VIRGINIA B. BALL CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION AWARD Ella Harrigan was the winner of the 2020 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition. She was chosen from more than 170 applicants from 31 states and 6 countries to receive the prestigious award. Thanks to generous grants from the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation, the Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition Scholarship has provided over $1.6 million for young writers of great promise to study creative writing at Interlochen since 2001.
"I’ve grown more as a writer in a year at Interlochen than I thought it was possible to grow in four. The quality of the teachers, and their willingness to go above and beyond for their students, is what makes this a truly special place, along with the rich community of artists that makes up the student body. I’ve found true friendship here, and a sense of belonging. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have been part of this school." — Ella (IAA 20-21)
FROM 'ELEMENTS' by Ella Harrigan
when i am thirteen everything is new, the world is scraped knee after red scraped knee. to try and protect myself, i wear blue and white, anoint myself in jasmine tea, tears, rainwater. one summer day, the sky decides to break open. i watch it and howl, rain in my eyes and mouth, i lie on my elementary school track, my back slit
by bits of gravel. i look for signs to stay alive, watching for lighting the way the devout search for the divine in a face on burnt toast. i stop fighting
the rain, how it falls down on me forgiving me, melting me holy
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
INTERLOCHEN ONLINE 2020
INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY 2020-21 545 Academy students FROM 46 states & territories AND 18 countries & territories
INTERLOCHEN ARTS CAMP 2021
2,099 Camp students
1,441 Interlochen Online 2020 FROM 47 states & territories AND 21 countries & five continents
FROM 51 states & territories AND 21 countries & territories
10 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
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