The Press Service International program has three distinctive young writer groups – Australia, New Zealand and Internationals.
The New Zealand young writers are well on their way to establishing themselves separate from Australia and now the Internationals have set 1 July to do likewise.
International young writers were initiated into the program in 2010 - that is 12 years and along the way many international young writers have written for 2 years and up to 5 years - or even more.
This initial list are those who have written for some years and then moved on.
Daniel Jang, Rosie Robinson, Graeme Wood, Daniel Thomas, Dan Paterson, Danielle Jones, Tim Wilson, Lisa Goetze, Christina Jones, Mark Dewer, Stay-Ann Smith, Aaron Sabio, Janice Williams, David Roberts, Laurinda Rapp, Mimum Faizy, Brendon Bell, Kelli Hendrickson, Jason Lalone, Charis Jackson, Tina Hakimi, Beckie Bowie, Daren Salmon, Tamika Smith, Ashley Vallins, Laura White, Oscar Duan, Joseph Kalapudi, Julia Baber
These previous internationals came from - Korea, England, West Indies, Canada, USA, Afghanistan, Israel, Turkey, France, Papua New Guinea, China, India
The current international young writers
England, West Indies, South Africa, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Canada, China, Japan
Remarkable story
These past 12 years has been a hallmark of the young writer program celebrating young people speaking forth to an international audience. For this alone we give Joy to the Lord.
1 July
July 1st is that date set that the international young writers initiate their own ministry moving out from under the PSI umbrella (as are the Kiwi young writers). Many ministries see that when the leader is taken, the subsidiary ministries fall over. Mark T is ensuring this does not happen with the Kiwis and Internationals.
The internationals leadership group move into the role of the internationals Brain's Trust on 1 July - 5 people the same number as the Australian Brain's Trust.
The current international leadership group is Josh Robbie (South Africa, editor), Ashea West (New York, Stand Alone), Rose-Ann Durant (West Indies, Coordinator), Tamieka Dussard (Canada, New Writer Coordinator), Kacy Garvey (Jamaica, media professional).
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