2012 Summer Institutes

Appications are being accepted for the NeWP Lincoln and Humanities Summer Institutes (print brochure), and the " Holocaust Satellite Seminar" exploring the Holocast and social justice (print brochure).

2012 Poetry of Place Celebration

Please join the Nebraska Writing Project in a poetry event that celebrates and explores life in Nebraska. The purpose of this program is to encourage Nebraska students to write poetry about their place, and to make that poetry more visible. (print brochure)

2012 Central and Eastern Nebraska Youth Writing Festivals--Register now

Students and teachers write, share, and learn at newly offered festivals...read more or print brochure.

Annual Spring Gathering

Save May 4, 2012, 6-8 pm for the Annual NeWP Spring Gathering and Awards Celebration on the University of Nebraka Lincoln city campus. Carol MacDaniels and Administrator Support Awards Nominations are due March 16.

2011 Lincoln Summer Institute

Fourteen teachers rejuvenated this summer with writing, inquiring, and strategy-sharing...

2011 Rural Summer Institute at North Platte

Fifteen central and western Nebraska teachers (K-12) participated in the 2011 Nebraska Writing Project Rural Institute...

2011 Technology Summer Insitute Recap

The 2011 Technology Institute was like an Extreme Makeover: Teacher Technology Edition...

Spotlight Writer: Danielle Helzer

Perkins County High School teacher Danielle Helzer shares her story and her writing...

Twelve Stories I Never Told You...

Vignettes written by NeWP Advisory Board members and inspired by Dan Holt’s "Ten Stories about Coyotes I Never Told You"...

Valentine High School Marathon at Centennial Hall

Students find the writing marathon to be a new and exciting way to find topics for creative expression...

Fourth Annual Retreat and Marathon

Teacher-writers descended once again on Platte River State Park for the annual Nebraska Writing Project Platte River Writing Retreat and Marathon...

Five Nebraska Teachers Score in Chicago

Five middle school NeWP teachers participated in the 2011 National Evaluation Scoring Conference...

Writing Project Profiled

"GoodNUz", a publication of the Nebraska Alumni Association, profiles NeWP...

The votes are in!

Grab your iPad, Kindle, or library card and hunt down a copy of the titles voted in for the 2011 One Book One NeWP discussion...

Holocaust Satellite Seminar

"From digital stories, to action plans, to personal reflection pieces, our teachers shared what they learned..."

Twelve Students Selected for Poetry of Place

Twelve student poets from across Nebraska gathered at the State Capitol on May 6, to read their selected poems...

Administrative Support Award

Robert Bussmann was awarded the Nebraska Writing Project 2011 Administrator Certificate of Recognition at the annual Spring Gathering...

Carol MacDaniels Award

Jane Conneally received the Nebraska Writing Project Carol MacDaniels Award for 2011...

Spring Marathon Goes West to Holt County

Nebraska Writing Project Teacher Consultants enjoyed sharing their county's local wonders...

NeWP at Orlando in Photos

Seven Nebraska teachers represent NeWP at NWP in Orlando...

Helzer's Ogallala Language Arts Students Pay It Forward

Danielle Helzer's 9th grade langauge arts students carry out social action and awareness projects in Ogallala.

Lincoln North Star English Department Utilizes EQUIPs

Melanie Farber, English Teacher and the English Department Chair at Lincoln North Star High School, describes the impact of NeWP EQUIPs in the Lincoln North Star English Department...

Spotlight Writer: Diana Weis

Millard Public Schools (Omaha) teacher Diana Weis shares her story and her writing...

NeWP Teachers: Come Home and Join the NeWP Ning!

NeWP Ning is developed to reconnect NeWP teachers...