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NEWSROOM<\/h2>
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Some of the articles that have featured the D.C. Creative Writing Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Inventory of Humanities Organizations, a project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, featured the D.C. Creative Writing Workshop on the NIHO webpage<\/a> <\/strong>during April-May 2019.<\/p>\n

D.C. Creative Writing Workshop wins an arts Dream Grant from the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, August 18, 2017.<\/p>\n

Poems by students of the D.C. Creative Writing Workshop published in Capital Cadences, presented by the Junior League of Washington<\/strong><\/a>, April 2, 2015.<\/p>\n

“Is poetry dead? Or, in the age of the Internet, does it offer us what nothing else can?” by Lauren Wilcox,\u00a0Washington Post Magazine<\/a><\/strong>, January 15, 2012<\/p>\n

\u201cD.C. Students Recast ‘Our Town’ for the Big City\u201d by Bill Turque, Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, June 12, 2010<\/p>\n

\u201cDCPS Student Work Published in Parkmont Poetry Festival Booklet,\u201d\u00a0DCPS School News<\/strong>, May 13, 2010<\/p>\n

\u201cHart Middle School Literary Magazine Dedicates Spring Edition to Late Dean of Students,\u201d\u00a0DCPS School News<\/strong>, May 11, 2010<\/p>\n

\u201cWriting Workshop Changes Students: Participants Draw Power From Words\u201d by Moira E. McLaughlin,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, June 5, 2008<\/p>\n

“Illiteracy and Poverty Go Hand in Hand” by Matt Siemer, Street Sense<\/a><\/strong>, March 10, 2008<\/p>\n

“Annual Poetry Slam at Ballou High School,” East of the River News<\/a><\/strong>, June 2007<\/p>\n

“East of the River: Crossing Borders through Poetry in Middle Schools” by Nancy Schwalb,\u00a0English Journal<\/a><\/strong>, September 2006<\/p>\n

“For the Love Of Ballou: 2 Scholar-Athletes Made a Private Pact: To Nurture Hope at a Troubled School” by V. Dion Haynes,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, June 23, 2006<\/p>\n

“Yesterdays Drama \u2013 and Today’s: Students Update and Perform a 2,500-Year-Old Greek Tragedy” by Clarence Williams, Washington Post<\/strong><\/a>, May 30, 2006<\/p>\n

“Hartworks Literary Magazine: Creatively Expressing the Voice of Youth” by Khadijah Ali-Coleman, East of the River News<\/a><\/strong>, February 2006<\/p>\n

“An Ancient Story of War, Updated by D.C. Students,” Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, June 2, 2005<\/p>\n

“Teachers, students compete in poetry slam” by Denise Barnes, Washington Times<\/a><\/strong>, May 2005<\/p>\n

\u201cTeen poet slams opponents: War of words fought in Kay\u201d by Blair Payne, American University Eagle<\/strong><\/a>, March 3, 2005<\/p>\n

“Writing Workshop” by Eliza Barclay, East of the River News<\/a><\/strong>, July 2004<\/p>\n

“Student Poets Reach Within” by Judith Havemann,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, May 20, 2004<\/p>\n

A Slammin’ Book Festival Lineup” by Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, September 14, 2001<\/p>\n

“Slamming poetry” by Sally Acharya, American University Eagle<\/a><\/strong>, March 20, 2001<\/p>\n

“Adversity and Verse” by Kevin Merida, Washington Post Magazine<\/a><\/strong>, March 11, 2001<\/p>\n

“Washington Journal: Hope Rises in Real-Life Washington” by Francis X. Clines, New York Times<\/a><\/strong>, December 24, 2000<\/p>\n

“Speak, Children” by Colbert I. King,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, July 17, 1999<\/p>\n

“Poetry at 30 Paces; In Competition With the Pros, Young Versifiers Show Their Rhyme Has Come” by Lonnae O’Neal Parker, Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, May 17, 1999<\/p>\n

“Voices & Verses” by John P. Martin,\u00a0WashingtonPost.com<\/strong><\/a>, January 1999<\/p>\n

“Writers Who Could Be Teachers” by Robert Pinsky,\u00a0New York Times<\/a><\/strong>, June 29, 1998<\/p>\n

“Def Slam” by Ta-Nehisi Coates,\u00a0Washington City Paper<\/a><\/strong>, May 8, 1998<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a Slam Jam, Ma\u2019am, and That Should Be Poetry, Hear?”
\nby James Warren,\u00a0Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/strong>, April 26, 1998<\/p>\n

“Mrs. Clinton’s Poetry Lesson; At Johnson Junior High, a Two-Way Learning Experience” by Elizabeth Kastor,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, April 23, 1998<\/p>\n

“When Poetry Means Much More Than Lovely Rhyme” by Francis X. Clines, New York Times<\/a><\/strong>, December 27, 1997<\/p>\n

“Ode and Young; At Workshop, Students Discover Poetry and Themselves” by Jacqueline Trescott,\u00a0Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, May 19, 1996<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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\tWorkshop winners in 2025 writing contests\t\t\t<\/span>\t<\/a><\/h2>featured<\/a> <\/span>\/<\/span>by admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header>

In the 2025 Junior League of Washington\u2019s Youth Poetry Contest, we had three winners. Esmeralda Parada won first place and Reginald Galloway IV won second place for 6th grade, and Zahkari Kollore won second place for 8th grade. In addition to receiving first place, Esmeralda Parada\u2019s poem \u201cFor My People\u201d received a special commendation for \u201cTheme Mastery\u201d and \u201cPoetic Elements and Language.\u201d This means Esmeralda\u2019s poem achieved a perfect score in those categories.<\/p>\n

In the 2025 Parkmont Poetry Festival, fifteen poems by eleven Workshop students were finalists. Three of our writers won, Brandi Fisher and Valentino Johnson in the middle school division and Marlon Holder in the high school division. Our students were the only winners from any neighborhood DCPS school in the city.<\/p>\n

In the 2025 D.C. Public Library (Southeast) Haiku Contest, four of our students swept the competition. Justice Moore won first place, Romel Jones won second place, Damarco Bray won third place, and Massiah Jones won an honorable mention.<\/p>\n<\/div>