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Resources for Young Writers

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.

Discussion and Critique Groups
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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