Award winning author Mitali Perkins has just posted the winners of her 2011 Teens Between Cultures Poetry Contest and 2011 Teens Between Cultures Prose. Head on over to Mitali’s website, Fire Escape, to read the winning submissions.
Submissions for the 2012 contest are now being accepted.
Do you love to weave words together?
Were you and/or one or both of your birth parents born in another country?
Do you live in the United States or Canada now?
Are you 13-19 years old?If you answered yes to ALL of the questions above, YOU qualify to enter the Fire Escape Writing Contests! Submit an original, unpublished poem or piece of prose (fiction or non-fiction) that reflects some of the joys and struggles of growing up between two cultures in America. Mitali’s Fire Escape will only consider one poem and one piece of short fiction per person, so send your best work.
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