Dallas Woodburn

Dallas Woodburn
Born	Ventura, CA, USA
Occupation	Author, Speaker and Freelance Writer [1]
Nationality	American
Education	USC Graduate[1]
Notable award(s)	Cosmo Girl! magazine's "Girl of the Month", Jim Murray Memorial Foundation Scholar award, Congressional Award Gold Medal, a silver medal in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, first place in both "Byline Magazine's" New Talent Short Story Contest and the "Let's Write" literary contest.[1]
Relative(s)	Greg Woodburn (Brother),[2] Woody Woodburn (Father)[3] and Lisa Woodburn (Mother)[3]
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Dallas Woodburn is a writer, speaker, and literacy advocate. She is the author of two published books: There's a Huge Pimple on My Nose and 3 a.m.^[1] She is also the founder of Write On! For Literacy, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging young people to read and write.^[1] Her nonfiction has been published in numerous national publications, her short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her plays have been produced in Los Angeles and Ventura, California.

There's a Huge Pimple on My Nose

Woodburn's first book There's a Huge Pimple on My Nose was self-published when she was 10 years old. It sold thousands of copies and received a glowing review in the Los Angeles Times: "If you simply want to enjoy some remarkable writing, it would be hard to find a book more satisfying." It is a collection of short poems and stories with black-and-white illustrations. The forty pages of this book include the stories There's A Huge Pimple On My Nose, The Magic Eye, D.A.R.E. To Say "No", The Cat And The Dog and The Panda. The poems include Peanut Butter Surprise, The Shot For Glory, The Perfect Place, Yosemite Falls, Fantastic Fall, A Friend, Ocean Kings, Masterpiece and "My Monday Guy" The book was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, The Ventura County Star and Girls' Life Magazine.

3 a.m.

Her second book 3 a.m. came out in June 2005, right after Woodburn finished high school. It is a collection of short stories published by iUniverse and is available on Amazon.com. The cover was designed by Greg Woodburn, her brother. The stories included are The 74-Year-Old Rookie, Lost and Found, The Hitchhiker, Just Friends, How I Became a Coffee Addict, Red, Wishing on Upside-Down Stars and A Real Beauty. The book is 123 pages long.^[4] The book was given praise by many other authors including Laurie Stolarz, Catherine Clark, and Randy Powell.^[5] It was also featured on the nationally syndicated PBS book talk show "Between the Lines," making Woodburn the youngest guest in the show's history.

Other Writings

Dallas has been published in many other articles and books including^[6]:

• Family Circle
• Writer's Digest
• The Writer
• The Los Angeles Times
• GradtoGreat.com
• TweenParent.com
• CO-ED
• Women's Online Magazine
• Justine
• Listen
• Encounter
• Writing
• Motherwords
• ParentingPink.com
• Ventura County Star
• Inkbyte
• iMediaConnection
• Writers On The Rise
• Health & Home
• So, You Wanna Be a Writer?
• Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV
• Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul
• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting Into College
• The Real Deal on Friendship
• The Real Deal on School
• The Ultimate Dog Lover
• A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers
• Good Friends Come Along Once in a Lifetime
• Everyday Grace, Everyday Miracle
• Cicada
• Monkeybicycle
• The Newport Review
• Eclectic Flash
• Page Forty-Seven
• SubtleTea
• Eve's Harvest
• Palaver
• flashquake
• Long Story Short
• The Hudson Valley Literary Magazine

Awards

• Jim Murray Memorial Foundation Scholar award
• Silver medal for short story writing in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
• First place in Byline Magazine's Short Story Contest
• First place in Let's Write Literary Contest
• Jackie Kennedy-Onassis/Jefferson Award
• Gold Congressional Award
• Two time first place youth winner of the Ventura Poetry Festival
• CosmoGIRL! magazine's "Girl of the Month"
• Santa Barbara Book Fair held a "Dallas Woodburn Day" in her honor^[1]

Write On! For Literacy

In 2001, Woodburn founded the non-profit organization Write On! For Literacy. This organization is dedicated to encouraging kids to discover confidence, joy, connection and self-expression through reading and writing. The organization's website is www.writeonbooks.com. Woodburn puts on writing contests for kids and teens, publishes book reviews, and holds a Summer Writing Camp in her hometown of Ventura, California. She also leads an annual Holiday Book Drive that donates new books to underprivileged children nationwide. More than 11,000 books have been donated through charities including the Boys and Girls Club, Casa Pacifica, Project Understanding, and the Ventura County Migrant Education Services. Woodburn also uses proceeds from her books to endow a Write On! Scholarship which sends youth to summer writing camps in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} http://writeon.zest.net/399.html
2. ^ 3 a.m., Special Appreciation, Page ix
3. ^ ^{a b} There's A Huge Pimple On My Nose, Page 40
4. ^ 3 a.m.
5. ^ 3 a.m. Back Cover
6. ^ http://writeonbooks.org/dallaswritingcredits.aspx

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