Writing Matters: Children as Authors

 Related Website Resources

Kidnews.com
http://www.kidnews.com

This site publishes children’s writing, reviews, and hosts penpal correspondence. It is a free writing service for students and teachers around the world.

TYWC & Global Wave
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html

This online club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities. Global Wave is a monthly World-Wide-Web magazine published by The Young Writers Club. It is produced entirely by members and features members' work. Most of the authors are in the 7 to 15 age group, however, all contributors are welcome.

KidLit
http://mgfx.com/kidlit

The KidLit WebSite is designed for kids (mostly) and for adults interested in quality children's literature. It offers children an opportunity to see their works published on the worldwide web.

KidPub
http://www.kidpub.org

“This is the largest collection of stories by children on the Internet (and maybe in the real world, too). We've been on the web since 1995, and our database holds just over 42,000 stories written by and for children.”

KidStuff
http://www.kidstuff.org

Subtitled, “The Home of Writing by Kids-for Kids” one student author writes, “This site is the absolute best site on the web—period. It shows that kids can accomplish anything. It gives a voice to kids in a grown-up world.”

MidLink Magazine
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

This digital magazine for students 8-18 publishes students’ creative writing from around the world. Submissions need to be edited and submitted by classroom teachers.

Young Writer On-line
http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/

Young Writer is an international magazine featuring the best in English language creative writing from children aged 5 to 18 from around the world.

Kids on the Net
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/

This British-based site was one of the first websites on the internet to invite children to submit their writing. Now there are thousands of Kids on the Net writers.

Stories from the Web
http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwhomepage.htm

This web site has two portals; one for children 8-11; the other for children 11-14. This site says, “If you like books and stories then come on in. You can read stories, e-mail authors, write reviews and even write your own stories.”

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