National Young Writers Poetry Contest book now available!

Here you go!
Released to the public today and available for purchase HERE, our first book of national young writers contest winners! Contributors copies will be in the mail as soon as we get our first shipment from the printer. 
A HUGE congratulations goes out to all of the contributors, ranging in grade levels from 6th to 12th and the list of names follows. PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG PAT ON THE BACK IF YOU KNOW THEM!! What an accomplishment!

Luis Morales                                                     
Jennifer Rios                                                   

Dillon Garner                                                 

Marley Patnode                                              

Natalia Yanetsko                                            

Kaylee Prieto                                                   

Olivia Moes                                                    

Haley Santos                                                  

Flynn Martin                                                 

Sara Pope                                                       

Jada Bard                                                       

Brianna Gavenda                                           

Cynthia Kelveena Short                                  

Kendall Moreland                                          

Lena Cai                                                         

Riley Kate Moss                                              

Alejandra De La Cruz                                     
Vivian Valle                                                   

Delaiah Harris                                                

Kristen Harriott                                              

Elise Fredericks                                                 

Alana Miska                                                  

Shandy Ndjigue                                              

Brooklynne Mitchell-Arno                             

Caitlyn MacKay                                            

Raiven Quirk                                                  

Kayla Holland                                               

Maia Lewis                                                     

Rebecca King                                                  

Brandon R. Soto                                             

Hadassah Flagg                                              

Joshua Pless                                                     

Rederria Moye                                                

Sriyah Bostick                                                 

Luna Walker                                                  

Kaylie Crawford                                             

Adriana Zefutie                                               

Martha Otwell                                               

Jade Lewis                                                       

Xavier Scott                                                    

Isabella Cortez                                                 

Isabel Connor                                                  

Paige Davenport                                             

Kyra Sullivan                                                 

Evelyn Cohoon                                                

Julia Adams                                                    

Autumn Tomao                                              

Noel Wiggins                                                  

Sai Neha Nakirikanti                                     

Abigail Moore                                                 

Joseph Zylak                                                    

Anne Marie Willis                                         

Kaitlyn Kincaid                                             

Alison Janetis                                                  

Cedrik Dunlap                                                

Abigail Coyle                                                   

Jaden Carlisle     

Thank you to Jessica Reiser for the use of her photo for the cover image.
Please check out her amazing work @artbyrainereiser                                        

National Young Writers Poetry Contest Book

We have gotten the thumbs up from the printer and will be going through proof copies this week. If all goes well, we are hoping to send out the contributor copies mid-June.

Ora Wills first book event

Anyone who has had the privilege of speaking with Ora walks away with a deep reverence for that moment. She is a petite, soft-spoken woman who houses a tsunami of knowledge. Working with her on this project was an unbelievable honor, and left each one of us with a deeper appreciation for the immense struggles of those who fought oppression of every form seeking freedom, in all forms.

If you have the opportunity to meet this woman, please do. You'll never forget the encounter. And her book will change you.

 

National Poetry Contest in full swing!

The entries are starting to come in and we couldn't be more thrilled! 

Just look at the excitement on

our faces! We can barely contain ourselves!

Keep those submissions coming and if you need to brush up on submission guidelines, they are right HERE!

National Young Writers Poetry Contest timeline

February 1st through March 15th, Proper Publishing will be accepting submissions for our first National Young Writers Poetry Contest. 

This contest is open to all students, GRADES 6-12. 

Contest deadline is March 15th and acceptance notifications will go out via post no later than April 15th. 

We are so excited to see the caliber of student writing from every large and small town of our diverse nation. 

Questions or concerns should be directed to:
theproperpublisher@yahoo.com 

National Young Writers Poetry Contest

          Proper Publishing is proud to host the first National Poetry Contest for Middle and High School students, Grades 6-12. This contest is the brain-child of our owner and Executive Editor, Susan Lewis. After serving 8 years as Director of Student Poetry and Director of the Escambia County Student Poetry Contest for the West Florida Literary Federation, Mrs. Lewis decided she needed to offer an incentive for young writers to explore poetry, which will then help educators prepare for the writing portion of any state-mandated tests. 

            Students have the opportunity to submit poetry (32 line max), and all forms are accepted (including but not limited to the following: haiku, sonnet, limerick, narrative, couplet, free verse, cinquain, diamante, pantoum, tanka, villanelle, etc.) but may only enter the contest once. Handwritten submissions will not be accepted. Submissions must be printed on standard, white copy paper, black printer ink. Please ensure students name is not on the entry, only on the cover page. 

            Submissions will be accepted both via email and post. If submitting via email, submission MUST be sent as an email attachment, containing a cover letter with the information below, all fields must be completed. Submissions written in the body of the email or missing contact information will be deleted. All submissions sent via post must contain one cover letter for every student entered.

            Contest submission window is February 1 to March 15. Submit your students best work, encourage experimentation and uniqueness. There is no prompt or theme for the first contest. Mrs. Lewis wants to see raw talent in its purest form.

            Students chosen by Mrs. Lewis will be published in an anthology available on Amazon Worldwide and Kindle Worldwide. Students chosen will be notified by email and post, so please ensure all information is accurate. Teachers will be notified via email. Also, students chosen will receive one free copy of said anthology.

            We hope you see this as a wonderful opportunity to encourage artistic growth and self-esteem in your students because that is our only goal. We look forward to reading remarkable work, as Mrs. Lewis has told us of the enormous impact educators make on children every day.

Include with each entry.  PRINT VERY CLEARLY!

Student Name  _____________________________________________________

Address   __________________________________________________________

City   _________________________ State_______   Zip code   ______________

Parent/Guardian phone number   _____________________________________

Parent/Guardian Name(s)   ___________________________________________

Parent/Guardian E-mail   _____________________________________________

School   _____________________________________________________________

English/Language Arts Teacher’s Name________________________________

English/Language Arts Teacher’s Phone________________________________

English/Language Arts Teacher’s E-mail________________________________

Grade   ________

Poem Title and Form: ________________________________________________

Mail submissions to:

Proper Publishing

P.O. Box 634

Cantonment, FL 32533

Email submissions to:

theproperpublisher@yahoo.com

Young Writers to Follow Book Launch

It's time!
10:30-12:00, Saturday, December 15th 

Fort Walton Beach Library
185 Miracle Strip Pkwy. SE

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

 
Our Executive Editor, Susan Lewis, will host the Book Launch for the 2018 Young Writers to Follow Tri-County contest winners. Come to show your support for these incredibly talented young writers or meet Mrs. Lewis. If you cannot attend, and wish to purchase extra copies, you may do so HERE. The winners names and titles of their pieces are as follows:

Tempest Makey--25 lines from suicide notes and love letters...
Lori Miller--Shadow
Tom Rahn--Equality
Caleb Kimes--The Golden Senses
Tramendus Hollins--My brand new toy is a sad soul
Kayla Craft--Welcome to Tate
Cassidy Bassett--The Wall
Isabella Olivares--What you TRULY are...
Emma Jowers--Faith in Society
Jakeane Foster--Soul Spirit
Lacey Toyne--Pernicious
Kendall Moreland--A Series of Codes
Chase Tolbert--All these Trophies Watching Me
Kyndal Milsted--Silent Thunderstorm 
Kaitlyn Kincaid--Hanahaki Disease
Angelina McCormick--The Pool Incident
Savannah Beaulieu--Sowing Sword-Lilies
Zoe Deer--Underwater
Quinterra Nichols--When I Dance
Joseph Zylak--Half-Breed
Jalena Jarvis--Epiphany
Jaden Carlisle--Flatline
Jada Bard--The Spectral Beast
Giovanni De Lanoy--The Memories of Victor W.
Caitlin Diener--The Void
Brianna Gavenda--Drowning
Anne Marie Willis--That Dragon Hubris
Anna Henry--Same Self, Different Mind
Alison Janetis--Lil' Blue
Abigail Coyle--What Kind of Habit Is This?

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE BRILLIANT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN!!