The Teacher’s Voice was founded as an experimental  nonprofit hardcopy magazine on December 23, 2004 and is now free online. Given rising printing costs, our new focus on electronic publishing is a matter of survival that offers many new possibilities in keeping with the changing times. This site is maintained and issues are produced by a loose collective of all-volunteer educators and graduate students that receives no state, federal, or corporate funding. We publish creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, and essays that reflect the many different American teacher experiences.
 
We accept a wide range of work, but given recent local and global events feel a growing sense of urgency when it comes to understanding public education, especially in low-income and working class communities. It seems negligently overcrowded schools with micromanaged teachers do not allow for unhurried healthy conversations that foster a natural love for learning; teacher creativity and expertise are being replaced by mandated curriculums and prepping for standardized tests; teachers are under extreme pressure to deny their reality and fear speaking out; teacher abuse is often very real; an alarming number of novice and veteran educators quit every year. However, in response to what advocates and activists for democratic education are labeling as "an attack on public education," we see an inexorably growing social milieu that is characterized by misinformation, distraction, and apathy. To get a better understanding of the issues, the magazine, and our intentions, please spend time exploring this site.
 

Readers should note that because we produce theme issues (that require enough relevant pieces to be compiled) and  rely on private funding, our publishing schedule and format may vary from year to year.

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2006 Chapbook Contest

Final Judge: Sapphire  Books

FIRST PLACE WINNER

Smack Down!
by Anna E. Moss 

SECOND PLACE WINNER

Mentoring Heidi
by Patricia Lawson

THIRD PLACE WINNER

Untitled Manuscript
by Karen Waggoner

HONORABLE MENTION

Friday Afternoon by Ken Pobo

Reverence by Richard Holinger
Tales Out of School and In by Robert Castle

FINALISTS
Lunch In Chinatown by Mary Bonina
I Am The Teacher by Liz Ahl

The Flying Trolley by Iris Jamahl Dunkle

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1st New/Emerging Poets' Contest
Vol. 2 #3

FIRST PLACE WINNER

Odysessus in Hades: A Classroom Voyage

by John W. Pardee

SECOND PLACE WINNER
Being Schooled
by Shahe Mankerian

THIRD PLACE WINNER

Bilingual Children, Niños Bilingües

by Angélia Salerno

HONORABLE MENTION

I Won't Teach You Less by Danielle Kelly
Grendel's Mommy by Lawrence James Nielsen

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