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*Danbury News Times Features Fairfield County Poetry Winner
Writing 'The Greatest Act'
Brookfield teen receives state award for poem
By Eileen FitzGerald
THE NEWS-TIMES
May 22, 2007

Wamogo poet picked for IMPAC contest  
By: Emily M. Olson
Litchfield Enquirer
May 18, 2007


IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Program Keynote Address
Daniel Donaghy
Tuesday, April 24, 2007


Google News Alert for: impac young writers
Profile of a newsmaker: NFA junior takes first in poetry contest
Julie A. Varughese

Norwich Bulletin-Norwich, Connecticut
Article published May 15, 2007

Student's story wins award in contest
Tony Spinelli- May 4, 2007

Literary awards given to pupils in Litchfield County
BY JOHN MCKENNA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
April 28, 2007

Norwich Bulletin Notes Regional Finalists In Young Writers Competition 
April 19, 2007

$17,000 & Dublin Trip For Young Writers
10th Annual IMPAC-CSU Competition
*and dinner invitation*
April 12, 2007

IMPAC Dublin Award Shortlist 07 
April 14, 2007

10TH ANNUAL FESTIVITIES UPCOMING FOR YOUNG WRITERS
Judges Among 10 Poets & Writers March 10 At Fiddleheads Market, Litchfield ***Flyer Included**
February 15, 2007

Thai Student Wins National IMPAC Award
Phuket, Thailand Gazette
www.phuketgazette.net
February 13, 2007

Marine Goes Veggie 
Joins Fellow Poets and Writers 

At Fiddleheads March 10th
January 30, 2007

Calling All Students & Teachers: Multimedia Conference at CCSU 
January 24, 2007


Poets and Writers at Naugatuck Event Highlight 
Last Call For '07 Competition

January 19, 2007

Courant article on January 19th young writers event 

January 7, 2006
www.courant.com

Pilot Writing Program Makes Borough First Stop
By JODIE MOZDZER
Republican-American
Waterbury, Connecticut
Tuesday, January 2, 2007

    YOUNG WRITERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY KICKOFF
     Naugatuck High School cafeteria
     Friday, January 19, 2007, 6 p.m. Reception

Young Writers Competition Expands To Czech Republic 
Czeck Young Writer to Dublin in 2007
November 23, 2006

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2007 Nominations:
November 6, 2006

Recharging the Sensorium:

CSU Presents a Writing and Multimedia Day of the Arts
Open to Students and Faculty

Campus of Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.
Friday, April 27, 2007

Connecticut Review New Edition Fall 06 
November 14, 2006

CNN World News Transcript Jim Irwin / Dublin / Young Writers Awards 
November 12, 2206

YOUNG WRITERS STATE & COUNTY WINNERS 1998-2006

November 10, 2006  

Young Writers Founder On CNN World News Sunday
November 10, 2006


A Nobelist who ponders life's duality
By James Marcus
Special to The Los Angeles Times
October 14, 2006


Pamuk's Political Bravery Shouldn't Eclipse His Intellectual Credentials 
Nobelist Pamuk Reflects on East and West in Whodunit, Novels
By Hephzibah Anderson
October 13, 2006

A Nobel winner for our times
Margaret Atwood
Friday October 13, 2006
Guardian, UK

How master of illusion makes his voice heard
Erica Wagner, Literary Editor's View
Times Of London On Pamuk's Nobel 

October 13, 2006

Turk Pamuk wins Literature Nobel
www.bangkokpost.com
October 12, 2006

Jones' Short Stories Illuminate The Great Migration Pining 
for what was lost

By DONNA BAILEY NURSE
Toronto Star
September 17, 2006. 01:00 AM

www.thestar.com


Poetry happenings for youth
Elizabeth Thomas
September 6, 2006 

Third novel by Badami, IMPAC Dublin Award nominee 
www.Indiaenews.com
September 5, 2006

Priest's Book Nominated for Literary Award
Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi)
www.AllAfrica.com
NEWS
Posted to the web August 29, 2006
Nairobi

New Short Stories From 05 IMPAC-Dublin Winner Jones 
By JEANNE A. LEBLANC
Hartford Courant

August 27, 2006

Young Writer's Board Member To Open Natural Foods Supermarket
August 24, 2006

Ten Years Affirming Young Writers
Entry Forms now Available
For Upcoming Competition:
$16,000 in Prizes and Dublin Trip

The Complexities Of Vienna
By CAROLE GOLDBERG
Hartford Courant
August 24, 2006


Fiery Recollections

The Triangle Fire of 1911 lingers in the memories of its survivors.
TRIANGLE
A Novel
By Katharine Weber
Farrar Straus Giroux. 242 pp. $23
Sunday, July 30, 2006; BW10

Javier Marias - In search of lost time
 Independent, UK
July 28, 2006

Speakers set for WestConn's second Summer Literary Festival 
July 13, 2006

Bookstore signing July 14 features Vietnam Vet / Young Writers Judge
July 11, 2006 

Author makes things personal
By MONIQUE H. HENDERSON and JOYCE TSE
The Press-Enterprise

Sunday, July 2, 2006
10:00 PM PDT 

Turkish publisher faces prosecution over Chomsky book
By Daren Butler
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 
9:23 PM IST

Literary loot
Mail & Guardian
Johannesburg, South Africa
June 23, 2006

Profile: The Master sees Toibin emerge from the shadows

Sunday Times - Ireland 
June 18, 2006

Fourfold book sales increase expected after Toibin award
By Caitrýona Mc Bride
Sunday Business Post, Ireland
18 June 2006

A Library of Influence
LEAD ITEM, ARTS SCENE
Hartford Courant
Sunday, June 18, 2006

Off To The Emerald Isle
By Carole Goldberg
The Hartford Courant
June 11, 2006

Arts, Briefly
Irish Times, NY TIMES, others in IMPAC Dublin Award 
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
New York Times
June 14, 2006

New book by Houellebecq, 02 IMPAC Dublin winner 
Clones Behaving Badly
Review by:
STEPHEN METCALF
New York Times
June 11, 2006

Ninth Annual IMPAC Awards
Litchfield County Times
Friday, June 9, 2006

Diary of a few months in the life of an IMPAC judge
JANE KOUSTAS
SPECIAL TO THE STAR
Toronto Star
June 10, 2006

THE MASTER
By Colm Toibin
Wins 11th International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
June 13, 2006

2 young writers win trip to Dublin event
June 5, 2006

Junior a finalist in prose contest 
 Danbury News Times 
 June 3, 2006

Profile of a Newsmaker:
Montville Teen will Speak at Writers Dinner
Norwich Bulletin
June 1, 2006

Written Lives
SYDNEY PAPER REVIEWS BOOK BY '97 IMPAC DUBLIN WINNER 
John Hughes
Sydney Morning Herald
May 30, 2006

Sunday Courant Previews Young Writers Dinner to be held June 4, 2006 
Carole Goldberg
Hartford Courant
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Arts Section, page 2

MALAYSIAN YOUNG WRITER WINS DUBLIN TRIP 
The Star Online >Nation
Sunday May 21, 2006

Eastern's New President Welcomed Warmly
By GRACE E. MERRITT
Courant Staff Writer

May 19, 2006

Caring author honored
By Maria Garriga
New Haven Register

May 20, 2006

Book Notes
By John J. Daley
Republican American, Waterbury, CT., USA
Sunday April 30, 2006

Young poet earns regional IMPAC award
Britta Bell is a part-time student at LHS

By Dawn Caminiti, Staff Reporter
Litchfield Enquirer
May 5, 2006


The IMPAC shortlist for young writers Malaysia
Malaysia Star
Sunday May 7, 2006

UK Guardian feature on IMPAC Dublin winner Tahar Ben Jelloun 
Voice of the Maghreb
By Maya Jaggi
The Guardian
Saturday May 6, 2006


'Insanity' benefits teen
By GENEVIEVE REILLY

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Thursday, May 4, 2006


Note from a young writer's mother
May 5, 2006
FROM NANCY BOWMAN,
RE/MAX OLD SAYBROOK

Young writers snare dream Woodhall, Torrington students win $1,000 
BY JOHN MCKENNA
Copyright © 2006 Republican-American
Waterbury, CT, USA

April 29, 2006

FRANK McCOURT TRANSCRIPT re: Writer's Conference @ Western
April 28, 2006

Dublin Award contender Loh interviewed by Malaysia Star 
The Malaysia Star
Sunday April 23, 2006


COOPER, McENROE, and  HOOD reading May 4th 
April 21, 2006

Two Named To Board Of Young Writers Trust
CARTER, BAILEY JOIN YOUNG WRITERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 
HARTFORD COURANT
Friday, April 14, 2006

Past IMPAC Dublin Winner Pamuk on Facing Prison for His Work
BY Aida Edemariam
The Guardian UK
Monday April 3, 2006

Mastering Dublin
Hartford Courant 
Sunday Arts Section
By Carole Goldberg, Book Editor

April 9, 2006  

IMPAC Dublin Award Shortlist Coverage 06
  A Sampling of Stories From Around the World
Canadian Entertainment at a Glance Resource News International 
Copyright 2006 Comtex News Network, Inc.
Copyright 2006 Resource News International
All Rights Reserved
April 5, 2006 Wednesday 


Wharton interview with Edmonton Journal 
The Edmonton Journal
April 6, 2006

The New Connecticut Review Headed Your Way
April 6, 2006

Invitation to Writers Conference featuring Frank McCourt 
  April 6, 2006 

Acclaimed authors to offer community writing workshops at WestConn
*Public invited to join small study groups May 7 in four literary genres

April 5, 2006

Shortlist Announced
 
For IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Wednesday, April, 5, 2006

Dr. Bentivegna's Novel Prescription:
Medicine, Murder and Politics

(The Lords Of Greenwich By Joseph Bentivegna 1st Books- $15)
By Gerald Demeusy

The world is a strange place
SPRINGFIELD PAPER ON JOHN BRIGGS' BOOK TRICKSTER TALES
By PAT CAHILL
Thursday, March 24, 2005


CSU Chancellor, IMPAC Executive Named to Young Writers Board of Trustees
March 27, 2006

9th Annual Young Writers Dinner-Photo Cover
March 31, 2006

Bailey talks flaws in the legal system
By: Linda Conner Lambeck
Connecticut Post Online
March 28, 2006

Vivian Shipley, Emily Dykes- Keynote Speakers For 9th Annual Young Writers Dinner  
March 21, 2006

* LEGAL ICON F. LEE BAILEY TO HEADLINE BRIDGEPORT BOOK SIGNING  
March 17, 2006

Rainy Faye Bookstore & Gallery: Vendor for IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Events 
THE VIEW
From Bridgeport; Reading Globally, Buying Locally

By JEFF HOLTZ
The New York Times,
Copyright 2003
March 16, 2003 Sunday

New Book Shows Author's Roots as Teacher Man
By Dr. Melvyn H. Schreiber
The Daily News
Galveston, Texas
Published March 12, 2006

ADDENDUM, RE- THEME OF CT. REVIEW EDITION ON COLLAPSE OF PRESS 
March 13, 2006

LITERARY JOURNAL ASKS: What's Wrong With The Press?
Saturday March 11, 2006

Young Writers Regional Events and Annual Dinner 2006
March 9, 2006

Exile and the Kingdom
By LAILA LALAMI
The Nation magazine
[from the March 20, 2006 issue]
 

Pulitzer-Winner Frank McCourt Keynote For Writers Conference
CSU Writing Conference 2006
May 6-7, 2006

Teenage Sex Film Touches an Italian Nerve
BY ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
New York Times
January 25, 2006


Turkish Court Drops Charges Against Novelist
BY SEBNEM ARSU
New York Times
January 24, 2006

UNIQUE WRITERS CONFERENCE 
MAY 6 and 7, 2006
WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

Faculty Signup Form
Student Creative Writing Conference
Saturday May 6, 2006

Student Signup Form
Student Creative Writing Conference
Saturday May 6, 2006

Cibes Retirement Photo
January 6, 2006

Cibes Leaves An Unexpected Legacy In Education
The New London Day
January 22, 2006


Cibes and Young Writers Details in Norwich Bulletin
Norwich Bulletin
January 8, 2005

Ex-Conn College professor gets parting honor
Norwich Bulletin
January 8, 2005

Educator bids farewell as leader of state system
Norwich Bulletin
January 7, 2005

State Scribes To Honor Retiring Chancellor Cibes
Hartford Courant
January 4, 2006

Here’s to New Beginnings
Hindustan Times
January 2, 2006

IOWA Paper Cites Translator Nominated for IMPAC Dublin Award 
December 18, 2005

Carter Succeeds Cibes
December 17, 2005

Pamuk Profile by Deutsche Presse-Agentur
December 16, 2005

Governor's Proclamation for CIBES Day-January 6th
December 15, 2005

Expert: Trial of Turkish Author Orhan Pamuk Symbolic for Muslim-West Relations
December 13, 2005

IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD WINNER'S NEW NOVEL CITED BY PSYCHIATRIST
December 13, 2005

Party Honors Cibes; RSVP Date Approaches
December 9, 2005

Teen is Master of Her Craft
December 3, 2005

Book Awards Winners / Lifetime Achievement for Service to Shipley
December 5, 2005

Bill Cibes, A Celebration of Words & THE MAN
November 29,2005

Shanghvi Makes an IMPAC(T)
November 27, 2005

$120,000 Makes a Big IMPAC
November 26, 2005

'A Book is a Book' for Top Dublin Award 
November 23, 2005

Longlist for Literature's Richest Prize Announced
November 23, 2005

Toibin and Ahearn among Irish Authors on IMPAC Longlist
November 22, 2005

132 In Running For IMPAC Awards
November 22, 2005

The 11th Annual International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2006
November 22, 2205

Young Writers Champ Has Play Produced
November 18, 2005

Connecticut Review Fall 05 Preview

Whitlock Featured on Public TV
August 25, 2005

Book Bash at Norm Pattis's Whitlock Farm Saturday
August 20, 2005

'Book Bash' Melds Words, Wine, Music
August 18, 2005

What They're Saying

about the IMPAC-CSU Young Writers competition
and
the literary journal Connecticut Review ...

August 18, 2005

Book Barn Blast
August 14, 2005

Commentary upon retirement announcement by Bill Cibes
July 15, 2005

Orhan Pamuk Wins Prestigious German Peace Prize
June 26,2005

Book Notes - Literary Awards
June 26, 2005

The Write Stuff
June 26, 2005

Irish Times Interview with Edward P. Jones
June 18, 2005

Author Edward P. Jones receives IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 
 June 18, 2005

NY Times, Washington Post and Many Others 
on IMPAC Dublin Award

June 16, 2005

Pinsky, O'Nan Headline Workshops for Young Writers

The Write Stuff
May 22, 2005

CONNECTICUT REVIEW Spring Edition 2005 Hits The Street
May 9, 2005

Young Writers Trust Names a Finalist
May 4, 2005

Hunt is a Writing Finalist
May 3, 2005

Western Establishes Master of Fine Arts in Professional Writing
March 2005

Jennifer Steele Joins Young Writers Annual Dinner Program
June 5 At Litchfield Inn


In Praise of Abstraction
Ravi Shankar on Moving Beyond Concrete Imagery
January 9, 2005

Poet Ravi Shankar Keynote Speaker for
8th Annual Young Writers Dinner

Thanking Teachers
November 12, 2004

Young Writers Celebration
November 12, 2004

First Seen, Out on the Town
Alexandra Regenbogen and Emily Dykes
are featured in the FIRST SEEN, OUT ON THE TOWN
section of Connecticut Magazine, October 04 edition

One Book, Many Events
Hartford Courant  - September 5, 2004

Local Teen Writes Her Way To Emerald Isle
New London Day - July 6, 2004

The Irish Love for Writers Goes Beyond a Pint and a Peat Fire
The New York Times - June 26, 2004

The Write Stuff

Hartford Courant - June 20, 2004

Arabian Nights Illuminated by a 'Frustrated European'
The Irish Times - June 19, 2004

Impac Literary Award Goes to a Moroccan
The New York Times - June 18, 2004

Moroccan Writer Earns Blinding Stack of Cash
National Post (Canada) - June 18, 2004

Moroccan Writer Wins E100,000 Literary Award

The Irish Times - June 18, 2004

Remarks by IMPAC Chairman Jim Irwin
Dublin - June 18, 2004

Moroccan Author Wins 100,000-Euro Fiction Prize
Agence France Presse - June 17, 2004


Moroccan Novelist Ben Jelloun Wins $120,000 Prize

Associated Press - June 17, 2004

Moroccan Writer Tahar Jelloun Wins 
International Impac Dublin Literary Award

The Canadian Press - June 17, 2004

Winning Words in Litchfield
Litchfield County Times - June
17, 2004

Bloom All Around
Book Column cites Jim Irwin, IMPAC Dublin Award Shortlist, Young Writers
Republican-American - June 13, 2004 

June a Great Month for 
IMPAC Chairman Jim Irwin

Young Writer Captures State Award
Republican-American - June 5, 2004

Litchfield [student] wins state’s top poetry prize

Register Citizen - June 5, 2004

Young Writers Compete for Awards Tonight

Norwich Bulletin - June 4, 2004

County Winners Get $1,000 Checks This Week
7th Annual IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Dinner
Friday, June 4, 2004 - Litchfield Inn

Writers' Dinner Slates Poet, English Professor
The Hartford Courant - March 16, 2004

Writing in Schools Is Found Both Dismal and Neglected

The New York Times - April 26, 2003

Not a Football Banquet
The Hartford Courant - June 11, 2000

2002 Connecticut Poetry Champion Emily Madsen

Appearance on WTIC 1080 Bruce and Colin Show
Wednesday, June 5, 2002

Candi Deschamps, 2001 State Prose Champion
Fairfield County Magazine, 2001 Newsmakers

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