-The Silver Pen Award for cogent thought in writing.
-CPA Parent-Patient Leadership Award for her book "Your Cleft-Affected Child."
-Audience Favorite for her play "The Bench" at the 2012 Wega Arts One Act Play Festival
-Three time nominee for the Herb Kohl Award for Excellence in Teaching
-Nominee for the Green Bay Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching
-Nominee Stephen Sondheim Award for Inspirational Teacher
WINNER:
Audience Favorite, Wega Arts International One Act Play Festival
“The Bench”
June 2012
WINNER:
2004 CPF Parent-Patient Leadership Award for
“Your Cleft-Affected Child”
Non-fiction Book
WINNER:
The Silver Pen Award
Feature Story, "The Post Crescent" (newspaper)
NOMINEE:
Three times: Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award
The Golden Apple Award (teaching excellence)
The Stephen Sondheim Award for Inspirational Teacher
THEATRE/SCRIPTS
Tommy G’s: a 1920’s Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event
The Bench (winner Audience Favorite, Wega Arts International One Act Play
Festival, June 2012, four performances)
Fairy Tale Princess Revenge, staged 2007
The Gift: A Christmas Story. Presented at various theaters in Wisconsin.
Camp Rocky Road, a series of nine skits for Sunday School
Clarence B. Wilder, a series of nine short children’s plays
Changed Lives: A Christmas Story, two act play
The Meaning, two act play
Kids On Stage, a collection of 25 once hour children’s plays, all produced
At various times
Roc The Croc, weekly puppet play series for Sunday School
BOOKS
Maxie: A Football Story
Novel
The Artists' Pen
A collection of original poetry
Your Cleft-Affected Child: The Complete Book of Information, Resources and Hope, Hunter House Publishers, Inc. Alameda, CA 2001
**Winner: 2004 CPF Parent-Patient Leadership Award
A Special Gift: A Devotional For Mothers of Children With Unique Challenges, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN 2000
MAGAZINES --Dozens of articles including
“Torn Apart: Avoiding Destructive Preferences,” TWINS Magazine
“Money Saving Helpers,” TWINS Magazine
“Double-Time Overtime,” Christian Parenting Today
“Urheilulajina ilmataistelu,” IT (Finland)
“Pilot For A Day,” Sports ‘N’ Spokes (wheelchair athletes)
NEWSPAPERS
Winner: The Silver Pen Award for her essays on special needs children
“The Post Crescent” Appleton, WI
Theater Critic for “The Post Crescent,” Appleton, WI 1994-Present Hundreds of reviews of professional and amateur theater productions.
Articles on parenting including:
“Faith and Healing,” (The Post Crescent).
A semi-monthly column on parenting for The Green Bay Press Gazette,
Green Bay, WI
Various: Fox Valley Kids, Brown County Kids, Dane County Kids,
And N.E.W Kids.
Various Features: The Post Crescent, Appleton, WI
The Green Bay Press Gazette, Green Bay, WI
The Times Villager, Kaukauna, WI
The Fennimore Times, Fennimore, WI
NEWSLETTERS
Various features and a column “Not-Required Reading” for the writer’s newsletter
“Extra Innings” Madison, WI
Playful Times, Christ The Rock Playgroup, Menasha, WI
Fox Valley Mother of Twins Club, Appleton, WI
MISCELANEOUS
Other writings published include: short stories and various poetry in regional,
Literary magazines and broadsides; various brochures and pamphlets and PR work, including “Closing The Rift” 25,000 of which have been distributed throughout the Midwest.
Brochures, speeches, ads, corporate letters.
Ghost writer for nuclear power plant training text.
WRITING-RELATED SPEAKING
Southwest Wisconsin Book Festival (fall 2014)
Fox Cities Book Festival
Closing address: Cleft Palate Foundation National Convention, Denver, CO
Parent-Patient Leadership, Cleft Palate Foundation National Convention,
Chicago, IL
Keynote address: Wisconsin Women in Journalism.
Several workshops and speeches at The Writer’s Institute, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI. (Various years since 1998) Topics have included: Navigating the Christian Market, Doing Reviews: From Food to Books to Theatre to Cars and More!, Writing: Where Do I Begin?, Writing Lyrics, Jingles, and Songs for Fun and Profit, and many others.
Various Young Author’s Nights: Sunrise Elementary (Darboy, WI), Jansen
Elementary (Combined Locks, WI), Westside Elementary (Kimberly,
WI), Rosendale Schools (Rosendale, WI), Mauston Schools (Mauston,
WI), and more.
Guest Speaker Concordia College Satellite School, Green Bay, WI
Marion University, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
The Sticking Point writers’ and publishing workshops across the Midwest
Keynote Address: Wisconsin Press Women’s Conference
WRITING RELATED RADIO/TELEVISION
Interview: NPR, Los Angeles, 1 hour exclusive
Interview: The People’s Program, WEMI Radio, ½ hour
“Parenting Twins”
“Raising a Cleft-Affected Child”
WLUK Morning show, Green Bay, WI
“Hometown Hero,” TV5, Green Bay, WI
EDITING
Editor-in-Chief/Writer: “Eagle’s Wings” (newspaper), Fennimore, WI
Associate Editor/Writer: “The Exponent” UW-Platteville, Platteville, WI
Copy Editor/Writer: UW-Platteville yearbook, Platteville, WI
**Carrie is available for presentations, workshops and addresses on over 111 writing topics. Contact her through this website or at the information below.
CARRIE T. GRUMAN-TRINKNER
E4928 Haire Road, Weyauwega, WI 54983
920-750-9587
[email protected]
-CPA Parent-Patient Leadership Award for her book "Your Cleft-Affected Child."
-Audience Favorite for her play "The Bench" at the 2012 Wega Arts One Act Play Festival
-Three time nominee for the Herb Kohl Award for Excellence in Teaching
-Nominee for the Green Bay Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching
-Nominee Stephen Sondheim Award for Inspirational Teacher
WINNER:
Audience Favorite, Wega Arts International One Act Play Festival
“The Bench”
June 2012
WINNER:
2004 CPF Parent-Patient Leadership Award for
“Your Cleft-Affected Child”
Non-fiction Book
WINNER:
The Silver Pen Award
Feature Story, "The Post Crescent" (newspaper)
NOMINEE:
Three times: Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award
The Golden Apple Award (teaching excellence)
The Stephen Sondheim Award for Inspirational Teacher
THEATRE/SCRIPTS
Tommy G’s: a 1920’s Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event
The Bench (winner Audience Favorite, Wega Arts International One Act Play
Festival, June 2012, four performances)
Fairy Tale Princess Revenge, staged 2007
The Gift: A Christmas Story. Presented at various theaters in Wisconsin.
Camp Rocky Road, a series of nine skits for Sunday School
Clarence B. Wilder, a series of nine short children’s plays
Changed Lives: A Christmas Story, two act play
The Meaning, two act play
Kids On Stage, a collection of 25 once hour children’s plays, all produced
At various times
Roc The Croc, weekly puppet play series for Sunday School
BOOKS
Maxie: A Football Story
Novel
The Artists' Pen
A collection of original poetry
Your Cleft-Affected Child: The Complete Book of Information, Resources and Hope, Hunter House Publishers, Inc. Alameda, CA 2001
**Winner: 2004 CPF Parent-Patient Leadership Award
A Special Gift: A Devotional For Mothers of Children With Unique Challenges, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN 2000
MAGAZINES --Dozens of articles including
“Torn Apart: Avoiding Destructive Preferences,” TWINS Magazine
“Money Saving Helpers,” TWINS Magazine
“Double-Time Overtime,” Christian Parenting Today
“Urheilulajina ilmataistelu,” IT (Finland)
“Pilot For A Day,” Sports ‘N’ Spokes (wheelchair athletes)
NEWSPAPERS
Winner: The Silver Pen Award for her essays on special needs children
“The Post Crescent” Appleton, WI
Theater Critic for “The Post Crescent,” Appleton, WI 1994-Present Hundreds of reviews of professional and amateur theater productions.
Articles on parenting including:
“Faith and Healing,” (The Post Crescent).
A semi-monthly column on parenting for The Green Bay Press Gazette,
Green Bay, WI
Various: Fox Valley Kids, Brown County Kids, Dane County Kids,
And N.E.W Kids.
Various Features: The Post Crescent, Appleton, WI
The Green Bay Press Gazette, Green Bay, WI
The Times Villager, Kaukauna, WI
The Fennimore Times, Fennimore, WI
NEWSLETTERS
Various features and a column “Not-Required Reading” for the writer’s newsletter
“Extra Innings” Madison, WI
Playful Times, Christ The Rock Playgroup, Menasha, WI
Fox Valley Mother of Twins Club, Appleton, WI
MISCELANEOUS
Other writings published include: short stories and various poetry in regional,
Literary magazines and broadsides; various brochures and pamphlets and PR work, including “Closing The Rift” 25,000 of which have been distributed throughout the Midwest.
Brochures, speeches, ads, corporate letters.
Ghost writer for nuclear power plant training text.
WRITING-RELATED SPEAKING
Southwest Wisconsin Book Festival (fall 2014)
Fox Cities Book Festival
Closing address: Cleft Palate Foundation National Convention, Denver, CO
Parent-Patient Leadership, Cleft Palate Foundation National Convention,
Chicago, IL
Keynote address: Wisconsin Women in Journalism.
Several workshops and speeches at The Writer’s Institute, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI. (Various years since 1998) Topics have included: Navigating the Christian Market, Doing Reviews: From Food to Books to Theatre to Cars and More!, Writing: Where Do I Begin?, Writing Lyrics, Jingles, and Songs for Fun and Profit, and many others.
Various Young Author’s Nights: Sunrise Elementary (Darboy, WI), Jansen
Elementary (Combined Locks, WI), Westside Elementary (Kimberly,
WI), Rosendale Schools (Rosendale, WI), Mauston Schools (Mauston,
WI), and more.
Guest Speaker Concordia College Satellite School, Green Bay, WI
Marion University, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
The Sticking Point writers’ and publishing workshops across the Midwest
Keynote Address: Wisconsin Press Women’s Conference
WRITING RELATED RADIO/TELEVISION
Interview: NPR, Los Angeles, 1 hour exclusive
Interview: The People’s Program, WEMI Radio, ½ hour
“Parenting Twins”
“Raising a Cleft-Affected Child”
WLUK Morning show, Green Bay, WI
“Hometown Hero,” TV5, Green Bay, WI
EDITING
Editor-in-Chief/Writer: “Eagle’s Wings” (newspaper), Fennimore, WI
Associate Editor/Writer: “The Exponent” UW-Platteville, Platteville, WI
Copy Editor/Writer: UW-Platteville yearbook, Platteville, WI
**Carrie is available for presentations, workshops and addresses on over 111 writing topics. Contact her through this website or at the information below.
CARRIE T. GRUMAN-TRINKNER
E4928 Haire Road, Weyauwega, WI 54983
920-750-9587
[email protected]