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Budding artists, this page is for you!
Here are links to websites dedicated to young writers and illustrators.
There, you can get your stuff published on line, find all sorts of tips,
enter competitions and get in touch with fellow young artists.
 The Concern Cecil Woodham-Smith
Writing competition
To mark the 40th Anniversary of the founding
of Concern, an annual writing competition has been launched for students to write about global issues.
The theme for this year is ''A world without hunger".
It is the year 2058 you are asked by a child "What
was the biggest human achievement in your lifetime". Without hesitation you reply "It was the year hunger was finally ended."
Your task is to write an essay or short story explaining how hunger was eradicated from the world. The winners of this years competition will meet Kofi Annan former UN Secretary General of the United Nations at the Concern International conference in Dublin in October 2008.
Other prizes include laptops, ipods, magazine subscriptions and more.
All entries must be sent before April 18th.
Categories
Junior: 13 to 15 years (max. length 1,000 words)
Senior: 16 to 18 years (max. length 1,500 words)
As Gaeilge: 13 to 18 years
Judges
Gabriel Byrne (actor)
Marita Conlon-McKenna (author)
Fr. Aengues Finucane (former Concern CEO)
For entry details visit http://www.concern.net/
 Write a Book Project
If you go to school in the South Dublin area,
check this out and tell your teacher about it!
The project has its own website www.writeabook.ie and here is what we at CBI have
to say about it http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/view/117/194/
 Scriptito's Place
Look it up for stories written by kids, writing and illustrating tips
and story starters.
http://members.aol.com/vangarnews/scriptito.html
 Kidworld
Here, they have writing
competitions every month
and all the stories get
published on the website.
You can also read other
people's work and find 'keypals' your age.
http://www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/CORN.html
 The Young Writers' Club
This club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities. The website also includes reviews and offers possibility to write and publish non-fiction.
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html
KidPub
KidPub, since 1995, is the place where kids write on the Internet. The database holds just over 48,000 stories written by and  for kids. You can start a book club, write reviews, join writing forums, enter contests...
You can read stuff on line but to post anything, you need to join for about $13 per year.
http://www.kidpub.com/
 Kids' Space
In the Story Book section, you can read original stories, poems, journals, play scripts, etc. There are also a lot of illustrations by kids from all around the world.
http://www.kids-space.org/
 Cyberteens
Cyberteens's goal is to create and promote youth community worldwide, and give teens a voice and an interactive place to express their creativity. Art, poetry, short stories...
http://www.cyberteens.com/
 Amazing Kids
Here you can publish your writing and illustrations, and find tips on how to make your own comic strips.
http://www.amazing-kids.org/
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