resources and TWEETS for young writers:

• Storybird, an online writing platform using artist's images as inspiration storybird.com
• NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program ywp.nanowrimo.org
• The Children's Poetry Archive childrenspoetryarchive.org
• 826 Valencia, Dave Eggers' center for young writers 826valencia.org
• Bay Area Writing Project, classes for teen writers in Berkeley & San Francisco bayareawritingproject.org
• National Writing Project nwp.org
• Classroom Matters, classes and individual support in all types of writing classroommatters.com
• Scholastic, Story Starter page with a roulette wheel for story ideas by genre scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters
• Creative Everyday Challenge creativeeveryday.com
• The Poetry Foundation poetryfoundation.org
• ReadWriteThink readwritethink.org
• The New York Times' Learning Network learning.blogs.nytimes.com
• Imagination Soup, “bite-sized wisdom for thinking parents” imaginationsoup.net
• Creative writing links, resources, games, and more for kids kidsonthenet.org.uk
• Read writing by other kids, or sign-up and publish your own! kidpub.com
• Karen Benke's Rip the Page! creative writing workbook karenbenke.com
• Magnetic Poetry, a site where kids can play around with an online set of “magnetic” words to create stories and poems magneticpoetry.com
• Next List, recommended reading from indie booksellers indiebound.org/kids-indie-next-list
• Write Away With Me, another fantastic creative writing program for kids half way around the world in Australia! writeawaywithme.com
• Alliance for Young Artists and Writers partners with the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards to work with more than 100 visual and literary-arts focused organizations across the country to bring The Awards to local communities. Teens in grades 7 through 12 can apply in 28 categories of art and writing for the chance to earn scholarships and have their works exhibited or published

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