College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Butler Bridge Program

Thank you for a successful 2012-2013 academic year! Bridge programming will begin again in the fall of 2013, please check back for a full schedule to be posted soon.

Writing the Butler Way

We are pleased to offer the Butler Bridge Program to students in grades 3-12. The program draws on Butler's remarkable resources to build a bridge between Butler and its community, as well as between students who aspire to higher education and the professors, professional writers, teachers, and college  mentors who are eager to share what they know.

Butler Bridge programs are designed to develop the writing skills of pre-college students. Participation in such an individualized writing workshop program will help students prepare for college while also nurturing their talents and imaginations. 

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Second Annual Writing Contest:
2013 Booth Tarkington Prize for Young Writers

This year's contest is closed. We thank all of the students who submitted their work, as well as all the parents and teachers that encouraged them to do so. This year we had over 60 submissions- triple that of last year! We encourage all of our participants to continue in your writing efforts. Your continued participation is the lifeblood of the contest, so please submit again next year!

We are pleased to announce this year's winners:

High School Poetry: Sarah Panfil "In the Kitchen"
High School Fiction: Carley Drake "Practice and Apologies"

Middle School Poetry: Samantha Downton "Façade"
Middle School Fiction: Hannah Plunkett "Just Run"
Middle School "Other Genre":  Valerie Kraft "Sunset and Stars Over the Ocean"

Elementary Poetry: Samantha Lewis "The Eagle"
Elementary Fiction: Siriphin Vonphrachanh "Black Rabbit's Friend"
Elementary "Other Genre" : Kyriana Bures "Walking in a Winter Wonderland"

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We look forward to reading your creative work!

Happy Writing,
Mindy Dunn, Coordinator