We’ve got big news: our submissions are in! The internal judging panel—made up of editors, educators, and project managers—is now sifting through them, and publication selections will be made soon. We’ll be sending out letters to all of our student submitters within the next two weeks—teachers, be on the lookout! Once our selections are finalized, […]
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The Interior and More!
By Annie WhitcombThe Ninth Day has an interior designer! Robyn Best, who is also doing an independent study this term to help TND with its sales plan, is really excited to get this project. Robyn, Ruth and I met last Wednesday to go over Robyn’s ideas and the first results of the YA interior design research. Robyn […]
Up Nights: The Finish
By Brittany and KylieSorry for the radio silence this past week. After the launch party both Kylie and I were beat, so we decided to take a little breather before posting our final Start to Finish post. As my last two posts have been about taking a look back at my time working on Up Nights, I just […]
Marni Norwich Guest Poet Post: “Why I Don’t Write”
By Ooligan PressEvery Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our forthcoming anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Marni Norwich, a poet from Vancouver, B.C. Please enjoy her post! Why I Don’t Write So many good books have been […]
The Agency Model
By Ooligan Pressby Drew Lazzara For the last several years, Mike Shatzkin, CEO of Idea Logical Company and one of the most intelligent, prolific thinkers on the future of publishing, has collected his thoughts on the state of our industry in his excellent blog, “The Shatzkin Files.” He has been a valuable resource for the staff here […]
Sold!
By Becky StevensI can’t believe it’s already May…anyone else feeling like that lately? As you probably know by now, we’ve reached the deadline for We Belong in History submissions. However, we’re still waiting to make sure we’ve received everything postmarked by the due date. We’d be thrilled to have a huge pile waiting for us next week! […]