Northeast Region

Including Ashland, Medina, Portage, Trumbull, Wayne, and Southern Summit (see Lake Erie Region) Counties

Regional Director:
Mary Anderson
mary@powerofthepen.org
330-730-0908

Registration is open to the first 20 schools that register. Register for one District event only.

Northeast District 1
Saturday, January 8, 2022
St. Vincent-St. Mary High School
15 N. Maple Street
Akron, OH 44303
Coordinator: Mary Anderson
mary@powerofthepen.org
330-730-0908

Northeast District 2
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Ashland Middle School
Coordinator: Carolyn Hrinda

Qualifiers from both events will advance to the Northeast Ohio Regional Tournament at:

Kent State University
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Bowman Hall
850 Lester Lefton Esplanade
Kent, OH 44240
Coordinator: Mary Anderson
mary@powerofthepen.org  

Who's Going

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson has a B.S. in Education, an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and an Education Specialist degree, all from Kent State University. She  has been involved in Power of the Pen since 1987. She was a coach whose students loved Power of the Pen and fared very well in tournaments. She traveled the state acting as a Tab Room supervisor for many years with her husband Bill, a computer scorer.

Mary has been involved with the State Committee as secretary and president. She now serves as the Northeast Regional Director. She was a contributing author of the Center for Learning’s Biography series, and penned a chapter in a book for teachers titled Why Workshop?

Mary was selected Teacher of the Year at several schools and was honored as Outstanding Teacher at the Power of the Pen State Tournament in 2002. In 2013 she received the Mahar Award as a notable alumna of St. Mary High School.

She has retired from teaching but works as a tutor two days per week. She remains committed to Power of the Pen because of its inestimable impact on young writers.