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Student Writing Celebrated at the Fifth Annual YAWP Reading
On Friday, September 19 in the Lower Calarco Library, seven Hopkins Students read excerpts from writings they honed through the School’s Young Apprentice Writers’ Program (YAWP). Now in its fifth year, YAWP is a summer mentoring program that connects Hopkins students with published authors for guidance, support, and mentorship as they create original pieces.
As family friends, teachers, and mentors looked on, the burgeoning writing talents showcased work that spanned a variety of genres and styles. Works included a short story about infinities and galaxies, two politically-inspired dystopian works, a four-part series of free-verse poems about human connection, a short story exploring class differences in an Indian bakery, a fantasy about the subconscious, and a screenplay about synesthesia.
Following the apprentices' readings, several YAWP mentors—including five-time returning mentor Rachel Fury, three-time returning mentor Claire Zoghb, and Catherine Egan—also read from their own work.
In his opening address, YAWP Director and English Teacher Brad Czepiel expressed his gratitude for the students' efforts. “I want to thank [the students] for their beautiful, honest, gripping, inspiring literature that they’ve produced,” he said. “Tonight, these seven writers are going to entertain, awe, and edify.”
The reading was the culmination of long and persistent work. Since last spring, the students and their mentors have met for over 20 hours, with the students benefiting from the authors' critiques and support to develop their pieces.
| Joaquin C. ’26 | Zainab Hussein |
| Lila K. ’26 | Catherine Egan |
| Micah B. ’26 | Joe Fassler |
| Miri L. ’26 | Eric Eidelstein ’02 |
| Moupriya M. ’26 | Rachel Fury |
| Rania D. ’26 | Rhonda Roumani |
| Tosca f. ’26 | Claire Zogh |
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