Where Am I? Sitka Story Lab Student Anthology
The Island Institute's Sitka Story Lab program released this new book of Southeast Alaskan student writing in May 2016. Called Where Am I?: Stories of Strange Landscapes, Wrong Turns, and New Worlds, the anthology features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and zany creative experiments that convey the disorientation and the discovery that young people experience, from being in the wilderness to simply growing up. The young writers come from Sitka, Hoonah, Haines, Wrangell, and Skagway, and are as young as nine years old and as old as eighteen. "The writing ranges from fantastic and playful to emotionally moving and dark," said Story Lab Coordinator Sarah Swong. "I'm impressed at how creative and varied these writings are, and at how open students were to feedback and improving their work." The project offered students the chance to write a piece for publication and to hone their writing with an editor.
The Island Institute's Sitka Story Lab program released this new book of Southeast Alaskan student writing in May 2016.
Called Where Am I?: Stories of Strange Landscapes, Wrong Turns, and New Worlds, the anthology features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and zany creative experiments that convey the disorientation and the discovery that young people experience, from being in the wilderness to simply growing up. The young writers come from Sitka, Hoonah, Haines, Wrangell, and Skagway, and are as young as nine years old and as old as eighteen.
"The writing ranges from fantastic and playful to emotionally moving and dark," said Story Lab Coordinator Sarah Swong. "I'm impressed at how creative and varied these writings are, and at how open students were to feedback and improving their work."
The project offered students the chance to write a piece for publication and to hone their writing with an editor.
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THIS I BELIEVE<br />
David<br />
Last year, somewhere in December, we were in music class once<br />
and Mrs. Brant-Ferguson said, “Who would like to volunteer for<br />
our 5th grade winter concert?”<br />
The next thing you know, my hand is raised in the air not even<br />
knowing what I’m announcing. So Mrs. B gave me the cards and<br />
told me to start practicing. It was an announcement about the high<br />
schoolers playing in between our concert’s break.<br />
On the day I got my notecards, I didn’t practice. I was too “busy”<br />
playing a video game called Clash of Clans. I totally regret not<br />
practicing. On the day of the concert I got up and was about to<br />
announce when I noticed it: close to a full house. Hundreds of eyes<br />
staring at me! I then began to just forget about the eyes and just<br />
read. I began to have a stutter in my voice. If I ran off, it would be<br />
more embarrassing than just reading and having a little stutter. I<br />
had raised my hand in class to get rid of my stage fright, but this<br />
really only made it worse.<br />
So, in the end, I learned two things. One, we should be more confidence<br />
in ourselves. And two, don’t get too distracted by things and<br />
do what you need not what you want. I believe in confidence and<br />
practicing.<br />
Southeast Alaska <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Anthology</strong><br />
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