Nurturing a community of writers, young and old, novice and expert, students and teachers.
Our teacher-consultants (TCs) are local educators who have participated in a rigorous summer leadership institute. Trained to provide targeted professional development about writing teaching, TCs can meet with you and your faculty, offer workshops and resources, teach demo lessons, and provide peer coaching and ongoing teacher support. To find out more about our targeted professional development offerings, please contact our Professional Development Coordinator Mari Aviles.
The Tampa Bay Area Writing Project will be hosting its Summer Leadership Institute at the University of South Florida (USF) Tampa campus in summer 2020.
“Dear Writer” will reconnect you with the outside world and reignite your love of writing.
by Mike Sherry The ant or the ibis knows its purpose. From insect to animal, most creatures spend all their days being true to themselvesOnly we humans hide our true nature (from others, and even from ourselves). So I apprentice myself…
by Lisa Inserrainspired by Mari Aviles’s mini-lesson I’m from blood on the doorstep and Thais the Mafia girlI’m from being called “dego” by micks. I’m from the first son and the second daughterI’m from bowling alleys to booksI’m from syringes,…
by Samantha Beattyinspired by Patricia Tuzzolino’s demo-lesson (and Chris Van Allsburg’s Mysteries of Harris Burdick) Late one night, Clarissa got changed into her pajamas choosing a tank top as the summer heat was quite suffocating. She snuggled into her twin…
by Mari Aviles inspired by TBAWP 2020’s freewrite Success is achieving a goal you set, whether short or long term. Success is doing the thing you set your mind to even when it’s hard. Success comes with the whisper in your…
by Mike Sherryinspired by the Goat Rodeo Allstars COVID teaches me that I can grow passionfruit on my patioThat bluebirds will nest more than once if you give them a boxAnd that fresh-picked blueberries are even more deliciousWhen wrested from…
by Gabriela Salazar inspired by Samantha Beatty’s demo-lesson Blue is a Gemini Serenity and sadness Calm and chaotic Like the ocean, It’s paradise floating in crystal waters Then dark blue walls in a fearsome stormCyan, turquoise, baby blue, cerulean, sapphire, and navy Shades for every dispositionElectric blue…
by Mieke Valkinspired by Samantha Beatty’s demo-lesson It is time for the peonies in brown paper to appear. Each spring, the tight cotton balls of petals begin arriving, ready to slowly reveal their fresh faces to the world. Their petals stir and stretch,…
by Lisa Inserrainspired by Kara Funcheon’s mini-lesson
by Katharine Werthwineinspired by Samantha Beatty’s demo-lesson Pink is made of jellybeans and strawberry ice creamOf sugar and spice, and everything niceOf jam-stains on aprons and sticky popsicles sticks Caught in the warm summer breezeOf steady hands with…
