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RESOURCES FOR YOUNGER POETS |
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Urban Word, New
York City’s premier spoken word site for the young writer
Youth Speaks NYC, sponsored by Teachers & Writers
Collaborative
Young Chicago Authors
Youth In Action provides support and recognition
for the voices, ideas and positive solutions of youth.
As partner in the Global Youth Action Network, a
growing collaboration among organizations worldwide,
the youthlink.org web site is being expanded as an
international clearinghouse for youth voices,
resources and action.
Teen People Magazine has a great poetry page in
the magazine, called Three Poems: to submit your work,
send poems to
poetry@teenpeople.com. There is also a poetry club
on their website where you can post your poems and
read the work of other young writers.
River of Words holds annual youth writing & art
contests: CALLS FOR SUBMISSION: POEMS BY TEENS Seeking poems for book whose chapters include Love & Affection, Friendship, Heartache, Pressure, Reflections, Home Life and Heavy Issues. Send submissions with contact info and SASE to: June Cotner, Box 2765, Poulsbo WA 98370 OR http://www.junecotner.com. Deadline: Jan 30, 2003 Teen People Magazine is seeking poetry submissions for its poetry page, Three Poems. Each month, the page features two poems by talented young people between the ages of 13 and 22, and one poem by an established poet. Past established poets have included Derek Walcott, James Wright, and Anne Sexton. Poems should be no longer than 20 lines (they may exceed that length if Teen People can print an excerpt), and can be on any topic or theme. Authors must give Teen People one-time publication rights, and will receive a $50 honorarium for each poem used. Teen People accepts submissions via email only. Please send submissions (including name, age, telephone number, email and address of the author to: poetry@teenpeople.com
Teen Ink says: Send us your art, poems, stories
and reviews of your favorite (and least favorite)
movies, books, colleges and websites. Have you done
community service recently? Tell us about it. Have you
written a great essay for a college application? Send
it in! Got an opinion? Tell the world!
VOLUME: Pioneering Youth Spoken Word
Not
quite a teen yet? Here are a few links just for you:
A
whole page of links to GREAT projects done by
younger writers/webdesigners: OPPORTUNITIES
Creative Ammo Summer Poetry & Writing Camp CALLS FOR SUBMISSION
chixLIT Submissions**, P.O. Box 12051, Orange CA 92859 If you have something useful to add to this page, please email it to us. Thanks! |
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