The Writing Process:

Preparing to Write

Inspiration

Story starters

Choosing the format

Deconstruct

Writing

Put ideas, feelings. opinions, ... to the page

Leave space to adjust.

Refer to your plan

Discuss your work

Revise meaning and development

Clarify

Reflect on choices

Organize

Use Strategies

Consult

Edit language using resources, verify:

spelling

capitalization

punctuation

sentence structure

language usage 

Consult

Publish

Choose a medium

Make a polished copy

Share

 

Let's Write: Choose the medium

 

Suggestions

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Checklist:


 

bullet Choose with whom you wish to share: friends and family, the class, the school, the world.
bullet Visit and decide on the best medium to share your writing.
bullet Is it a site that is open to all or only to those you invite?
bullet Will your creation be available from your school computers?
bullet Is it easy to understand how to publish your work?
bullet Do you need to login and are there complicated rules and concessions you must make?
bullet Is it a suitable (educational) milieu for your age and interests?

 

 

 
Links:
 
  1. Publish:

  2. Amazing Kids! eZine: An online eZine for kids and teens of all ages, with a focus on kids in grades 4-8.

  3. Merlyn's Pen: This Web site is an online magazine that publishes fiction, essays, and poems by teens.

  4. Teen Ink: A monthly print magazine, website, and a book series written by teens for teens.

  5. Teen Lit: A Web site that publishes poetry, essays, short stories, and book reviews from teen writers.

  6. Write Source: Submit your writing to the Write Source for a chance to have your writing included in a Write Source book or online as a student writing model.

  7. Great Source Short Story Contest: Enter a short story for a chance to be published on the Great Source iwrite Web site and win a prize for you and your school!

  8. Kid’s Space

  9. The Writing Conference, Inc.

  10. Stone Soup

  11. The Student Operated Press

  12. www.studentpublishing.com

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  1. Blogs

  2. Portfolio

  3. WIKIs

  4. ISSU

     from Authentic Audiences

  5. Adventures in Writing invites 3-5 page stories by 3rd through 8thgrade writers. If your work is selected by historical novelist, J. L.Panagopoulos, for her Web site, she will Interview you about your interests in writing, your favorite books or short stories, and anything you would like to share to help other young writers, information that will be posted with your work. Submit via e-mail according to guidelines.

  6. AHA! Poetry Forum invites original haiku, tanka, renga, sijo, and cinquains for discussion and comment on a site maintained by Jane Reichhold, a haiku poet and founder of AHA! Books Publishing Company. Register to post poems and critiques.

  7. The Claremont Review selects first-class poetry, short stories and short plays  by young adult writers aged 13-19 from anywhere in the English-speaking world for their biannual print literary journal. Submit via snail mail according to guidelines.

  8. Concord Review selects exemplary high school history essays (examples) of 4,000+ words for this prestigious print quarterly journal of history. Submit via snail mail according to guidelines, along with $40 for a subscription.

  9. Creative Kids Magazine accepts cartoons, songs, stories between 500 and 1200 words, puzzles, photographs, artwork, games (examples), editorials (examples), poetry (examples), and plays, as well as any other creative work (examples) by kids aged 8-16. The print magazine is produced by Prufrock Press, a publisher of materials for gifted and advanced learners. Submit via snail mail according to guidelines.

  10. Cyberkids publishes stories, poems, articles, multimedia and product reviews by kids aged 7-12, with preference given to humor and submissions with a visual component. Submit via e-mail according to guidelines.

  11. Dragonfly- invites 3rd grade through middle school writing related to identified science themes. Types of entries include individual or classroom research, creative writing, artwork, interviews of scientists, how a theme is viewed or studied in another culture and book reviews. Originally a joint venture of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and funded by a grant by the National Science Foundation, Dragonfly is currently a Web site and print insert in Scientific American Explorations magazine. Submit via their online form, e-mail or snail mail according to guidelines.

  12. DreamFlag Project, organized by teachers in a PA school, an annual event beginning February 1st, Langston Hughes' birthday, and inspired by his dream poems. Teachers register, then students read Langston Hughes' dream poems and create their own. Poems are transferred onto pieces of 8˝" by 11" cloth which are then decorated and attached like Nepalese Buddhist prayer flags. The result is a visual line of color to be displayed in the students' school or in other public places, and shared via their Web site.

     

  13. Frodo'sNotebook invites teen writers to submit poetry, personal nonfiction essays, fiction, and articles to a quarterly online literary magazine. Submit via e-mail according to guidelines.

  14. GirlSpeak is an annual webzine with original feature articles, interviews, poetry, and multimedia work from girls ages 12-22 around the world. Submission guidelines specify girl/women authors only.

  15. Gumbo Teen Magazine, a bimonthly print publication with a multicultural focus, accepts inquiries for submission by 13- to 19-year-olds on contemporary social, political and global issues of interest to teens, as well as news highlighting fashion, sports and entertainment.

  16. Hanging Loose publishes high school poems and short stories submitted directly from young writers, rather than from their teachers. Author guidelines.

  17. Kidson the Net invites stories, poems and creative nonfiction, personal essays, and reviews of books, websites and events. Encourages and provides support for creating hypertext narratives and other digital writing using new media. Writers can contribute to collaborative projects in a variety of genres including letters, stories, instructional and information writing. Authors may add a monster to Monster Motel, contribute a biography of a dragon or design a Flash poster for Dragonsville, or create an island for Adventure Island. Educator-editor based in the UK and supported by ICTeachers.co.uk.

  18. Kids' Space accepts artwork, stories and musical compositions from writers up to age 13, and class projects up through junior high school. Includes cooperative "Beanstalk" collaborative area where a picture or storycan be added to another creator's work. Submit art, stories, collaborative work, or musical work via online forms.

  19. Kidscribe invites submissions of stories, poetry and jokes in Spanish or English to their Web site.

  20. Look Look Magazine is a bi-annual magazine of photographs, writing and artwork. Directions for contributors.

  21. MidLink Magazine points to exemplary classroom work around the globe selected to "reflect the creative learning process that exists in classrooms where technology is the vehicle or enhancement, but academics are the focus. "Publishes some work from schools without a Web site. The nonprofit project is supported by North Carolina State University and the University of Central Florida. Participation guidelines for teachers.

  22. My Hero invites original writing, images and short films celebrating heroes around the world, which are archived in database under alphabetical categories such as angels, animals, artists to scientists, sports figures, teachers, women and writers. After reading instructions and registering, authors are able to upload and edit their submissions of images andt ext using the site's software.

  23. PoetryZone publishes poems submitted by four- to eighteen-year-olds. Submit via e-mail according to guidelines.

  24. PotluckChildren's Literary Magazine quarterlyprint and online magazine (example) publishes original poetry, short stories, fables, book reviews, and artwork by young writers and artists aged 8-18. The magazine's commitment to developing writers is evident in their columns of advice on writing and authorship, and a personal letter and constructive critique from an editor that is sent to every contributor. Submit via snail mail according to guidelines.

  25. Skipping Stones, an international, nonprofit print magazine with a focus on ecological and cultural diversity, accepts essays, stories, letters to the editor, riddles and proverbs (examples).Submit via snail mail according to guidelines.

  26. TeenInk accepts art, poems, stories,  personal narratives, college admission essays and reviews of your favorite (and least favorite) movies, books, colleges and Web sites for their monthly print and online magazine, and for anthologies of teen writing. Submit via e-mail and snail mail according to guidelines.

  27. TheWriter's Slate, supportedby The Writing Conference in collaboration with the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, publishes an Adobe-formatted magazine three times a year, one of which is devoted to winners of their writing contest. They invite original poetry and prose from K-12-enrolled students, as well as pedagogical or creative writing by teachers. Submit via snail mail according to guidelines.

  28. Writer'sWindow invites 15-18 year olds to share their writing, add to continuing andhyper (branching) stories, read others' writing and, if registered, receive feedback, edit and resubmit work, post to discussions about writing and create a profile. Part of EnglishOnline, a professional development site for English teachers funded by theNew Zealand Ministry of Education, the site contains advice about writing various genres, giving effective feedback and links to reading discussions ReadHot and Readers Café. Submit via e-mail according to guidelines.

  29. Writing with Writers, Scholastic's free online workshops, are hosted by famous-name authors on genres such as book reviews, speeches, news, biographies, descriptive writing, folk tales, myths, mysteries and poetry. Follow the author's or editor's tips for writing and revision, listen to the audio files, read published work by other students. Then submit your writing, or record your speech using their free news radio hotline.

  30. YO!Youth Outlook invites primarily Bay Area 14-25 year olds to submit in-depth reporting pieces, first-person essays, comic strips and poetry to YO!, a literary journal and Web site which provides "a unique window into California's youth subcultures." Supported by numerous foundations, YO!distributes 25,000 print magazines 10 times a year nationally, produces a local access monthly TV show, and partners with radio stations and Pacific News Service for wire distribution. Submit via form according to guidelines.

  31. Young People's Press,a North American news service that showcases pop culture, politics and socialissues, accepts feature stories, opinion pieces, first-person stories or profiles ofyouth making a difference written by teens and young adults aged 14-24.Approximately 220 newspapers in Canada and 300 papers in the United States, as well asmany Internet sites, carry YPP news pieces. Submit work or suggest a topicaccording to guidelines.

  32. Young WritersWorkshop, part of the Chateau Meddybempssite which was created by a software engineer and educator, invites submissionsby age (up to age 7; 8 and above) of stories. Parent/guardian submits via snail mailaccording to guidelines.

  33. ZuZuinvites Web submissionsto mystery pictures, descriptions of projects that take courage,neighborhood profiles, and photos of you and your collection.

 

   

 

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