Literary Media & Communications
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 The Literary Media & Communications Department offers creative writing, journalism, playwriting, and text-based media curricula modeled and structured after four-year programs at the university level, affording its students the opportunity to engage in college/pre-professional work. Students will work with faculty, mentors, and working professionals in each of these subject areas. The curriculum is production-based, through workshops, publications, performances, script development, and internships.
 Students produce several publications--The Green Chair, The Georgetown/Duke Ellington Anthology, and a website--as well as submit work to several area writing contests, including the Larry Neal Writing Awards, the Parkmont Poetry Contest, the DC Poet Laureate Contest, the Horwitz Playwriting Contest, and stage and film contests. They also perform their original work at Ellington's Coffeehouses and other venues in the metropolitan area, culminating with the annual Literary Media Spring showcase. Associated Press journalists and writers across genres supplement the curriculum through residencies and master classes.
Goals For Students
- Students will integrate their academic skills with their literary media training.
- Students will have an opportunity to read/perform and publish their work.
- Students will have an opportunity to see their work produced at Ellington.
- Students will work in internships.
Departmental Goals
- Operate a web and film component as a student training vehicle.
- Provide opportunities for students to work cooperatively, through workshops, print and web publications, and ensemble performances.
- Implement a creative writing component that trains students in genres and styles, prepares them to produce original works, helps them develop manuscripts for publication in independent journals and magazines, and allows them to compete locally and nationally in writing/media contests for publication and scholarships.
- Produce The Green Chair, the Ellington arts journal which consists of reviews, features, articles, and creative writing across genres.
- Design, maintain and update the teen website that provides information for all DC public schools.
- Work on development and production of scripts for stage and film.
Produce a literary journal in conjunction with Georgetown University.
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