Creative Writing

Sites where you can submit your own writing, and read stuff written by other kids.

Resources in this category:

Amazing Kids
http://www.amazing-kids.org/

This website is all about how amazing kids are! You can read about real-life Amazing Kids. The contests for writers and artists are pretty neat too.

Art Safari
http://artsafari.moma.org/

This site lets you choose a famous painting, and then helps you write a story about it. You can even submit your story to a Childrens Art Display that will be seen by people all over the world!

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Research Guide
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/

A basic guide for starting a research project or paper. Gives basic steps, organizational tips, and the "big six" steps to completing a project. This site was created by Holly Samuels, a librarian at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, MA.

Cinema: How Are Hollywood Films Made?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/

Are you interested in how movies are made? "Join us as we explore this creative process, from the screenwriter's words to the editor's final cut. Write your own dialogue for a scene or put yourself in a producer's shoes by managing the production of a film."

CRUNCH
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/crunch/

Here is zine 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, 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).

English Online Writer's Window
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html

Writers, from age five to seventeen, are encouraged "to share their work and help each other improve their writing. Published works are categorized by age range and genre, and reader feedback is solicited about each piece. Categories include short stories, poetry, research papers, book reviews, television reviews and movie reviews. There are also five continuous stories that you can add to."

Global Story Train
http://storytrain.kids-space.org/

These are collaborative stories. That means they are written by more than one kid. They also have pictures to go with each "train car" part of the story. Each story train has three cars and children from all around the world wrote and drew pictures for the site. You could try something like this with your friends!

Instant Poetry Forms
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

Are you having trouble writing a poem? This site makes it easy! Just fill out one of the many forms and you’ll have a poem—instantly!

KCTools
http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=k12students&Temp...

The KidsConnect Research Toolbox describes the 4 basic phases of the research process ("I Wonder", "I Find", "I Evaluate", and "I Share"). It also provides links to additional websites in case you're stuck in one of these phases.

Kids Writing
http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/funhouse/kidswrit.htm

Read stories and poems from kids around the world and submit your own writing to appear on the Web.

Kids' Space
http://www.kids-space.org/

Do you like to draw pictures, make up stories, or play music? At this site, you can share what you've done with other kids and see what they've made.

Kidscribe!
http://www.kidscribe.org/

This is a site where you can read stories, jokes, poems, and essays from kids around the world in English and Spanish. You can also submit your own writing here.

KidsWWwrite
http://www.kalwriters.com/kidswwwrite/

Here is an e-zine (electronic magazine) where you can read stories and poems by other kids and submit your own writing for others to see!

Monster Motel
http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/motel/motel/welcome.html

Explore the Monster Motel to find all the different kinds of monsters staying there. Do you have a monster you’d like to share? You can send it in to Monster Motel.

MysteryNet's Kid's Mysteries
http://kids.MysteryNet.com/writing/

Do you like to read mystery stories? This site has mysteries written by kids, for kids!

Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/index.htm

Here you can explore myths from around the world, learn what makes a folktale a folktale and read about the history of fairy tales. Then try to write your own myth, folktale or fairy tale with help from real authors.

Poetry
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm

"Study the genre of poetry by taking part in step-by-step workshops with favorite authors" -- Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, and Jean Marzollo.

Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm

Learn how to write a poem with popular children’s poet Jack Prelutsky and then publish it online!

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

Children aged 8-14 can write their own tales, poems, or book reviews and display them in the on-line gallery.

The Write Site
http://www.writesite.org/

Enter The Write Site to learn about journalism, writing for a newspaper. Follow the time line for facts, read about famous journalists of the past and present, learn about jobs in journalism, how to do research for stories and creating your own writing style.

Writing with Writers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm

Get tips from real authors on how to write mystery stories, folktales, biographies and more. Then publish your writing online!

Young Writer's Clubhouse
http://realkids.com/home4.htm

This website was created by Deborah Morris, author of the Real Kids, Real Adventures series. It's a great place for information and opportunities for creative writing.