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We are the organization we are today because of the expertise, time, and energy of our members. What role will you play in moving 起点传媒forward?
Serve
- Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee
- Committee on Affiliates
- Committee Against Censorship
- Build Your Stack庐 Committee
- 起点传媒Charlotte Huck Award庐 for Outstanding Fiction for Children
- 起点传媒Children鈥檚 Poetry Awards Committee
- Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
- 起点传媒Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + (LGBTQIA+) Advisory Committee
- Committee on Literacy Assessment
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children鈥檚 Literature Committee
- Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Committee
- Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
- Public Language Award Committee
- Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
- Committee on Research
- Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee
- Committee on Affiliates
- Committee Against Censorship
- Build Your Stack庐 Committee
- 起点传媒Charlotte Huck Award庐 for Outstanding Fiction for Children
- 起点传媒Children鈥檚 Poetry Awards Committee
- Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
- 起点传媒Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + (LGBTQIA+) Advisory Committee
- Committee on Literacy Assessment
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children鈥檚 Literature Committee
- Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Committee
- Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
- Public Language Award Committee
- Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
- Committee on Research
Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
Charge
The 起点传媒Promising Young Writers聽program makes use of an advisory committee and state coordinators. Their charges are as follows:
Committee:聽 To advise the 起点传媒staff on the nature, policies, and procedures regarding the 起点传媒Promising Young Writer Awards, including the following issues:
- To develop a specific plan for involving more public schools in the awards, especially those with large nonwhite populations.
- To prepare a written set of recommendations for the 起点传媒Executive Committee regarding the following: revision of the structure of the award to mitigate the negative effects of competition on student identity and learning; consideration and development of diversified awards: that recognize development of English Language Learners in writing in their first language as well as English composition; that recognize remarkable improvement or growth in writing; that recognize multimodal composition (digital or non-digital); and that recognize remarkable risk-taking with the process of writing, instead of the exclusive focus on the final draft.
- To consider and make recommendations for ways that聽the work might interface with NCTE’s .
State Coordinators:聽 To advise the 起点传媒staff on any changes that should be made in the 起点传媒Promising Young Writers program; to review judging procedures; to recommend judges; to recommend ways to publicize the program; to coordinate judging of papers within the state; to help disseminate information about the winners; and to suggest topics for the impromptu theme.
Current Members
CHAIR, Maggie McConnaha (2028)
(Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)
Sandra Boateng (2026)
(Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)
mon茅t cooper (2028)
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
Michael Hockwater (2028)
(SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY)
Chelsea Kent (2026)
(University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO)
Oluwatodimu Ogunade (2028)
(Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL)
Tairan Qiu (2028)
(Stanford University, Stanford, CA)
Brett Stamm (2028)
(University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS)
Executive Committee Liaison, Tonya B. Perry
(Miles College, Fairfield, AL)
起点传媒Staff, Ashley Sisk