Arlington County Detention Center Clients Present Their Written Words
Heard clients from the Arlington County detention center had the opportunity to present their stories and poetry and practice their public speaking skills. Check out the video!
Heard’s Creative Writing at the Alexandria Detention Center Featured in The Zebra
Inmates at the Alexandria Detention Center had the opportunity to write original works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction and then submit them in a competition. The panel of judges – City of Alexandria Poet Laureate Wendi Kaplan, The Zebra Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Mary Wadland, and Georgetown University Professor Mike Long – considered each submission’s technical and artistic strength when determining the winners. (more…)
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