Young Writers (Writers Resources)

Young Writers Sites:

The Teenage Writers Club The Teenage Writers Club: A community for teens who write and want to share tips and critiques. (Yahoo group) (Young Writers) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theteenagewritersclub/ Mystical Dreamers Mystical Dreamers: A website for writers, poets, and artists who want suggestions on their work or just see what other people have done. (Young Writers) http://www.angelfire.com/realm/mysticaldreamers/index.html Young People's Press Online Young People's Press Online: Hooking up young writers, keeping it real, getting folks published electrizonically and in print. (Young Writers) http://www.ypp.net/ Practical Advice On Writing And Publishing For Young Writers Practical Advice On Writing And Publishing For Young Writers: From Elizabeth Winthrop, author of more than forty books for children, including The Castle in the Attic and its sequel The Battle for the Castle. (Young Writers) http://www.absolute-sway.com/winthrop/advice.html Potluck Children's Literary Magazine Potluck Children's Literary Magazine: Publishes poetry, stories, book reviews and artwork from writers/ artists 8 - 16. Creative articles to help young writers expand their writing abilities. (Young Writers) http://members.aol.com/potluckmagazine/ WritersBBS WritersBBS: Writing forums in every category, including young adults (teen) poetry, critique, short fiction, script, tips, etc. join for free. (Young Writers) http://www.writersbbs.com/ Childrens Express Childrens Express: A national news agency, where young people aged 8-18 produce articles on issues that are important to them but of interest to everyone. (Young Writers) http://www.childrens-express.org/ Young Writer Online Young Writer Online: An international magazine for young people's writing ­ fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry. Writing features, tips and competitions. (Young Writers) http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/ Teen Writer Coffee Shop Teen Writer Coffee Shop: For any teen who likes to write. Post your work, get help when you've got writers' block, or just hangout, relax and read others' work. (Young Writers) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teenwritercoffeeshop/ Children Who Write Children Who Write: Written by children with writing resources included. (Young Writers) http://www.childrenwhowrite.com/ Teen Writer's Dream Teen Writer's Dream: Teens may submit to TWD's print magazine or "poetically correct" anthologies. Site includes message boards and chat rooms. (Young Writers) http://www.teenwritersdream.com Adventures in Writing Adventures in Writing: A web-zine for young authors. Resources from Janie Lynn Panagopoulos, historian, author, lecturer. Advice and information for parents, teachers, librarians, and students. (Young Writers) http://www.JLPanagopoulos.com/ Young Writers: Speculative Fiction Forum Young Writers: Speculative Fiction Forum: Open forum for young writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Site provides the opportunity for writers to critique each other's work, and announces new markets and contests. (Young Writers) http://writers-bbs.com/inkspot/threads.cgi?forum=youngsf Kidscribe Kidscribe: A bilingual (Spanish/English) site for kid authors. Submit poetry and short stories to be published on the site. (Young Writers) http://web2.airmail.net/def Suite101: Young Writers Suite101: Young Writers: A site for college and high school students interested in creative writing and writing for publication. (Young Writers) http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/young_writers Kids Online Magazine Kids Online Magazine: A how to for kids who write. Book reports, articles, spell checking and general tips. You can also submit your writing to the magazine. (Young Writers) http://www.kidsonlinemagazine.com/writingtips.html Teen Writers Teen Writers: This is for any writing teens to share their writing with other people and talk about what they like. (Young Writers) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teenwriters/ The Poised Pen The Poised Pen: Resources and reference for young writers and information on writing workshops. (Young Writers) http://members.tripod.com/the_poised_pen/ Advice to Young Writers Advice to Young Writers: An article by Marion Zimmer Bradley. (Young Writers) http://mzbworks.home.att.net/ Young Writers Online Young Writers Online: A writing and critique group for young writers with a forum, regular exercises, contests, and links. (Young Writers) http://youngwriters.bravehost.com/ Teen Writers Network Teen Writers Network: Place to see or show-off other teen writers work. A Yahoo Club. (Young Writers) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teenwritersnetwork/ Creative Writing for Teens Creative Writing for Teens: Find tips, a selection of young authors' works, plus creative writing and homework help. Archive only, currently no host for this topic at About.com. (Young Writers) http://teenwriting.about.com Write Away! Write Away!: Creative writing and children's literature site for teachers and students aged 7 - 14. Includes writing competitions and exercises, author features, reviews and teachers' notes. (Young Writers) http://improbability.ultralab.net/writeaway/ Monte Sol Workshop Monte Sol Workshop: Two-week summer writing workshop for high-school students, hosted by St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Young Writers) http://www.montesolworkshop.org/ The Write Stuff The Write Stuff: Creative writing club for aspiring authors and poets ages 13-23. (Young Writers) http://www.geocities.com/writestuffclub/TheWriteStuffClub.html National Young Writers Festival National Young Writers Festival: A mailing list for the National Young Writers Festival held each year in Newcastle, Australia. Get involved by joining the list, which is also a good networking resource for emerging Australian writers. (Young Writers) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nywf/ Rejection Collection Rejection Collection: Join your fellow writers and artists to laugh in the face of rejection. (Young Writers) http://rejectioncollection.com/ When Teens Write When Teens Write: Owned and managed by teens. WTW publishes teen poetry, short stories, artwork, and journalism. Free email, live chat, and established mentors. (Young Writers) http://www.teenwriters.net/ The Young Writers Club The Young Writers Club: "Aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities." (Young Writers) http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html Megan's Place Megan's Place: For artists and young writers. (Young Writers) http://www.atlanticus.com/megansplace/ Fallout League of Adolescent Writers Fallout League of Adolescent Writers: Writing from all genres by people between the age of 13 and 21. Info about writing techniques and what makes good writing. (Young Writers) http://www.angelfire.com/ct/fallout/ The Iowa Young Writers' Studio The Iowa Young Writers' Studio: A summer camp specifically for high school students who want to improve their writing. Intensive classes offered in poetry, fiction, and essay writing. (Young Writers) http://www.uiowa.edu/~iyws Writer's of Today Writer's of Today: WOT has something for everyone, a free newsletter, weekly quizzes, and writing references. (Young Writers) http://www.geocities.com/writersoftoday Young Writers' Clubhouse Young Writers' Clubhouse: Encouragement for young writers by Deborah Morris, author of the Real Kids, Real Adventures series. (Young Writers) http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml The Windows Project The Windows Project: Poetry workshops in schools and the community, advice on such workshops and assistance with writing. (Young Writers) http://www.windowsproject.demon.co.uk Young Authors Workshop Young Authors Workshop: Children in grades 4 to 7 are taken through the writing process in a step-by-step fashion, beginning with how to find ideas for stories and continuing through finding online markets for publishing those stories. (Young Writers) http://www.planet.eon.net/~bplaroch/index.html Dawn of Day Dawn of Day: Young readers and writers club. Company promotes child authors. (Young Writers) http://www.dawnofday.com Kids on the Net Kids on the Net: A place where kids can post book reviews and opinion pieces, participate in interactive stories, and write cyberpoetry. (Young Writers) http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/gokids.htm Creative Writing Creative Writing: Children aged 5-11 will find this page very useful in jumpstarting their creativity. A number of ideas which can be used as a stimulus for creative writing lessons. (Young Writers) http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/creative.htm Scriptorium Scribbles Scriptorium Scribbles: Practical advice on writing, publishing and finding new markets. (Young Writers) http://www.thescriptorium.net/youth.html Millennium Philcon Teen Conference Millennium Philcon Teen Conference: The conference, which has a science fiction and fantasy focus, will be held on Labor Day Weekend 2001 at the 59th WorldCon in Philadelphia, PA. (Young Writers) http://www.dpsinfo.com/2001/teens/index.html Wordcraftsmen Wordcraftsmen: A site for teen writers and young writers. Includes writer's forums, short stories, and poetry by teen writers. (Young Writers) http://www.wordcraftsmen.org/ TeenLit.com TeenLit.com: TeenLit.com is dedicated to publishing teen writing, as well as book reviews by teenagers. Teachers and parents of adolescents will find useful information. Teen and teacher discussions, author home pages, and more (Young Writers) http://www.teenlit.com/ Listen and Write Listen and Write: Provides poetry writing activities and interactive writing tools. Write your own poems and submit them for posting in the site Showcase. There are structured writing activities, audio poems that progress in difficulty and useful writing tips. From BBC Ed (Young Writers) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm