a range of topics. What struck me most then is how both editions contain diverse selections, the first being multicultural in the bulk of its content. In this 2008 edition, several stories were about the special needs population. Actually, as best I can tell, the majority were written by someone who would themselves fall under that label. Being a resource teacher myself, I'd love if more publications for young people would make this move. Two examples are:
* In Creative Tapestry, the narrator has Central Auditory Processing Disorder, and compares creative writing to marathons, both of which require the author to "adjust myself to an internal environment rather than attempt to fit my rather unique brain into a one-size-fits-all lifestyle."
* In Irrational Body A Perfect Mind, the narrator has Autism, and shares the difficulties that has presented for communication: "My heightened sensations work, both for and against me. They allow me to take in and analyze details often missed by others. At the same time, they result in sensory overloads, which are often difficult for my mind and body to handle...."
Other feature which struck me about this edition is the increase in genre stories, namely that of science fiction and fantasy.
In his letter to the student writers whose works appeared in The Best Teen Writing 2009, Elie Wiesel ended by telling them: "Naturally, you are neither Shakespeare nor Faulkner; but nor were they when they were young." How true that line is! It's also quite possible that one of these days, if some of these students persevere in practicing their craft and submitting their works, one day they might be names that we all remember.
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The Best Teen Writing of 2009 Featuring work by Scholastic Art Writing Award winners Alliance for Young Artists Writers 9781449905675 Books Reviews
In his letter to the student writers whose works appeared in The Best Teen Writing 2009, Elie Wiesel (author of Night Trilogy, for which the first book won the Pulitzer Prize) wrote "The curiosity before a blank page, the anguish in trying to discover the right word, the joy in finding it Obviously, you have already discovered it. Now you must continue." My having finished reading the forty-eight winning selections, and that comprise about two-hundred and fifty pages, I hope the winners do just that. As with previous anthologies created by The Alliance of Young Artists and Writers and distributed to students, teachers, families, and educational organizations throughout the United States, these teen authors show a wealth of literary talent. This week, I'm reviewing the second of four Best Teen Writing anthologies which I myself received free at a writing workshop.
In my previous review, I noted that although content is usually the focus of my attention and not the format, there were features which I'd like to have changed in newer versions of Best Teen Writings. Others must reacted similarly because the 2009 edition is formatted somewhat differently than the 2008 one. Each anthology still comes in a 5 x 8 paperback edition of, oh, about 200-300 pages. The inside pages still contain, no doubt for economical reasons, the newspaper gray pages and small text. However, now the footers now make it convenient to know the mode or genre of individual writing. Moreover, in case this feature is not enough, poems are now grouped together, essays are grouped together, etc. I'm not sure about the latter change (it makes me more likely to skip formats I don't like than when they were interspersed throughout) but commend the first change. Something else I enjoyed in this edition too, and would love to see more of, is the author explanations for the pieces they submitted. It enhanced my enjoyment of their work.
Now onto the most important part! Content. In contrast to most anthologies and magazines written by adults for young people, the style is more literary than popular. As such, it's often reflective and serious. Moreover, the compositions don't always follow structured formats. Some feel more like a string of moments collected together, rather than following point A to B to C. Also, endings of some compositions are more abrupt, without the satisfying wrap-up which we have come to expect from our best-selling novels. While I'm comparing literary and popular selections for young people, I have two additional points to make. One, these teen writers seemed quite comfortable switching between references to older pop culture and current pop culture, with a couple examples of the latter being Leave It To Beaver and The Outsiders. Two, rarely did any story refer to computers or cell phones, which surprised given how much of our teens use these tools. None of these observations are neither here nor there, because the compositions mostly engaged me and felt well-written, but I did find them an interesting contrast to other works for young people.
What about the topics? As with the 2007 edition, this one covers quite a range of topics. What struck me most then is how both editions contain diverse selections, the first being multicultural in the bulk of its content. In this 2008 edition, several stories were about the special needs population. Actually, as best I can tell, the majority were written by someone who would themselves fall under that label. Being a resource teacher myself, I'd love if more publications for young people would make this move. Two examples are
* In Creative Tapestry, the narrator has Central Auditory Processing Disorder, and compares creative writing to marathons, both of which require the author to "adjust myself to an internal environment rather than attempt to fit my rather unique brain into a one-size-fits-all lifestyle."
* In Irrational Body A Perfect Mind, the narrator has Autism, and shares the difficulties that has presented for communication "My heightened sensations work, both for and against me. They allow me to take in and analyze details often missed by others. At the same time, they result in sensory overloads, which are often difficult for my mind and body to handle...."
Other feature which struck me about this edition is the increase in genre stories, namely that of science fiction and fantasy.
In his letter to the student writers whose works appeared in The Best Teen Writing 2009, Elie Wiesel ended by telling them "Naturally, you are neither Shakespeare nor Faulkner; but nor were they when they were young." How true that line is! It's also quite possible that one of these days, if some of these students persevere in practicing their craft and submitting their works, one day they might be names that we all remember.
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