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Cognito: Crash Test Dummies (Third Place - Poetry)
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Saturday, June 4, 2011. Crash Test Dummies (Third Place - Poetry). Wake up before you and hide the Golden books in the night stand,. Wondering when exactly the Swiss extract themselves from bed to. Turn the waterfalls back on. Take me to the mountains in an elevator. And down a wooden slide requiring straddling, not sitting,. So we can lick the same salt as everyone else,. Why weren’t we afraid of diseases?
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Cognito: January 2010
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. He watches from across the room, as she gathers up her things. Deciding what to leave behind, and choosing what to bring. She’s filled with indecision, not knowing what to do. Wondering if she’ll miss it, or if it’s something she will use. As she makes her choices, she really doesn’t see. How much it breaks her daddy’s heart, to know she’s going to leave. And drives to her new home, ...
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Cognito: One-Line Story/Opening Line Contest Winners 2011
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Saturday, March 5, 2011. One-Line Story/Opening Line Contest Winners 2011. Every day," I tell myself, "I am one step closer to becoming the world's oldest child prodigy.". Early morning, bright and cheery, the shining planes crashed the bright buildings to the ground. Despite what they said, the railroad wasn't such a bad place to live. Thanks to everyone who submitted sentences! How Do I Find What I Seek? Natio...
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Cognito: February 2010
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Sunday, February 28, 2010. Garbage Man - Laughable Love Poems, First Place. By Aleah F. Liebenau. I wake up at six am every Monday to see him. A jump suit full of different smells. Holes are his friends. Taking out his handkerchief. Must be on fire. Drops to the pavement. I could almost smell it. His shoes don’t have any laces. Rope takes the place of lace. His chiseled chin sticks out. He gives Jay Leno. Subscr...
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Cognito: at the Cantina (Second Place - Poetry)
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Saturday, June 4, 2011. At the Cantina (Second Place - Poetry). I wish you could have seen the napkins. at. The cantina. seen. How they were folded. As if in a song,. A middle aged bartender,. Alone at night suddenly. Stops what he is doing. He begins to methodically fold. An unassuming pile of thin, white napkins. It is not enough to simply place each one in. The small, plastic cup. Each small, wooden, table.
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Cognito: Jibblies Winners 2010
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. The results are in, and here are the winners of the 2010 horror-themed Jibblies contest:. 8221; by Hannah I. Darling. Fiction "The Quiet Life” by Jasmine Lane. Poetry “Students” by Angela Finneran. Fiction “Release” by Patrick Duggan. Poetry “Make Sure the Light is On” by Riley Hamilton. Fiction “Trip to Iao Valley” by JodiAnn Tomooka. Poetry “ Heavy Breathing. 8221; by Jonathan Ulrich.
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Cognito: Book suggestions from Cognito's bulletin board - Fall 2010
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Sunday, January 16, 2011. Book suggestions from Cognito's bulletin board - Fall 2010. Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale. Italo Calvino - Cosmicomics. Italo Calvino - If On a Winter's Night a Traveller. Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games. Yoram Kaniuk - Adam Resurrected. WG Siebold - The Rings of Saturn. Kristin Cashore - Graceling. Megan Whalen Turner - The King of Attolia. Nick Hornby - A Long Way Down.
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Cognito: June 2010
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Wednesday, June 2, 2010. Ed Versluis Contest Winners. All right, everyone! The results of our 6 hours of judging are in, and the winners are:. 1st place: “The Picture of Violet” by Hannah I. Darling. 2nd place: “Mae and the Judge” by Richard Balzer. 3rd place: “A Notebook for Every Town” by Corynn Del Core. Published Honorable Mention: “Missed Connection” by Jamey Strathman. Winners of the 7th Annual Ed Versluis...
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Cognito: The Way We Talked (Third Place - Fiction)
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Creating opportunities for student writing. And promoting the intellectual exchange of ideas. Saturday, June 4, 2011. The Way We Talked (Third Place - Fiction). Now this girl is talking to me as if what we’re saying matters. Her friends, travel, careers, health, it all matters and we remind ourselves and each other of it as often as possible in the way we talk. She is a master of it, and I get excited with her. Yes! Go to Indonesia. Yes! To know someone loves you? 8221; I remember the way he said awful.
