Seventy-five courageous boys and girls read from their hearts on the Discovery Green main stage this Sunday, proving to the audience they have what it takes. The Blooms reading of the Houston Young Writers Reading Series, presented by WITS, was the biggest literary celebration of the school year thanks to the principals, teachers, parents, sponsors, and volunteers in attendance, and most of all, to the children who amazed everyone with their outstanding poems, essays, and stories.
Keynote speaker Karen Walrond shared her personal journey of how she became a writer and encouraged the students to own the statement, “I am a writer,” acknowledging that their pieces had been selected from thousands of entries and published in Blooms. (Read more of Walrond’s powerful speech here.) The students shouted in unison from their seats, “I AM A WRITER!” then individually recited their work with strength and conviction.
Daniel Alvarez Fedyaev
Noble Benjamin, Jr.
Helena de la Cruz
Long Hoang Vu