Third Draft NYC editor Lisa Rector-Maass has come up with the winners of her student scholarship for SiWC 2008. The winners will be announced at our award ceremony on Friday, October 24th at 7 pm. 

Lisa and her co-judges tell me they had a selection of wonderful entries this year, and we are going to feature some of the winning pieces here on our blog in the coming days. 

If you'd like more information regarding this scholarship in future years, you can contact Lisa at: 

Lisa@thirddraftnyc.com

Keep an eye on this space for some stellar examples of emerging writers!

~kc

also blogging as leftwriter

www.thirddraftnyc.com

If you had a chance to read the interview WebWizard Dale posted yesterday, you may have noticed editor Lisa Rector mentioned a very exciting piece of news, but just in case you missed it, here it is, straight from Lisa:

In recognition of the talent of young writers world-wide, I am pleased to announce the Lisa Rector Young Writer’s Scholarship. The inaugural event will be held at this year’s Surrey International Writers Conference Oct. 24-26, 2008. A full 3-day scholarship to attend the conference, including workshops, meals and banquets will be awarded to a student demonstrating outstanding achievement or promise in the areas of poetry, fiction, non-fiction or screenwriting. Students must be between the ages of 12-18 at the time of the conference in order to qualify. Travel not included. The winner will be announced Oct. 1, 2008.

Lisa tells us she will have more details of the award available for us to publicize here shortly, but in the meantime, if you'd like further information, you can reach Lisa at

www.thirddraftnyc.com

~kc

also blogging as leftwirter