CMTS Announces the 2024 Quarry Farm Fireplace Winners
Every year the Center for Mark Twain Studies holds a writing contest for local elementary school students focusing on the fireplace tiles in the Quarry Farm parlor. You can find more about the assignment, lesson plan, and past contest winners here.
The winners of the 2024 Quarry Farm Fireplace Writing Contest are:
- Flynn Gorman, Carder Elementary School (Corning, NY)
- Eliza B. Perry, Carder Elementary School (Corning, NY)
- Andrew Robinson, Carder Elementary School (Corning, NY)
The Center for Mark Twain Studies encourages local elementary school teachers to discuss Mark Twain’s legacy in Elmira and the Southern Tier region of New York State. 2nd grade to 6th grade students from local schools are encouraged take part in this writing contest and submit their creative writing stories. A “local school” is defined as being no more than 25 miles away from Quarry Farm. Quarry Farm is the home where Mark Twain lived for over twenty consecutive summers and is the place where Twain penned The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and many other important texts. Three winners from three different schools are chosen by the CMTS Staff.
All the fireplace tiles and a full virtual tour of Quarry Farm can be found at MarkTwainStudies.org. The virtual tour can be found here. The fireplace tiles can be found here.
CMTS is dedicated to providing educational resources for students, teachers, and the general public that focus on Mark Twain Studies and his legacy in Elmira. You can find our overgrowing collection of resources here.
