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#ClimatePoemProject
#ClimatePoemProjectPOEM PROMPT: Write a poem about the desertin the voice of a bird, a reptile, an animal, or a cactusthat lives in the desert (below are some examples).Check back on EARTH DAY - Saturday, April 22, 2023 for my #ClimatePoem about the desert! To...
March Madness
I could not let March pass without a nod to basketball. I’m part of a large extended family that for several weeks each year, loses their minds over March Madness. If I tried to construct the history of the nonsense it would be moot. Suffice to say, there’s a...
3.14
It's #PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. This week's round up is hosted by Laura Purdie Salas over at Small Reads for Brighter Days.She is celebrating not one, not two, but THREE new books this spring! HAPPY Pi(e) DAY! Did anyone else celebrate this past...
About Patricia Franz
Published poet & kidlit writer
cultivating joy and inspiring
a long, loving look at the real.
Craft Work & Street Creds
Contests/Participant
PB Party 2023 Honorable Mention
National Poetry Month 2023, 2022
PoetryFriday! Click on the link for my poetry!
#50PreciousWords 2022, 2021 Honorable Mention
KidLit Vibes 2022 Honorable Mention
Education
M.A. Theology / Children’s Spiritual Development
Memberships
Member SCBWI-AZ since 2020
Member Inked Voices since 2021
12x12 Picture Book Challenge - since 2021
Courage to Create - The Writing Barn since 2022
Emeriti Trustee, The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGSUSA)
Courses & Conferences
LYRICAL LANGUAGE LAB (Renee LaTulippe)
Andrea Brown Literary Agency (ABLA) Big Sur 2021
Writing Barn: Non-Fiction Beyond Fact Flinging (Heather L. Montgomery)
SCBWI & Smithsonian Institution Online Non-Fiction Workshop
Stanford Continuing Studies: Writing for the Youngest Audience: Little Children, Big Emotions (Lynn E. Hazen/Elissa Haden Guest)
Highlights Foundation: The Art of Giving & Receiving Critique (Erin Dionne)
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