Renee is a rising senior attending Woodbridge Senior High School as a transfer student for their Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Creative Writing program. The four-year program has helped her develop her writing skills and gain confidence sharing her work with others and entering contests. In addition to her passion for poetry and non-fiction, she is the co-editor-in-chief of Woodbridge Senior High School’s Yearbook class.
“Amalgamation” was selected as a Top Ten poem in the Spring 2013 poetry contest. This means Renee’s poem is one of the ten best for her age division out of over 50,000 poems submitted into the contest. “I am surprised and appreciative to be a Top Ten Winner for my poem.” Renee explains, “I was inspired to write ‘Amalgamation‘ after noticing the techniques of modern poets, such as writing about everyday objects that most overlook like a button or some string. One day I thought about what it would be like if shoes were animate objects. Would they feel unappreciated, abused by humanity living suburban lifestyles? Something told me they would.”
After high school, Renee plans to pursue her writing career. She voluntarily writes articles for online local newspapers such as Bristow Beat, Gainesville Beat, and Potomac Local News. After writing for Bristow Beat since last winter, the owners Jason and Stacy Shaw gave Renee her own column called Out Going Teen. Through this she plans to continue building her resume and gaining experience as a writer.
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