RBWG Contest Judges

Lisa Graff who is a frequent contributor of personal essays to the Washington Post, has also had essays published in magazines such as Health and Women’s World Magazine. For over two decades, she taught English, Speech and Drama in the Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland, grades 7-12

David Teague lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with his wife, the novelist Marisa de los Santos, and their two children, Charles and Annabel. David teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Delaware. “Franklin’s Big Dreams,” is his first picture book, based on dreams he had when he was little but didn’t quite figure out until he wrote “Franklin.” Next up for David is “Billy Hightower,” a picture book about a boy who lives on top of the highest building in the world, so high that when it rains on everybody else it doesn’t rain on him.

Terri Clifton has been working with kids, tutoring and reading with them, since she was in high school. Once she had children of her own, she volunteered in the classroom and at the Parent-Teacher Assocation and ran the scholastic book fairs in Milton schools for several years. Although she was always interested in writing, it wasn't until her boys were older that she began seriously working on a children's novel. The death of her son, Chad, in the Iraq War prompted her to write the memoir, A Random Soldier, published in YEAR?. Currently, she is back in classrooms talking with young writers about the importance of writing, and has just completed her first young adult novel.

Anne Colwell writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction; she is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Delaware. The author of the poetry collection, Believing Their Shadows, published in 2010, she is also the Recipient of the Dogfish Head Poetry Prize for 2007 which included publication of her chapbook Father’s Occupation, Mother’s Maiden Name. Her critical book, Inscrutable Houses: Metaphors of the Body in the Poems of Elizabeth Bishop, was published by the University of Alabama Press . She lives in Milton , Delaware with her husband James Keegan and son, Thomas.

Liz Dolan’s second poetry manuscript, A Secret of Long Life, which is seeking a publisher, was nominated for the Robert McGovern Prize. She has been published in On the Mason Dixon Line: An Anthology of Contemporary Delaware Writers. A five-time Pushcart nominee, she has also won a $6,000 established artist fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts, 2009. She recently won $250 for prose from The Nassau Review. Her first poetry collection, They Abide, was recently published by March Street Press.Liz serves on the poetry board of Philadelphia Stories.




RBWG 2011 Contest Judges Nonfiction (both age groups): Lisa Graff Lisa Graff who is a frequent contributor of personal essays to the Washington Post, has also had essays published in magazines such as Health and Women’s World Magazine. For over two decades, she taught English, Speech and Drama in the Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland, grades 7-12 Fiction: Age 10-13: David Teague David Teague lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with his wife, the novelist Marisa de los Santos, and their two children, Charles and Annabel. David teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Delaware. “Franklin’s Big Dreams,” is his first picture book, based on dreams he had when he was little but didn’t quite figure out until he wrote “Franklin.” Next up for David is “Billy Hightower,” a picture book about a boy who lives on top of the highest building in the world, so high that when it rains on everybody else it doesn’t rain on him. Fiction: Age 14-18: Terri Clifton Terri Clifton has been working with kids, tutoring and reading with them, since she was in high school. Once she had children of her own, she volunteered in the classroom and at the Parent-Teacher Assocation and ran the scholastic book fairs in Milton schools for several years. Although she was always interested in writing, it wasn't until her boys were older that she began seriously working on a children's novel. The death of her son, Chad, in the Iraq War prompted her to write the memoir, A Random Soldier, published in YEAR?. Currently, she is back in classrooms talking with young writers about the importance of writing, and has just completed her first young adult novel. Poetry: Age 10-13: Anne Colwell Anne Colwell writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction; she is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Delaware. The author of the poetry collection, Believing Their Shadows, published in 2010, she is also the Recipient of the Dogfish Head Poetry Prize for 2007 which included publication of her chapbook Father’s Occupation, Mother’s Maiden Name. Her critical book, Inscrutable Houses: Metaphors of the Body in the Poems of Elizabeth Bishop, was published by the University of Alabama Press . She lives in Milton , Delaware with her husband James Keegan and son, Thomas. Poetry: Age 14-18: Liz Dolan Liz Dolan’s second poetry manuscript, A Secret of Long Life, which is seeking a publisher, was nominated for the Robert McGovern Prize. She has been published in On the Mason Dixon Line: An Anthology of Contemporary Delaware Writers. A five-time Pushcart nominee, she has also won a $6,000 established artist fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts, 2009. She recently won $250 for prose from The Nassau Review. Her first poetry collection, They Abide, was recently published by March Street Press.Liz serves on the poetry board of Philadelphia Stories.
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RBWG 2011 Contest Judges