It's our
7th
Year!
Thank you to all of the schools,
libraries, bookstores, community centers and writing groups all across the country that
helped to make I Love To Write Day our biggest one yet. Please join us again on November
15 for the seventh I Love To Write Day. To read about some of the events that took place, please
click here.
Children’s Way Foundation
(the non-profit developer of the virtual world, Woogi World™,
www.woogiworld.com), and
author of 30 years, John
Riddle, are collaborating
to bring to 50,000 elementary schools throughout the country, the
opportunity for their to children discover and develop the talent of
writing. Read the official press release
here.
NEW this Year ...
nominate your
school, classroom, teacher or a student for an "I Love to Write Day Award of
Excellence." Click here
for details.
The World's
Biggest Party For Writers
November 15, 2008 will mark the seventh I
Love To Write Day, a grassroots effort to have people of all ages practice
their writing skills. Created by
Delaware
author John Riddle, I Love To Write Day is an opportunity for people of all
ages to write something: a poem, an essay, a letter to the editor, a short
story, start a novel, finish a novel the possibilities are endless! On the
first I Love To Write Day, 11,328 schools all across the country held
special writing events and activities. Last year, we signed up over 20,000
schools. This year our goal is to have an I Love To Write Day program in
over 25,000 schools. Please help us spread the word: tell schools,
libraries and bookstores in your community about I Love To Write Day. You
can read more about I Love To Write Day and learn how to register (it's
free!) by reading the Media Kit.
Meet the Founder of
I Love To Write Day
John Riddle, a
Delaware author of 34 books, is the Founder of I Love To Write Day.
Read his bio
by clicking here.
Read
the article:
"I Love To Write Day: How it All
Began" by John Riddle
In the spring of 2002 I was driving from my home in
Delaware to the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer’s conference in
Asheville, North Carolina, where I was scheduled to speak
My oldest daughter, Bonnie, was in the car with me; she was a college
student at the time and interested in attending some of the workshops.
Even though she was already a published writer, she knew the value of
learning more about the craft of writing.
As I was passing through the
Richmond,
Virginia, area, I was thinking
about a magazine interview I had to do the following week.
Normally I am the one interviewing someone and then writing an
article, but this time I was going to be the subject of the article.
Writer’s Digest magazine wanted to do a profile of me, highlighting
my success in writing for so many Websites over the past few months. "READ
THE ENTIRE ARTICLE BY CLICKING
HERE"
Governors of Nine States Recognize
I Love To Write Day
Many Governors from across the
United States are recognizing the importance of writing, and are encouraging
their residents to celebrate I Love To Write Day on November 15. In
fact, Governors from the following states have "officially proclaimed"
November 15 I Love To Write Day: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky,
Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan and Texas. Read the official statement from Governor Ruth Ann Minner
of Delaware by
clicking here. Please write to the Governor
of your state, and ask him or her to recognize I Love To Write Day on Nov. 15.
Help Spread the Word About
I Love To Write Day!
Please help spread the
word about I Love To Write Day. Contact local schools, bookstores, libraries and
writing organizations in your hometown. Tell your local newspaper and radio
stations. Post fliers about I Love To Write Day and view
this year's Media Kit.
I Love To Write Day
is Sponsored in Part by These Books…
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