A+ Research and Writing

http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/

Tips on writing essays and papers, with step-by-step writing and research info.

Aaron Shepard's Young Author Page

http://www.aaronshep.com/youngauthor/

ChixLit

http://www.chixlit.com

Literary 'zine by and for girls (ages 7-17).

Claremont Review

http://www.theclaremontreview.ca/submit.htm

An international literary magazine for young adult writers (no payment).

Creative Writing for Teens

http://teenwriting.about.com/

Creative Writing for Teens: A Community of Teen Writers

http://www.daypoems.net/nodes/6049.html

"Tips, activities, games, a chat room, and a selection of young authors' works, including poems, stories and lyrics."

Giggle Poetry

http://www.gigglepoetry.com

Lots of funny poems, poetry contests, and more. Ideas for educators on teaching poetry in fun and interesting ways.

KidPub

http://www.kidpub.com

Billed as the largest collection of stories on the Internet; also offers an author forum.

Lightning Bug

http://lightningbug.com.au

An Australian website conceived to help young adults engage with story writing. "Lightning Bug has been deliberately written with a focus on fostering inspiration, finding voice, developing structure and encouraging an interest in writing. The site is intended to be a writing companion and a resource to draw on as you craft a narrative."

Markets for Kids and Teens

http://members.tripod.com/%7EBeawriter/kids.html

Merlyn's Pen

http://www.merlynspen.org/

A literary magazine for and by young writers.

New Moon Publishing

http://www.newmoon.org

Written and edited by and for girls age 8-14.

Potluck Children's Literary Magazine

http://potluckmagazine.org/

This print magazine publishes poems, stories, essays and artwork from children 8-16, and some younger.

Resources for Teen Writers

http://www.davidbarrkirtley.com/teenwriter/TeenResources.html

Scriptito's Place

http://members.aol.com/vangarnews/scriptito.html

Places for young writers to publish/post their work, plus information on writing skills, contests, resources, illustration information, workshop, etc.

Sites that Publish Young Writers

http://www.absolute-sway.com/winthrop/youngwrite.html

Skipping Stones

http://www.skippingstones.org/

A publication for youth that accepts "art and original writings in every language and from all ages."

Stone Soup

http://www.stonesoup.com

"The beautiful magazine by young writers and artists!"

Teen Ink

http://www.teenink.com/

Teen Ink is a monthly print magazine, website, and a book series all written by teens for teens. There are over 16,000 pages of student writing on this site.

Tiny Giant

http://www.tgmag.ca/aorg/guide_e.htm

A Canadian magazine written for and by youth.

WriteGirl

http://www.writegirl.org

Pairs girls in grades 9-12 with practicing writers through monthly workshops.

Young Poets Canada

http://www.youngpoets.ca/

Lots of resources for young writers; go to http://www.youngpoets.ca/markets_and_contests for a list of places to submit your writing.

Young Writer Magazine

http://youngwriter.org/

Young Writers Club

http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/about.htm

Writing resources for young writers, plus a place to post/publish material, a magazine for contributions, etc.

Young Writers' Clubhouse

http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml

How to get started, FAQs, chat, contests, critique group, and more.

Christian Teen Writers

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christianteenwriters/

Fantasy Fiction 4 All

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fantasyfiction4all/

Girl Writer's Cafe

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/girlwriterscafe/

Writing Up a Storm

http://groups.msn.com/WritingUpaStorm/welcome.msnw

"A writing group for everyone. We are mostly kids but anyone is welcome. We crit poetry, short stories and longer stories."

Young Writers

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/young_writers/

Young Writers Club

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ywc2/

Young Writers' Clubhouse

http://www.realkids.com/critique.htm

Young Writers Group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/young_writers_group/

Youth Writings Club

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthwritingsclub/

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