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Organizations: Competitions

 
Creative Communication Poetry Contest
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The purpose of the poetry contest is to bring recognition to poets both young and old. Winners share over $70,000 in prizes. With most contests regionally based, poets are competing against their peers in both age and location. In addition to the winning poems, other poems of high merit are accepted to be published in a hard bound anthology. Within the guidelines of accepting less than 50% of the poems that are entered in each contest, the contest is selective so that it is an honor to be accepted, yet not so exclusive that it is discouraging t...
http://www.poeticpower.com/

 
National High School Essay Contest on the United Nations
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Since 1986, the National High School Essay Contest on the United Nations has inspired students to engage global issues and the work of the U.N. through scholarship and critical thinking. Each year, UNA-USA publishes a topic and question of particular importance to the international community. Students then conduct research and write a response to the question, based not only on the information they have found, but also on their own views and opinions. The purpose of the Essay Contest is not to summarize or evaluate the work of scholars, thinker...
http://www.unausa.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=369041&ct=628107

 
National Peace Essay Contest
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"The United States depends on knowledgeable and thoughtful students--the next generation of leaders--to build peace with freedom and justice among nations and peoples. In the belief that questions about peace, justice, freedom, and security are vital to civic education, the United States Institute of Peace established the National Peace Essay Contest to expand educational opportunities for young Americans."
http://www.usip.org/ed/npec/index.html

 
Power of the Pen
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Power of the Pen™ is a non-profit educational writing program which targets 7th and 8th grade students in Ohio. At three levels of competition (District, Regional, and State), students participate in three rounds of impromptu writing and receive instant feedback from judges.
http://www.powerofthepen.org

 
Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize
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An award given to a student whose essay shows "outstanding academic promise at the secondary level."
http://www.tcr.org

 
River of Words Poetry and Art Contest
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Every year in connection with the Library of Congress, River of Words conducts an international poetry and art contest designed to help children explore the natural and cultural history of their local watersheds. Students who are between the ages of 5-19 may submit an entry form, and eight grand prizes winners receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.D. to attend an awards ceremony at the Library of Congress.
http://www.riverofwords.org/

 
Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards
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"The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have provided an avenue for young artists and writers, in grades 7–12, to receive recognition and rewards for their creative achievements since 1923. By acknowledging the visions and voices of emerging artists and writers, The Awards have helped nurture eight decades of promising talent by providing recognition, cash awards and college scholarships."
http://www.scholastic.com/artandwriting/index.htm
 
 
Organizations: State

 
Hudson Valley Writers' Center (NY)
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The Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the appreciation of literary excellence and to stimulate and nurture the creation of literary works in all sectors of the population. It offers classes for professional and amateur writers, presents public readings by well-known and emerging prose writers and poets, does outreach work in several community sites, and publishes at least one book of poetry each year.
http://www.writerscenter.org/
 
 
Organizations: National

 
Peace Corps - Laguage Arts and Literature (DC)
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This organization features lessons based on fold tales, poems and letters from the experiences of Peace Corps volunteers. Examine writing techniques: vivid images, powerful descriptions, balanced sentences, parallelism and more.

 
Youth Communication
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This organization provides teenagers a communication outlet for addressing important issues in their lives. It helps them develop their reading, writing, thinking, and reflection skills by: training teens in journalism, publishing a number of teen-written publications and providing a public forum. There are a number of resources for educators related to reading and writing, and many of the articles are gifted-related.
http://www.youthcomm.org/

 
Youth Speaks
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This organization is one of the top youth poetry, spoken word and creative writing programs in the country. Youth Speaks provides teens an excellent opportunity to share and compare their writing; some of their events include poetry slams, festivals and reading slams. Other features include a free after-school workshop, press resources, and a merchandise section. An underlying mission of Youth Speaks is to give teens the tools they need to apply their voices in creating social change.
http://www.youthspeaks.org/
 
 
Organizations: Local

 
D.C. Writers Corps
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D.C. Writers Corp is an organization in Washington, DC that targets middle/junior high school students because research suggests that this is the age where children start to lose interest in school. It is our hope that our presence can help maintain interest and commitment to education. In order to make this happen WritersCorps sends accomplished and well-trained local writers into all twelve DCPS middle/junior high schools to run in-school and after-school creative writing workshops. From these workshops, students participate in local poetry r...
http://www.dcwriterscorps.org
 
 
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6+1 Trait Writing
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This online catalogue offers information regarding training and products for the 6+1 Trait Writing framework. The 6+1 Trait Writing framework is a powerful way to learn and use a common language to refer to characteristics of writing as well as create a common vision of what 'good' writing looks like. Teachers and students can use the 6+1 Trait™ model to pinpoint areas of strength and weakness as they continue to focus on continued writing improvement.
http://www.nwrel.org/comm/catalog/detail.asp?RID=16128

 
AlphaSmart
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This line of electronic tools fills a niche for portable computing. AlphaSmart is a leading provider of technology solutions for education and productivity, focused on reducing the cost and complexity of computing. Their products are useful for students struggling with writing. Features include testing controls for teachers. One popular tool is the AlphaSmart 3000, which allows you to enter and edit text, then send it to any computer for formatting or directly to a printer. Its portability allows students to use it anywhere and anytime - in th...
http://www.alphasmart.com

 
Dragon Naturally Speaking for Teens
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Dictation software suitable for children. Allows you to "train" the computer to recognize your voice. You can begin using it with just an hour or so of training.
http://www.dragonsystems.com/naturallyspeaking/home/

 
Educational Fontware, Inc.
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"Would you like to have your spelling lists match what you are teaching, and be in the style that you are teaching? Want to be able to have ruled lines that the children can use for practice? We have handwriting fonts for each of these styles that enable you to do these tasks, and more. Or would you like an ornamental font to use for certificates or formal invitations? You don't have to learn a new program -- the fonts are compatible with all Macintosh and Windows word processing programs --anything with a Fonts menu."
http://www.educationalfontware.com/

 
ePALS Classroom Exchange
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ePALS Classroom Exchange is the world's largest and fastest growing online classroom community, connecting over 4.5 million users from around the globe. ePALS helps learners of all ages become active members of the global community by giving them access to our tools, our resources and each other. Since 1996, ePALS has allowed learners to broaden their horizons, work together and form new friendships. By developing and offering barrier-breaking resources such as the Internet's first built-in webmail language translation, ePALS has allowed people...
http://www.epals.com/

 
Gotham's Writing Workshop (New York, NY) - Summer Programs
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"Teaching more than 6,000 students a year, Gotham Writers' Workshop is the largest and most comprehensive private creative writing school in New York City and online. Ten-week and one-day workshops are offered in more than a dozen forms of writing including fiction writing, screenwriting, nonfiction writing and more. The school also offers private instruction, script and book doctoring services, workshops for teens, and custom workshops for corporations."
http://www.writingclasses.com

 
Handwriting Without Tears (HWT)
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"Handwriting Without Tears® (HWT) is the easy way to teach pre-printing, printing and cursive! It was developed by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR, an occupational therapist and handwriting specialist. She has more than 25 years of experience helping children and training teachers and therapists. HWT is an inclusive method for teaching children of ALL ability levels. Children love it. Also, it doesn't take any special training to teach the Handwriting Without Tears method. Parents and new teachers enjoy the simple and clear directions that make it easy to h...
http://www.hwtears.com/

 
Inspire Software
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Inspiration Software®, Inc. is recognized as the leader in visual thinking and learning. We develop and publish innovative software tools that inspire learners of all ages to brainstorm, organize, plan, and create. With more than 10 million users worldwide, our award-winning software is revolutionizing visual learning in education—inspiring students to develop strong thinking and organizational skills and improve their academic performance.
http://www.inspiration.com/companyinfo/index.cfm

 
Stevenson Learning Skills
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Welcome to Stevenson Learning Skills, the company that publishes the Stevenson Reading Program, Semple Math and other materials for teaching essential skills to both regular and learning disabled students. Our methods are unusual and innovative. We use established techniques like mnemonics (memory aids) and multisensory instruction in imaginative new ways. The materials accommodate common learning problems, such as attention deficits, phonological processing difficulties, memory weakness and sequencing confusion. In addition to publishing, w...
http://www.stevensonsemple.com/index.htm

 
Write Guide, Inc.
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This online instructional service provides you with your own private writing teacher who works with your son or daughter on a daily basis via email, Monday through Friday. All that's required to use the individualized programs is a computer and the ability to communicate via email. Designed specifically to address the needs of the individual student, these programs can serve as a full-fledged writing curriculum, or as a supplement to virtually any other course of study. All students work at their own pace with their own teacher, and all of the...
http://www.writeguide.com
 

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Websites: Informational See all 16 Resources

 
Children's Express
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The aim of Children's Express, a registered charity, is to bring the voice of young people to a wide audience and through our work with young people have a long term impact on:
  • confidence and self-esteem
  • literacy and academic performance
  • leadership and ability to work in teams
  • oral and written communication skills
  • social skills and independence
  • expectations of future prospects

  • http://www.childrens-express.org/

 
Druidawn
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This website hosts an anthology of short stories written by young authors for the enjoyment of their teen peers. It is designed for teen writers who wish to create works of art and fiction in the science fiction/fantasy genre. Hosting a writing club that meets regularly in Lafayette, CO, and an interactive website, Druidawn offers teen authors a supportive community and a revolutionary publishing opportunity.
http://www.druidawn.com

 
Graphic Organizers
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This website offers a long list of downloadable graphic organizers to help students with the writing process.
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html

 
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
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This website works from the premise that an essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task. Either way, your essay will have the same basic format. If you follow a few simple steps, you will find that the essay almost writes itself. You will be responsible only for supplying ideas, which are the important part of the essay anyway. Don't let the thought of putting pen to paper daunt you. ...
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/

 
Handwriting for Kids
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This online curriculum includes lessons and customizable materials for learning handwriting. Learning to write numbers and letters are important tasks for children. It should be exciting and enjoyable activity through which children can experience success. Each lesson is featured on its own page, and kids are shown in simple steps how to write the numbers, letters, and sentences. Kids can trace uppercase and lowercase letters, and even blank sheets are provided for kids to practice more before their next lessons!
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/index.htm

 
Handwriting Worksheet Maker
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Make custom handwriting worksheets with text in basic print, denelian, and cursive
http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/

 
Helping your child with handwriting
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"Children who paint or write in cursive, but who are unable to write legibly and consistently, in spite of repeated admonitions, require special approaches to the solution of their special difficulties. These are youngsters who are unable to properly form their letters, who have difficulty keeping their letters on the line, who may not seem to understand the relative sizes of letters, who either crowd letters within words together, or who space so poorly that it is almost impossible to determine where one word ends and another begins." Read thi...
http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/handwriting.shtml

 
InfoTrac College Edition
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"InfoTrac College Edition, an Online Research and Learning Center, offers over 15 million full-text articles from over 5000 scholarly and popular periodicals. Articles cover a broad spectrum of disciplines and topics- ideal for every type of researcher. Professors and students can gain access to the online database 24/7 on any computer with internet access. The newest feature to InfoTrac College Edition is InfoWrite, a writing tool that assists students through difficult areas of research writing."
http://infotrac.thomsonlearning.com/about.html

 
International Writing Centers Association
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This website offers a variety of writing resources, some of which include writing center resources, writing centers online, and resources for writers. In addition, some of the links to writing centers online will allow students access to an editing service.
http://iwca.syr.edu/

 
KidLit
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This website is designed for kids (mostly) and for adults interested in quality children's literature. It offers all kids an opportunity to see their works published on the Web. We welcome any submissions in electronic form, either by email or by output from a word processor. All submissions must be in a PC-compatible format. We'd be happy to consider any literary or artistic works in age groups up through high school. This site offers art, poetry, stories, book reviews, and contests - all for children by children.
http://mgfx.com/kidlit/
 

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Websites: Learning Tools

 
Callirobics
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Callirobics (CALLIgraphy and aeROBICS) are a unique concept in handwriting exercises. They consist of repetitive simple writing patterns (straight and curved lines) to music. The music relaxes the participants and adds rhythm to their exercises. With music the exercises become fun instead of tedious penmanship chore. Music also benefits participants who learn better through auditory, instead of visual means.
http://www.callirobics.com

 
Startwrite
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This program allows parents and teachers to create custom worksheets to teach handwriting skills. It has both print and cursive options with optional graphics.
http://www.startwrite.com/
 
 
Websites: For Fun

 
Cyberkids
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This website is intended to provide a voice for young people on the Internet. They accomplish this by publishing original creative work by kids in the areas of art, writing, games/puzzles and multimedia by kids ages 7 to 12.
http://www.cyberkids.com/index.html

 
Fanfiction.net
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This website lets users register an account as an author, type up a story, and post it on the site. You can also read others' stories, review them, and get hints to help you with your stories. The topics are varied- original work, poetry, stories in many genre, as well as take-offs from TV shows, comics, movies and much more.
http://www.fanfiction.net

 
Keypals Club International (KCI)
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This is the first and original penpal club for kids by kids and we make sure you are safe in here.
http://worldkids.net/clubs/kci/

 
Scriptorium Scribbles
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This website is home of the young writers' resource webzine. This site has articles, resources, workshops, and helpful hints for young writers to explore and better their skills.
http://www.thescriptorium.net/youth.html

 
Volume
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This website offers an online poetry forum for teens and information on upcoming readings, poetry slams, and their national youth writing magazine, No Comment.
http://www.nocommentweb.com

 
Youth Writing Festivals at Calvin College
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The Youth Writing Festivals at Calvin College are especially for young people in grades 1-12. They include a writing contest and workshops for young writers featuring established authors and illustrators.
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/festivals/ywf/index.htm
 
 
Schools & Programs: College Affiliated

 
EPGY English Department
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This distance learning program through EPGY offers English courses from the fourth-grade level through the Advanced Placement level. Students are placed into English Expository Writing courses based on age and standardized test scores.
http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/english/

 
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
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This website -- the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University -- now contains more than 1 Gigabyte of writing-related material, with new material being added almost every month. The web site contains hypertext workshops and subject tutorials on writing research papers, resumes, and cover letters, huge collections of links to help users find information on the Internet, PowerPoint presentations about all aspects of writing that can be downloaded for use in classes or individual study, and a voluminous quantity of web pages that cover all asp...
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writinglab/
 
 
Schools & Programs: Public

 
LearningLinks
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This distance learning program is designed for independent learning and offers students in 6th through 12th grades Honors level and Advanced Placement courses for high school credit. Teachers proficient in their respective subject areas work with LearningLinks students in a variety of formats. Most of the courses are offered in an online format through BlackBoard CourseInfo. Students also communicate with their instructors via email, telephone and the U.S. Postal Service.
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu:16080/learning/

 
Northwest Writing Institute - Lewis & Clark Graduate School - Writer to Writer Seminar
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The Writer to Writer seminar encourages creative writing by high school students through interaction with professional writers in fiction, poetry, screenwriting, journalism, and other forms. Since 1984, the seminar has been offered as an annual week-long summer event, drawing students from throughout Oregon, but primarily from the Portland metro area.
http://www.lclark.edu/dept/nwi/hs_writers.html

 
The Writer's Jungle
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This online class is a distance learning home study course for parents. Most homeschooling parents already have shelves of writing curricula to use with their kids. What they don't have is a cheat sheet for themselves that trains them how to teach this beast called writing.
http://www.bravewriter.com/home.html
 
 
Printed Materials: Books See all 21 Resources

 
50 Graphic Organizers for Reading, Writing & More
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This book is a valuable resource that includes 50 reproducible templates, student samples, step-by-step directions and strategies to support every learner. The organizers are perfect for note taking, planning, presentation, and review. You'll find organizers for reading, writing, math, social studies, and science.

 
A Teen's Guide to Getting Published: Publishing For Profit, Recognition, and Academic Success
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Twin sisters Jessica and Danielle Dunn, explore practical writing tips and an up-to-date listing of print and online markets that publish student work. Tips include freelance publishing, writing camps/workshops as well as rights and copyright informatiion.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=575

 
Barbara: The Unconscious Autobiography of a Child Genius
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Barbara, the daughter of two authors, was a writing prodigy who was always homeschooled. This book chronicles her literary development as a child and adolescent, as well as her mysterious disappearance in young adulthood.

 
Cryptography: The Science of Secret Writing
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This book focuses on encrypting and deciphering texts and includes several methods of cryptography, such as transcription, substitution, transposition, and lots more. Historical events are included for these purposes along with codes that were really used.

 
Handle Associates Writing Skills Workbook
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Designed by an educator who has taught grammar and writing from grades seven through the first year of college, this workbook emphasizes practice. It contains six separate topics: parts of speech, sentence structure, word usage, case, agreement, and style. Each page presents a brief lesson followed by related exercises. The book is available with or without answer keys following each section. Because the workbook arose from real classroom situations, it has been widely field-tested and is practical and effective
http://www.handleassociates.com/products.htm

 
If You're Trying to Teach Kids How to Write . . . You've Gotta Have This Book!
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This is a resource writing book for teachers, or homeschool parents, etc. who are trying to teach children how to write. It contains activities to inspire young writers to write, revise and edit. There are many ideas on assessing student growth.

 
Italic Handwriting Series
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The Italic Handwriting Series is the nation's leading instructional guide to legible italic handwriting. Developed at Portland State College in Portland, OR, the series teaches students to write quickly, accurately, and aesthetically in both italic manuscript and italic cursive.
http://www.cep.pdx.edu/titles/italic_series/index.html

 
Knowing How: Researching and Writing Nonfiction, 3-8
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The book demystifies the research process and provides tools students need to shape their research into substantive, well-written products that communicate with readers. Combining research with compelling writing is challenging for upper elementary and middle school students, but when done well, reports embody the passion that every student brings to the subject she or he loves.

 
Literacy Through the Book Arts
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This curriculum guide offers instruction on how to interrelate words, illustration, and design through simple book making activities. Starting with the concertina book, Paul Johnson demonstrates that the creation of simple books is a powerful (and fun!) medium for developing writing skills.
http://www.heinemann.com/shared/products/08766.asp

 
Mathematics: A Discrete Introduction
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"This book is an introduction to mathematics—in particular, it is an introduction to discrete mathematics. There are two primary goals for this book: students will learn to reading and writing proofs, and students will learn the fundamental concepts of discrete mathematics."
 

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Printed Materials: Periodicals/Reports & Studies

 
From The Window
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From The Window is a worldwide magazine inviting contributions in the fields of journalism, poetry, travelogues and experiential writing from people in all walks of life and all parts of the globe.

They are a "non-commercial internet magazine (now with a readership in 105 countries)".


http://www.fromthewindow.org.uk/

 
Merlyn's Pen
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"Through home and school subscriptions, Merlyn's Pen magazine became a well-known and respected name in education circles, garnering positive press in such media outlets as the Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Booklist, and English Journal. The magazine was awarded placement on the New York State Recommended Reading List for high school students, alongside seven other publications, including the New Yorker and Time. At its peak, Merlyn’s Pen had 35,000 paid subscriptions and was incorpora...
http://www.merlynspen.org/

 
New Moon Magazine
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Edited by and for girls ages 8 to 14, New Moon is the ground-breaking, imaginative, ad-free magazine that girls, parents and teachers love. (Winner of 6 Parents' Choice Gold Awards.) Girl contributors from around the world give voice to their dreams and intellect through fiction, poetry, artwork, letters, and articles on different cultures and enterprises. New Moon is an international, multicultural magazine which connects girls and celebrates diversity by providing a place for girls to express themselves and communicate with other girls around...
http://www.newmoon.org/

 
Stone Soup
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Stone Soup is a magazine that contains stories, letters, book reviews, art and poems created by kids. You can also submit your own.
http://www.stonesoup.com

 
The Concord Review
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The Concord Review recognizes and publishes exemplary history essays by high school students in the English-speaking world. The Concord Review remains the only quarterly journal in the world to publish the academic work of secondary students. Essays should be in the 4,000-6,000 word range, with endnotes, on any historical topic, and must be typed, printed from a word processor, or sent on a Macintosh disk.
http://www.tcr.org/
 
 
Summer Programs: Central

 
Aspen Writers Foundation (CO) - Aspen Summer Words
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ASW hosts an annual five-day day camp called Writing Retreat & Literary Festival in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. This summer program is over 30 years old and is led by some of the nation's most gifted and engaging writers. ASW provides the ideal venue for anyone with a passion for words by creating opportunities for intimate dialogue with acclaimed authors.
http://www.aspenwriters.org/
 
 
Summer Programs: MidWestern Region

 
Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY)
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VAMPY is a 3-week residential Summer Program for very bright students who are currently enrolled in grades seven through ten and is designed to provide a balance of educational, cultural, and recreational experiences for high ability young people.
http://www.wku.edu/gifted/vampy.html

 
The Clarion Workshop (East Lansing, MI)
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The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing Workshop is the best known and most highly regarded science fiction writing workshop in the country. Now in its thirty-seventh year, the Clarion Workshop is discussed frequently in science fiction publications and has national and international visibility. Clarion attracts some of the most highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy authors as teaching writers. Admission to the workshop is based upon the promise of the applicant's writing at its present stage.
http://www.msu.edu/~clarion/

 
Young Writers at Kenyon: Writer's Workshops
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"Young Writers is an intensive two-week workshop for intellectually curious, motivated high-school students who value writing. Our goal is to help students develop their creative and critical abilities with language—to become better, more productive writers and better, more insightful thinkers. For more than ten years, Young Writers has provided a lively, supportive environment where students can stretch their talents, discover new strengths, and challenge themselves in the company of peers who share their interests."
http://www.kenyonreview.org/workshops/ywinfo.php
 
 
Summer Programs: MidAtlantic Region

 
Sewanee Young Writers' Conference (Sewanee, TN)
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High school students can enjoy workshops in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction during this residential summer program. Other highlights include lectures by the university's English faculty.
http://www.sewanee.edu/ywc/

 
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) - Young Writers Workshop
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The Young Writers Workshop of the University of Virginia, established in 1982, brings together a community of writers with a common purpose: to create a supportive and noncompetitive environment where teenagers can live and work as artists. Every staff member has a committment to writing. The faculty, professional authors interested in developing new talent, bring practical experience to the workshop setting. The staff counselors, who are graduates and undergraduates in related fields, broaden our instructional program as assisting workshop tea...
http://web.virginia.edu/yww/
 
 
Summer Programs: NorthWestern Region

 
Read, Write & Type! Learning System
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We've all been told that children need lots of exposure to books and reading. What we haven't been told, is that learning to read is not a natural process. It requires skillful, systematic instruction. It involves understanding that the words we speak are made up of individual speech sounds (phonemes), and that letters and pairs of letters are the symbols that represent the sounds.

The Read, Write & Type!™ Learning System provides this systematic instruction with engaging games and lively graphics. As children progress through the 40...
http://www.readwritetype.com/product_tour.html

 
 
Summer Programs: Southern Region

 
Duke University (Durham, NC) - Creative Writers' Workshop
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Grades 10 & 11; 2 weeks; residential. Open to advanced students who wish to refine their writing in a particular genre.
http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/Youth/cww/
 
 
Summer Programs: Western Region

 
Clarion West
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Clarion West is an intensive six-week workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in science fiction and fantasy, held annually in Seattle, Washington.
http://clarionwest.org/website/cat__home.html

 
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program in Creative Writing (San Jacinto, CA)
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This residential summer program offers seperate workshops in fiction, poetry and playwriting for students at all levels of ability and experience. Idyllwild's 205-acre campus provides an outstanding setting for specific art-centered programs, festivals and performances.
http://www.idyllwildarts.org/summer/summer.html

 
The Bay Area Writing Project - Young Writer's Camp
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The Bay Area Writing Project's Young Writers' Camps offer students the time and opportunity to explore their writing interests, discover their strengths and learn more about the craft of writing. The camps provide in-depth writing instruction, structured writing workshop time, flexibility in writing assignments, and daily opportunities to share writing with peers. Through the camps, students discover the conditions and habits needed to do their best writing and grow in their confidence and skill.
http://www.bayareawritingproject.org/stories/storyReader$285
 
 
Summer Programs: NorthEastern Region

 
Kent School Summer Writers Camp (Kent, CT)
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During this resendential summer program, Kent School offers classroom and workshop instruction in creative writing with a total of about 50 students. Students explore narrative, poem and essay writing in all stages of the writing and editing process.
http://www.writerscamp.org/

 
Summer Young Writers Workshop (Barrington, MA)
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This three-week residential summer writing program for high school students takes place in July at Simon's Rock College of Bard in Gt. Barrington, Massachusetts. The tuition is about $2000 and scholarships are available.
http://www.simons-rock.edu/young_writers/index.html

 
Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA) - Writers Workshop
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Headed by nationally recognized authors, this residential summer program offers intensive, small group workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. Participants attend iboth ndividual conferences wtih instructors and public readings of student's writing.
http://www.susqu.edu/

 
Young Writers Workshop
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This program offers boys and girls who have completed grades 6-8 experience in exploring, improving, and gaining confidence in their skills both as critical and creative writers. Each day will be productive and fun filled. Workshop students live together (boys in one dorm; girls in another) to create a supportive, cohesive group in which students can produce their best writing. Social activities are planned in conjunction with our similarly structured CONNECT, FOCUS and FOCUS/ELI programs.
http://www.choate.edu/summerprograms/oncampus_middleschoolprogra.asp

 
    

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