We’ve created Pine Tree Poetry to interlace students, their peers, parents, teachers and school librarians in a quest for poetry writing excellence. Rarely do students earn kudos or trophies for their writing, but at Pine Tree Poetry, we are dedicated to rewarding the fine writing achievements of students who are 5 – 18.
Pine Tree Poetry contributes four important elements to the realm of student poetry. We:
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Receive, read, evaluate, pick (a few) and publish
the best poems written by poets ages 5 – 18.
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Support schools by awarding thousands of dollars each year for much-needed library materials. Some awards are based upon the number of poems submitted while others are selected at random from among all particiipants.
3.
Give a free copy of The Pine Tree Poetry Collection to the library of every school that has one or more students published.
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Highlight the life lesson that many will write and the best will be chosen. We are not a vanity publishing company!
We’re out to change the world one poem at a time and we invite students, parents, librarians, teachers and those who love the written word to join us.
Katie Day on 09 Mar 13"The Stella Prize is a new major literary award for Australian women's writing. The Stella Prize celebrates Australian women's contribution to literature. Named after one of Australia's most important female authors, Stella Maria 'Miles' Franklin (1879-1954), the prize rewards one writer with a significant monetary prize of $50,000. The Stella Prize will also raise the profile of women's writing through the Stella Prize longlists and shortlists, encourage a future generation of women writers, and bring readers to the work of Australian women. The Stella Prize will be awarded for the first time in 2013, and both fiction and non-fiction books are eligible."
