News Article on Rudyard Kipling Young Writers Award

Here is a link to the Brattleboro Reformer covering our Rudyard Kipling Young Writers Award ceremony and contest.

“As owners of five historic homes that have been painstakingly restored and open for guests, including Rudyard Kipling's home, Naulakha, in Dummerston, where Kipling wrote The Just So Stories, The Jungle Book and Captains Courageous, we wanted to celebrate his legacy along with our own anniversary," said Tristam Johnson, interim executive director of Landmark Trust USA. "We believe this competition is an important opportunity to encourage imagination and creative writing skills in our young people."

A crowd of more than 70 people gathered at the Latchis Theatre on June 4 to celebrate the winners. In a little more than four weeks following the announcement of the competition, 90 responses including 14 poems, 67 prose pieces and eight non-fiction pieces were received.“

Read the full story here.