When Maverick Simon, 14, of Mound House received two perfect scores in the high school division of Carson City’s first Mark Twain Days Writing Contest, it brought his mother to tears. Maverick, who is ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- They came from as near as the next block and as far away as Iran - more than 700 "Twainies" anxious for a shot at finishing a unpublished story by Mark Twain and winning the first ...

The deadline to enter the Mark Twain House & Museum’s 2018 Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest has been extended to July 15. Prizes will go to a first-place winner and two runners-up in each category ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco. In the ...

The Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department presents two free writing workshops for the community on April 22 as part of the Mark Twain Days Festival. The workshops will take place at ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract This article traces the evolution of Mark Twain's early travel writing by comparing intersections between recorded travel and nature ...

Quote of the day by Mark Twain highlights a thought on fear, life, and death. This explainer covers the meaning of the quote, what quote of the day means, and detailed information on Mark Twain’s life ...

The Chronicle won the best-of-show award for newswriting Saturday in the annual contest sponsored by the Associated Press News Executives Council. The prize, dubbed the Mark Twain Award, honored ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco. In the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Scholars at the University of California at Berkeley have pieced together a collection of dispatches written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco. In the ...