by Inklings Team | Jan 18, 2022 | Meet the Mentors, News & Events
As a fourth grader, Tasslyn Magnusson once tried to read her school library from A to Z, backward. She got stuck on P. L. Travers and Mary Poppins and has been reading anything and everything since. When she’s not writing her poetry or working on her middle grade...
by inklings | Jan 13, 2022 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2021 finalist Risha Jadhav! Risha wrote this when she was in 6th grade. Her story is called “Twinkle, Twinkle.” Enjoy! TWINKLE, TWINKLEBy Risha Jadhav Inspired by ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star’ Twinkle,...
by inklings | Jan 4, 2022 | Meet the Mentors, The Ink Splat
For January’s Ink Splat, we spoke to Lisa Frenkel Riddiough about her books Elvis and the World as it Stands and Letters to Live By: An Alphabet Book with Intention. Lisa is one of our creative writing mentors here at Young Inklings and we are delighted to share...
by inklings | Dec 9, 2021 | News & Events
Sterling is a long-time creative writing mentorship student. He drafted his novel with the help of his mentor, Gwen, and is now embarking on a Your Name in Ink publishing project with a new mentor, Sonja. We talked to Sterling about his writing and his time at Society...
by inklings | Dec 8, 2021 | Meet the Mentors, News & Events
As our publishing programs grew, Inklings mentor Beth Spencewood stepped in to take on the role of Director of Youth Publication Programs at Society of Young Inklings. We are so glad to have Beth on the team to shape and grow our Fresh Ink and Your Name in Ink...
by inklings | Dec 3, 2021 | News & Events
Inklings volunteer Kristi Wright has freely given her time and talents to many years of Inklings Book Contests. Each year, she mentors one of our contest winners through a revision-focused writing mentorship to get their winning piece ready for publication. In this...
by inklings | Dec 1, 2021 | The Ink Splat
For December’s Ink Splat, we spoke to Margaret Chiu Greanias about her picture book Amah Faraway which is written as a reverse poem. A reverse poem is a poem that can be read forwards to have one meaning and backwards to have another. Margaret talks to us more...
by inklings | Nov 29, 2021 | Meet the Mentors, News & Events
Meet Inklings Mentor and Drafting Workshop Head Teacher, Sonja Solter! Sonja spent her childhood summers in her mother’s homeland of Finland and traveled the world extensively with her family. She read so voraciously as a child that she once brought over 70 books on a...
by inklings | Nov 22, 2021 | News & Events
Meet Bella! As a Drafting Workshop member, Bella connects with other passionate youth creative writers in our online writer’s community. She enjoys our live activity sessions and author interviews and also benefits from encouragement and collaboration with her...
by inklings | Nov 18, 2021 | News & Events, Publishing Opportunities, Written by Inklings
We are thrilled to introduce you to our newest published authors, Leslie Rosoff and Zoë Gilbertson! Leslie and Zoë recently published their book, The Ninth Faction, through our Fresh Ink publishing program. In Fresh Ink, youth authors with a completed draft of a novel...
