"If the small pool of absolutely brilliant authors I've met at The Telling Room is anything to go by, we have a lot of wickedly funny and uniquely authentic stories coming our way." — Telling Room Author Noor Sager
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“I’m inspired by the power of youth and honored to be able to write and share alongside them.”
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“Abby Shedd took home the Oxford County Prize.”
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“Locals winners reside in Farmington, Leeds, Sidney and St. Albans.”
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“Charlie Levesque, a student at Wayne Elementary School, took home the Franklin County prize."
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“Corbin’s ‘Ode to Joy’ was inspired by his little brother’s birth during a time of grief and loss.”
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Jules Vázquez, age 15 of South Portland, Maine, is the grand prize winner of The Telling Room's 16th Annual Statewide Writing Contest! 16 County Winners from across Maine are also being recognized for their writing.
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“The Telling Room of Portland worked with a group of middle school writers and "A Glimpse of My Shadow" is the result.”
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“More than 34 young Mainers over 10 years have seen their books published as part of the Young Emerging Authors program at the Portland writing center.”
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Telling Room author Lily Jessen is the winner of Stone Soup Magazine's 2022 Fiction Book Contest!
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The Telling Room’s annual Statewide Writing Contest is accepting submissions of writing by Maine youth ages 6 - 18 now through November 30th, 2023.
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Telling Room Executive Director Kristina Powell and incoming Young Emerging Author Fellow Muhammad Drammeh are named 2022 Mainers of the Year by Maine Magazine.
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“I think it’s a really exciting idea and will give me an opportunity to engage with other Maine writers. I’m really excited to engage with the community and hear from people,” shares Telling Room alum Leigh Ellis (author of Bach in the Barn) on the Maine Lit Fest in an interview with the Portland Press Herald.
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“I’m really grateful to the Telling Room for giving me the opportunity to stretch my wings and grow, and for giving me a safe space to write within my comfort zone,” says Noor Sager in an interview with the Gorham Times.
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The short film created by Alex Coppola and Morgan Talty and produced by The Telling Room in spring of 2022 has been selected for the Camden International Film Festival.
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Join us as we celebrate the release of Leela, Noor, Hailey, and Victoria's 2022 titles on August 25th at SPACE Gallery from 3:30pm - 5:00pm.
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Telling Room author Oliver Curtis recently joined in a conversation on Maine Calling about invasive green crabs and the effect they are having on Maine's coast.
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Fatimah Lamloom, Emmanuelle Lenge, and Alia Usanase are among this year’s Mitchell Scholars.
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Leigh Ellis’ novel, Bach in the Barn, was featured in the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance’s “Read & Loved” series.
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The short film created by Alex Coppola and Morgan Talty, produced by The Telling Room in spring of 2022, has been selected by Short of the Week.
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