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Advice to Young Writers An article by Marion Zimmer Bradley. http://mzbworks.home.att.net/

Creative Writing Children aged 5-11 will find this page very useful in jumpstarting their creativity. A number of ideas which can be used as a stimulus for creative writing lessons. http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/creative.htm

David Barr Kirtley: Resources for Teen Writers Especially of interest to teens interested in science fiction and fantasy, but of interest to any young author. This site contains links to contests, markets, workshops, resources for teen writers. http://www.davidbarrkirtley.com/teenwriter/TeenResources.html

Headliners A national news agency, where young people aged 8-18 produce articles on issues that are important to them but of interest to everyone. http://www.headliners.org/

The Iowa Young Writers' Studio A summer camp specifically for high school students who want to improve their writing. Intensive classes offered in poetry, fiction, and essay writing. http://www.uiowa.edu/~iyws

J L Panagopoulos Resources from Janie Lynn Panagopoulos, historian, author, lecturer. Advice and information for parents, teachers, librarians, and students. http://www.jlpanagopoulos.com/

Kids on the Net A place where kids can post book reviews and opinion pieces, participate in interactive stories, and write cyberpoetry. http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/

Megan's Place For artists and young writers. http://www.atlanticus.com/megansplace/

Millennium Philcon Teen Conference Archive from the conference, which had a science fiction and fantasy focus for young writers. http://www.dpsinfo.com/2001/teens/index.html

The Poised Pen Resources and reference for young writers and information on writing workshops. http://members.tripod.com/the_poised_pen/

Potluck Children's Literary Magazine Publishes poetry, stories, book reviews and artwork from writers/ artists 8 - 16. Creative articles to help young writers expand their writing abilities. http://members.aol.com/potluckmagazine/

Scriptorium Scribbles Practical advice on writing, publishing and finding new markets. Young writer's resource webzine. http://www.thescriptorium.net/youth.html

Stone Soup An online magazine by young authors and writers that has references for publishing in print materials. http://www.stonesoup.com

Teen Writer Coffee Shop For any teen who likes to write. Post your work, get help when you've got writers' block, or just hangout, relax and read others' work. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teenwritercoffeeshop/

Teen Writers This is for any writing teens to share their writing with other people and talk about what they like. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teenwriters/

Teen Writers Network Place to see or show-off other teen writers work. A Yahoo Club. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teenwritersnetwork/

Teenage Writers A community for all teens who enjoy writing and aspire to be better at it. http://www.teenagewriters.com

The Teenage Writers Club A community for teens who write and want to share tips and critiques. (Yahoo group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theteenagewritersclub/

TeenLit.com TeenLit.com is dedicated to publishing teen writing, as well as book reviews by teenagers. Teachers and parents of adolescents will find useful information. Teen and teacher discussions, author home pages, and more http://www.teenlit.com/

The Windows Project Poetry workshops in schools and the community, advice on such workshops and assistance with writing. http://www.windowsproject.demon.co.uk

Write Away! Creative writing and children's literature site for teachers and students aged 7 - 14. Includes writing competitions and exercises, author features, reviews and teachers' notes. http://www.writeaway.org.uk/

The Write Stuff Creative writing club for aspiring authors and poets ages 13-23. http://www.geocities.com/writestuffclub/TheWriteStuffClub.html

Young Authors Workshop Children in grades 4 to 7 are taken through the writing process in a step-by-step fashion, beginning with how to find ideas for stories and continuing through finding online markets for publishing those stories. http://www.planet.eon.net/~bplaroch/index.html

Young Writer UK magazine which encourages submissions from children. Features book reviews, published competition winners and story of the week. http://www.young-writer.co.uk/

Young Writers' Clubhouse Encouragement for young writers by Deborah Morris, author of the Real Kids, Real Adventures series. http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml