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Children as Writers: Internet Resources
 
 

http://www.kidscom.com/orakc/Write/writestoryright.html

"How does Write Me a Story work? Each week we challenge you to write a story with the character, prop and place we give you. You send it in, KidsCom Kids vote on their favorites and the work of two kids from each age group end up in Stunningly Stupendous Stories every week." Votes are tallied in two divisions: eleven and under, and twelve and over. Last week's story placed Dad and a parachute in the jungle. Hmm .... ripe with possibilities, isn't it?

ZOOM, a PBS television series and awesome Web site, goes beyond stories and poems and also wants your art work, recipes, science experiments, media reviews, home movies, plays, brainteasers, jokes and craft ideas. Although just a portion of the work submitted gets published on the Web site, some of makes it to the television show. "ZOOM is powered by the 1,025,697 kids who sent in stuff so far." That's a lot of creative kids!

From the National Center for Educational Statistics, CRUNCH
Provides a forum for student-created content; we invite you to challenge yourselves, explore ideas in new ways, and have fun doing so!" Submissions are accepted for Features (current feature topic is School Uniforms), Arts Review ("Choose a book, compact disk, concert, art show, movie, or TV show and explain why others should read, listen to, or view it." ), Tech Review (for games, software or hardware) and Show-Off (fiction and poetry).

ZuZu is made great by the contribution of young artists, photographers and writers just like YOU. The following pages offer instant submission opportunities for your creative pleasure... Write on!" ZuZu used to be a print magazine distributed to schools in New York city, but in 1996 it re-invented itself on the World Wide Web. For their upcoming issue (they still have that print mentality), ZuZu is soliciting mystery stories, and articles about your collections of stuff, your neighborhood, and young people making a difference in the world.

Cyberkids Connection
A virtual place for young people from all over the world to share their thoughts and ideas with each other.
http://www.cyberkids.com/

The Diary Project
It is a way for young people around the world to share their personal thoughts, feelings, and dreams with one another near and far ... to ask questions and find answers about growing up at the turn of the 21st century via the Internet. Requires plug-ins.
http://www.diaryproject.com/
 

Kids Cornfield Kidworld Magazine
A good example of kids writing on the Internet, including particularly good games and puzzles in the online format. http://www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/CORN.html
 

Writing Den
This is designed for students Grades 6 through 12 who want to improve their English reading, comprehension, and writing skills. Writing DEN is divided into three levels of difficulty: Words, Sentences and Paragraphs. Includes plug-ins.
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/

Young Writer On-Line
Young Writer is a magazine that publishes creative writing from children aged 6 to 16 from around the world. Fun, instructive and designed to build a writer's confidence, Young Writer is a forum for young people's writing &endash; fiction and nonfiction, prose and poetry.
http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/index.html