Award-winning author Lauren Tarshis to speak at Young Writers’ Workshop

Registration opens on January 27th for the 17th annual Young Writers' Workshop. This community event for Scarsdale third to fifth graders will take place on Saturday, March 24th, 2012, from 9am until noon at Scarsdale Middle School. Once again, this promises to be a fantastic morning with many new and interesting workshops, as well as some favorites from the past.

The morning will begin with a keynote address by award-winning author Lauren Tarshis. She is the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and its sequel, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love and is currently in the midst of writing the 10-book historical fiction series, I Survived (Scholastic), which has sold more than 2 million copies to date. In addition to writing books, Lauren works full-time at Scholastic creating language arts magazines and digital products used in elementary and middle school classrooms.

Ms. Tarshis, a sought-after visiting author to schools, will also be conducting two interactive Master Workshops for students.

The Young Writers’ Workshop will feature more than 40 classes taught by top creative professionals from the New York area. Along with journalists from the New York Times and a presidential speech writer, the program includes renowned children's book authors, sports writers, song writers, and even a top radio DJ.

View the online workshop guide at  http://youngwritersworkshop.eventbrite.com

Once again The Young Writers’ Workshop also welcomes our two returning cultural partners - The Picture House in Pelham and New York City-based Writopia Lab. Both will provide teaching artists to the event.

All students will also have the opportunity to give back to the community by donating gently used books on the day of the event. The goal is to collect 2012 books, which will be donated to The Childcare Council of Westchester Inc.

Registration takes place online at www.youngwritersworkshop.eventbrite.com from January 27th through February 17th. Registration after February 17th will be charged a $10 late fee and is subject to workshop availability. (Note: Late registrations will not be accepted after March 2nd.) All fees are non-refundable.