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 ask to see critical creative writing that takes risks without being overly self-indulgent or inaccessible.
We are indeed open to a wide range of work, but given recent local and global events feel a growing sense of urgency when it comes to public education, especially in low-income and working class communities. 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 tow the line and fear speaking out. Teacher abuse is often very real. An alarming number of novice and veteran educators quit every year. To get a better understanding of the issues, this magazine, and our intentions, please spend time exploring this site.
Readers should please 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. We aim to showcase strong cohesive collections that support our mission and satisfy the needs of particular issues.
This year, we hope to publish the second Teacher's Voice Chapbook Contest winner, last year's runner-up, a "Best Of" paperback edition, and other limited press collections if funds allow. We also hope to expand the website, including a reader response page. Letters of all lengths are welcomed.
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2009 Chapbook Contest
The Winners Have Been Selected!
Results Will Be Posted July 15, 2009
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1st 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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