Second Story connects with Butler on a new course
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Second Story has developed a new course in conjunction with Butler University where undergraduate and graduate students work with young people on creative writing in IPS schools. The new course, taught by Managing Director Jim Walker, starts this fall. Read the full story on Butler's website
here.
Second Story meets its match
Monday, April 06, 2009
Thanks to a successful Underground fundraiser and other generous support from the community, The Second Story was able to meet its three-month fundraising goal to receive a $10,000 match from The Indianapolis Foundation, a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate. This is a portion of the $25,000 grant Second Story received from The Indianapolis Foundation in November of 2008.
Hot Baked Cheetos — coming soon!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Hot off the presses! The Second Story, a nonprofit organization created to inspire and encourage young writers, has published Hot Baked Cheetos and Other Things We Like About Indianapolis, a book of short stories about the city written by fourth-graders at IPS School 15 on the Near Eastside. Students wrote about their local favorites like The Indianapolis Zoo, the Indiana State Fair, Garfield Park, Irish Fest and neighborhood stores selling snacks like hot Cheetos.
On Feb. 23, students will read their work, sign books and celebrate the end of a five-month project that brought volunteer professional writers, educators and college students from Butler, University of Indianapolis and IUPUI into the school each week. Family members, volunteers, Second Story board members, school administrators and other key supporters will also attend the celebration.
AuthorHouse, the Bloomington-based provider of self-publishing and marketing services, sponsored the book by providing free copies for the students and volunteers — as well as other publishing assistance. The project was also supported by grants form The Indianapolis Foundation, a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate, and State Farm.
Hot Baked Cheetos, which sells for $13.50, is available in local bookstores and can be ordered online at
authorhouse.com or
amazon.com. Proceeds from the sale of the books go to support this and future student-publishing projects.
The book project caps the first in-school program for The Second Story, which will continue its efforts at other IPS locations this spring — while also providing after-school creative writing programming in partnership with the Kaleidoscope Youth Center at 42nd and Broadway and the Lilly Boys & Girls Club in Fountain Square.
What: Young author celebration, reading and book signing
When: 2 p.m., Feb. 23
Where: IPS School 15, 2302 E. Michigan St.
Check out our Podcast with John Green
Monday, January 26, 2009
Our first Second Story podcast — featuring young adult fiction author John Green interviewed by Ken Honeywell and Scott Woolgar can be heard
right here. Listen. It's fun.
