Glimmerglass Festival Announces Writing Contest Winners
COOPERSTOWN—Earlier this week, The Glimmerglass Festival announced the winners of its youth writing competition inspired by “The House on Mango Street.” Based on the acclaimed novel by Sandra Cisneros, “The House on Mango Street” is making its world premiere as part of The Glimmerglass Festival’s 50th anniversary season: “The Art of Making Art.” The opera unfolds in a series of neighborhood interactions, which range from fascinating to funny to frightening, through which the heroine, Esperanza, comes to understand that storytelling is the medicine she can offer her community—and herself.
Young writers in the Mohawk Valley—Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Saratoga, and Schoharie counties—were invited to submit stories, poems, or essays inspired by their experiences and their neighborhoods.
In grades 7-9, Adele Beront (Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School District) was awarded first prize; Cora Connolly (home study), Killian Redden (Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School District), and Ella Swift (home study) received honorable mentions.
