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Shutta Crum writes books for children and poetry for adults. She is also a storyteller, an energetic and humorous public speaker, and a librarian. In addition to her current twenty-one traditionally published books, many of her articles about teaching and writing have appeared in professional journals. She was honored in 2005 by being one of eight authors invited to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll. In 2010 she was invited to present to the Department of Defense American military base schools across Japan.
Metaphor Exercises
Have some metaphor fun with these metaphor exercises! (Note: the Jack Gilbert poem is at this link. …
Shutta Crum Poem at the Ann Arbor District Library month of April
As part of the Poet Tree Town month in honor of National Library Week the poem below was posted at t…
Red Door Magazine Publishes In and Out of the Stormlight. A New Poem by Shutta
Yay! Fun to see my poem in this full-color magazine out of Denmark!
Young Poets Contest for Duval and St. Johns Counties in Florida
If you have a middle schooler or a high schooler who is into poetry–please let them know about…
Poets for Peace Project
How to submit to Poets for Peace anthology.
Key Book Publishing Paths. Guides by Jane Friedman 2025-2026
Thank you, Jane, for these helpful guides to key book publishing paths, and for freely sharing them!