Thanks to Purdue College of Education for helping to spread the good word! #teenswritingrural #writingcontest #writersoftwitter #WritingCommunity

Investing in education is investing in rural communities! As we enter college application season, utilize these resources for rural counselors, teachers, and students. ruralschoolscollaborative.org/news/rural-col… #RuralCollegeEquity

Check out the latest issue of The Rural Educator for some excellent rural scholarship, including a piece about this year's Whippoorwill Book Award winners. scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ruraleducator/… Whippoorwill Book Award The Rural Educator #rural #AcademicTwitter #ruralyalit #bookaward #whattoreadnext

Check out our latest issue of The Rural Educator! Explore a variety of topics such as college experiences for rural students, rurality in educational policies, university faculty as substitute teachers, the 2023 Whippoorwill Awards, and more! scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ruraleducator/…

Read up about this year’s Whippoorwill Book Award Whippoorwill Book Award winners and some trends we’re seeing in the rural book submissions we get.

👀👀 Check out this beautiful write up about the Whippoorwill Award by Tirzah Price for Book Riot! Whippoorwill Book Award #bookworm #ruralyalit #kidlit #bookaward #ruralstoriesmatter bookriot.com/the-whippoorwi…

Committee members ⁦Dr. Chea Parton’s Literacy In Place⁩ and Erika Bass talk about the award and the importance of #rural representation in #yalit on ⁦NREA’s #podcast⁩. #teachertwitter #AcademicTwitter #bookaward pca.st/episode/a26a48…

Check out committee co-chair Chea Parton Dr. Chea Parton’s Literacy In Place on the latest episode of Read Appalachia!

Yes! And if they’re rural YA books, please submit them for the Whippoorwill Award!!

In honor of our most recent theme, rural stories for kids and teens, Dr. Chea Parton Dr. Chea Parton’s Literacy In Place has put together some excellent recommendations! literacyinplace.com/2023/10/04/rea…

More solid rural book recommendations.

In our commitment to promoting Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, how do we support teachers in their pursuit of adopting place-conscious pedagogy? Join the JEDI committee webinar series as we discuss with leaders who do this work daily. Register: ow.ly/N0aL50PVkbA

We won’t have books to award 🥇 if #rural folks don’t tell rural stories. So, #teenwriters, send in your work!

✨New Pub✨where I reflect on some of the mistakes I made as a rural teacher and what I’d do different if I could go back and do it over. digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nj-english-jou…

Come hang out with me at #NCTE23!

New guest post on #LiteracyInPlace! Harvesting the Seeds of Storytelling | Kathleen M. Jacobs literacyinplace.com/2023/12/11/har…

Rural Teachers’ and Non-Rural Teachers’ Motivations “As policy interacts with place, these findings suggest that a one-size-fits-all policy model may warrant reconsideration related to specific topics.” Leech, Leech, McClintock, Haug scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cgi/viewconten…

Another episode featuring a Whippoorwill winning book!

We’ve read some awesome books this award cycle! ⭐️Congratulations to these authors and rural stories who made it to the long list!⭐️ It’s from this list we’ll select one winner and up to nine honor books. We’ll announce the winner at the TRAELLE meeting at National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in Boston!