The 2017 OKCTE Spring Conference - "more creative than ever"  featured awards for student writing, recognition of the best and brightest new English teachers in the state, and the teaching of poetry. Dr. Iliana Rocha served as the "poet laureate" for the conference.

To view an online copy of the 2017 BEST YOUNG WRITERS ANTHOLOGY, click here.

Geraldine Burns Award winners announced

Approximately 2,200 teachers graduated from universities in Oklahoma certified to teach. Of these 2,200 teachers, institutions of higher education in the state were asked to nominate the ONE BEST TEACHER OF ENGLISH at their university. The following is the list of winners of the GERALDINE BURNS AWARD for outstanding teacher interns for 2017. All Geraldine Burns winners receive FREE membership in OKCTE and FREE admission to the fall conference and a GUARANTEED SESSION to speak at the fall conference. Congratulations to these outstanding teachers.

1.     Elizabeth Daigle, Cameron University                   
2.     Bonnie Stoup, East Central University               
3.     Madeline Kellner, Northeastern Oklahoma State University       
4.     Lauren Nelson, Oklahoma State University      
5.     Kendall Allen, Oklahoma Christian University
6.     Allie Baird, Southern Nazarene University
7.     Maggie Heaps, University of Central Oklahoma
8.     Grace Burrin, University of Oklahoma
9.     Susannah Leonard, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
10.   Bailey Twilleger, Oklahoma Panhandle State
11.   Bo Bradshaw, Oklahoma Baptist University
12.   Elaine Cleveland, Mid-America Christian University