Creative Writing
Publish Your Writing Online | Writing Contests | Blogging | D.I.Y. Zine and Comic Publishing | Web Publishing
Publish Your Writing Online
About.com: Creative Writing for Teens
http://teenwriting.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&rnk=r3&terms=writing+teens
Provides links to hundreds of writing-related sites. Includes exercises and basic guides as well as articles on how to write poetry, fiction,  nonfiction, and scripts. View writing by other teens and submit your own work.
Frodo’s Notebook
http://www.frodosnotebook.com/index.html
An independent literary magazine for writers aged 13-19. Issues are published quarterly and feature writings from around the globe. Students may submit poetry, essays, fiction and journalistic articles for consideration.
Merlyn’s Pen
http://www.merlynspen.org/
Features “fiction, essays and poems by America’s teens.” Students in grades 6 through 12 may submit work and receive a personal response from the editors of Merlyn’s Pen. Includes top writing by teens from around the country.
Poetry.com
http://www.poetry.com/
Open to anyone who wants to post poetry online. Submit original poetry that can then be accessed by people around the world, search for poetry by a person’s name, and use the site’s many online dictionaries (including a rhyming dictionary). Also provides contest information.
Student Bylines CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
http://www.studentbylines.com/
Student Bylines is an annual print and monthly online magazine that accepts poetry, short stories, essays, drawings, and paintings written and created by teens. Includes a free critique service for writers, contest information, and advice and insight from established authors.
Teen Ink
http://www.teenink.com/
Teen Ink is a monthly print magazine and website written by teens, for teens. Submit reviews on books, television shows, music, and/or movies; post creative writing and artwork; and read what other teens have written. TeenInk sponsors a variety of contests.
Writer’s Window
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html
Open to school-aged children and teens, ages 5 to 18, who want to publish their writing. Submit original short stories, chapter stories, poems, book reviews, reports/essays, or plays. Read what others have posted and provide feedback on their writing.
Young Peoples Press Online
http://www.ypp.net/
For the young journalist who wants to get published. Young Peoples Press Online accepts opinion pieces, news stories, and features from teens and young adults ages 14 to 24. Also, check out the step-by-step crash course in news writing.
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Writing Contests
Next Step Magazine
http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/NSMPages/TeenEditorial.aspx
This ongoing contest is for writings by teens for teens on all the relevant subjects: peer pressure, dating, politics, friends and other relevant topics.
Weekly Reader
http://www.weeklyreader.com/teens/contests.aspx
Weekly reader offers different contests for teens, including original compositions and comic punch lines – they provide the cartoon, but you have to write the joke!
WinningWriters.com: Resources and Contests for Students
http://www.winningwriters.com/resources/sitesforstudents.htm
Offers links to poetry- and other writing-related sites for kids and teens. Also provides information on poetry contests (including how to avoid “bad contests” that try to get your money) and a free newsletter with alerts to literary resources and upcoming contests.
WriteShop.com
http://www.writeshop.com/kidscorner.htm#Writing%20Contests
This site provides links to many different writing contests, plus offers tips and tools for young writers and resources on getting your work published.
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Blogging
Oasis Magazine
http://www.oasismag.com/
This online magazine is a blog/’zine mix for queer and alternative teens. You can post your own blog entries, or just read journals of other teens. Also offers a discussion forum and a place to publish your poetry.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs
Heard about blogs but not exactly sure what they are? Or maybe you just want to know more about them so you can impress your friends. Find all that and more at Wikipedia.
Sites that let you blog for free
Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/start
LiveJournal
http://www.livejournal.com/
Xanga
http://www.xanga.com/
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D.I.Y. Zine and Comic Publishing
Action Girl
http://www.houseoffun.com/action/zines/diy.html
Guide to publishing your own zine, including tips on layout, content and distribution.
Creating Comics
http://www.members.shaw.ca/creatingcomics/index.htm
This site lists many different resources for creating your own comics, including writing, lettering and illustrating. Also offers resources on getting your comics published, both on the web and in print.
Small Press Comics
http://www.sentex.net/~sardine/spfaq.html
This online comic community offers a handy FAQ page on self publishing.
Web Publishing
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/cai5000/
Offers a list of resources to help you build and (more importantly) personalize your website. Includes many sites where you can find clipart, images, fonts and banners.
WebMonkey
http://www.webmonkey.com/
Ready to move beyond blogging and create your own web site? WebMonkey has it all – from html basics to page design to css.
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