For those under 16, KidsWWrite is a good place to post poetry or prose at www.kalwriters.com/kidswwwrite/write.html and Mama Lisa’s World is looking for songs and nursery rhymes to publish. www.mamalisa.com/?t=e_submit_song.

If you just want to turn your child’s work into a printable book, this popular site has templates and is very easy to use and offers a variety of tips to help the student improve their English skills. www.readwritethink.org/materials/stapleless/index.html.

Stone Soup is a more discerning publisher for work done by children up to age 13. You need to send the work by mail for consideration; email is not accepted. For more details check www.stonesoup.com/send-work.

Teen Ink takes poetry, essays, and stories and places them in a magazine that is distributed in classrooms by English teachers. The site is aimed at teenagers. www.teenink.com/About/.

The Write Source is interested in writings for publication in its handbook or on its websites. All grade levels are sought and the best gets a Savings Bond. www.thewritesource.com/publish.htm.

Poetry publishing from all grade levels can be sent to the Writer’s Slate, www.writingconference.com/writer%27s.htm.

Acrostic poems are published at www.holycross.edu/departments/socant/
dhummon/acrostics/acrostics.html and Haiku at homepage2.nifty.com/haiku-eg/. General poems are taken at Fern’s Poetry Club, pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/.

Environmental poetry and art is sought from The Environmental Art and Poetry Gallery at kids.niehs.nih.gov/gallery.htm. For polished poets the Poetry. Com site offers contests www.poetry.com/.

A site that offers a huge number of opportunities to publish in its online newspaper is ZuZu. Articles, reviews, art, photos and other works can be submitted. www.zuzu.org/contents.html.

There are several magazines that carry work, but the competition is keen and frequently they are submitting work against adult writers. Check out Cricket Magazine and MidLink Magazine as examples. There are lists of children’s publishers at www.manuscriptediting.com/publishers-children.htm and www.publishingcentral.com/subject.html?sid=86&si=1.

Scholastic has a terrific site that helps students learn how to write in a variety of genres as it offers youngsters tips from professional writers… very worthwhile and a good starting place for young writers. teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm.

If all else fails, sending in photographs of the family pet is perfect for Pet of the Day at petoftheday.com/submit/.

For a more complete list of places that publish the work of young people go to www.reacheverychild.com/feature/kids_publish.html.

[Editor’s note: Another free site, one where students can post their drawings to share for noncommercial use, or browse the work of other amateur and professional artists: timtim.com]

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