Great Sites for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Youth (you know who you are)

Aspiring writers (you know who you are), you rock. Young writers ask me all the time where
they can get their own work published.

Opportunities for seeing your words in print abound, especially on the Web.
Check out these sites:

CyberTeens (writing resources and contests)

TeenInk (e-zine written entirely by teens)

Diary Project (share your thoughts about anything, or comment on what others say)

TeenVoices (because you're more than just a pretty face... Stories and articles written for and about young women)

LiveJournal (record your thoughts and opinions, and dialogue with others)

AmazingKids (celebrating the achievements of children)

Funhouse (submit your own story or finish one already started)

Kidworld (stories by kids, for kids)

Children's Book Council (Resources for readers, writers, illustrators, parents, teachers, publishers, and professionals in the field)

Libraries and bookstores sponsor writing contests all the time. You can trust they’re legitimate.
Here’s a Web link to all kinds of other writing contests.
(Note: Young adults and children should never have to pay money to enter a writing contest)

Writing Contests

Resource books will help you hone your skills, then tell you how and where to submit your work
for print publication. Look for these books or others like them
at your local library or book store:

Wild Ink: How to Write Fiction for Young Adults by Victoria Hanley

What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction by Marion Dane Bauer

Five Pages a Day: A Writer’s Journey by Peg Kehret

Poem-Making: Ways to Begin Writing Poetry by Myra Cohn Livingston

The Young Writer’s Guide to Getting Published by Kathy Henderson

The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner

Story Sparkers: A Creativity Guide for Children’s Writers by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

Cats are cool—and they know it. Cats (and dogs too) not only extend our lives, but add quality and unconditional love. Be a responsible pet owner. Have your pets spayed and/or neutered. Not only will you increase their life expectancy, you’ll significantly impact the pet overpopulation problem.

I appreciate and admire people who dedicate their lives to making our world a better place.
Check out these organizations that are doing important humanitarian work for us all:

Random Acts of Kindness

Challenge Day Challenging You to BE the Change

KidSPEAK! Young people speak out against censorship

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

	Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Tolerance		International Orthodox Christian Charities What a religious experience could mean to the world
	American Humane Association		Heifer International Fighting world hunger and poverty
	Doctors Without Borders

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