Fort Wayne Young Authors’ Conference

2024-2025 Young Author's Conference
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3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students

Saturday, April 12th

Guest Speaker:
Ben Hatke

School Registration Form: Due March 7, 2025

Teacher Resources for Home Communication

Young Author Submission Types:
Share any writing that makes you proud!
-book talks / response to literature
-narrative essay
-persuasive
-memoir
-nonfiction / informational writing
-presentation
-poetry

Submissions may be:
-handwritten
-typed
-barebook
-unbound / collection of papers
-any format acccepted!

Who: Selected students in grades 3-5 from across the region

Where: Wayne High School
9100 Winchester Rd Fort Wayne, IN 46819

When: April 12, 2025 from 9am-11:15pm.

Session Leader Information

As a session leader, you should check in upon arrival and will be given a free book from the guest author as well as information for their session. Please plan on arriving 15 minutes prior to your session with students. Session leaders may rearrange the desks to allow each student to share his or her story with the group in a more collaborative manner. After students leave, please place desks back to their original positions. Session leaders may attend the guest author's presentation before or after their session.

Parent Information

Parents should plan on arriving 15-20 minutes early with their child. Please stay with your child for the duration of the morning (both the author's presentation and the student led session).

After the 2nd session, the guest author will sign books for students and parents. You may purchase many of the author's books throughout the morning sessions.