Get Involved
We are the organization we are today because of the expertise, time, and energy of our members. What role will you play in moving NCTE forward?
Serve
- Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Affiliates
- Standing Committee Against Censorship
- Build Your Stack® Committee
- NCTE Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction for Children
- NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee
- Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
- Standing Committee on Global Citizenship
- NCTE Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + (LGBTQIA+) Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children’s Literature Committee
- Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Committee
- Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
- Public Language Awards Committee
- Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
- Standing Committee on Research
- Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Affiliates
- Standing Committee Against Censorship
- Build Your Stack® Committee
- NCTE Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction for Children
- NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee
- Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
- Standing Committee on Global Citizenship
- NCTE Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + (LGBTQIA+) Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children’s Literature Committee
- Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Committee
- Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
- Public Language Awards Committee
- Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
- Standing Committee on Research
Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
Charge
The NCTE Promising Young Writers program makes use of an advisory committee and state coordinators. Their charges are as follows:
Committee: To advise the NCTE staff on the nature, policies, and procedures regarding the NCTE Promising Young Writer Awards, including the following issues:
- To develop a specific plan for involving more public schools in the awards, especially those with large nonwhite populations.
- To prepare a written set of recommendations for the NCTE Executive Committee regarding the following: revision of the structure of the award to mitigate the negative effects of competition on student identity and learning; consideration and development of diversified awards: that recognize development of English Language Learners in writing in their first language as well as English composition; that recognize remarkable improvement or growth in writing; that recognize multimodal composition (digital or non-digital); and that recognize remarkable risk-taking with the process of writing, instead of the exclusive focus on the final draft.
- To consider and make recommendations for ways that the work might interface with NCTE’s National Day on Writing.
State Coordinators: To advise the NCTE staff on any changes that should be made in the NCTE Promising Young Writers program; to review judging procedures; to recommend judges; to recommend ways to publicize the program; to coordinate judging of papers within the state; to help disseminate information about the winners; and to suggest topics for the impromptu theme.
Current Members
CHAIR, Stephanie Robillard (2025)
(Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California)
Emma Bene (2025)
(Stanford University, Stanford, California)
Maggie McConnaha (2025)
(Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
Tairan Qiu (2025)
(University of Houston, Houston, Texas)
Christopher Rogers (2024)
(University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia)
Grace Villa (2025)
(Pleasanton Middle School, Pleasanton, California)
Theresa Walter (2024)
(Great Neck South High School, New York)
Amy Weigel (2025)
(Hanford Joint Union High School District, Hanford, CA)
Sandra Boateng (2026)
(Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)
Chelsea Kent (2026)
(University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO)
Executive Committee Liaison, Tonya B. Perry
(Miles College, Fairfield, Alabama)
NCTE Staff, Ashley Sisk