Here is an announcement from our friends at HoustonPBS about the 2012 PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest: Calling Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Authors and Artists to enter the 2012 PBS KIDS GO! Writing Contest! Children write and illustrate their own stories and enter for a chance to win great prizes at both the local and [...]
2012 Children’s Contest Rules Subject = Adventure The final deadline for entries is March 31, 2012. Children are encouraged to submit their work to Houston-Texas-Online as soon as possible. They will receive 10 extra points if they submit their work prior to December 31, 2011. These extra points will count toward the final judging. Entries will be displayed on [...]
Did you ever want to make an animated movie? Using the Xtranormal Movie Maker, now you can. Simply choose your characters, type out the dialogue, and watch. Have fun!
MakeBeliefsComix.com is a site that invites you to make your own comics. This year they’ve created a special program to help you make scary comics for Halloween. The Halloween Digital Write-Able asks: Imagine you could create a frightening ghost story. What would your opening lines be, your key characters, and your closing lines? Go fill [...]
It’s time for young writers (and their teachers!) to sign up for National Novel Writing Month, which begins Nov. 1, 2011. In 2010, 41,000 young writers participated in this fun, free event. They committed to writing an entire novel in one month. Visit the NaNoWriMo website to register, and you will find support, resources, curriculum guides, [...]
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Tagged Figment, nanowrimo, nanowrimo 2011, National Novel Writing Month, Writer Resources
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Writers in the Schools (WITS) invites you to A Celebration of Story on November 3rd - an evening of storytelling through music. Our featured performer, Allen Shamblin, is famous for penning chart-topping hits like Clay Walker’s “Live, Laugh, Love” and Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” He will be inducted to the Nashville [...]
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Tagged Allen Shamblin, events in houston, gala, katherine center, music, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, songwriting
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One day I traveled to Africa to see the animals. When I got there, it was better than I thought. I thought it was going to be plain and dry, but the landscape looked amazing. I grabbed a backpack, a tent, a hunting knife, flashlight, and a shotgun, and I set off to the savannah. [...]
“Aidan, your mom and I are enrolling you in summer school.” “Awwww, Man!” “But you’ll get to have the funnest teacher on the planet!” “Awesome!” “Well, at least you’ll get her the last 2 days of the summer–that’s when she gets back from maternity leave.” “Awwww, Man!” “But the substitute, Ms. Ruler, gets very strong [...]
Before I got sick, I used to play soccer. I liked it because you run a lot, and the exercise feels good. I would play with one of my friends. My favorite position was goalie. I grew up hearing about soccer. My older brothers play, and I used to go to tournaments. I like the [...]
Once there were dinosaurs grabbing hot rod cars with their teeth. Their teeth were yellow and sharp. There was a storm and some wind. Everyone fell in the water. They all drowned except for one who swam to the land. It was a dinosaur robot. Inside the robot there was a guy. The robot was [...]
5 Reasons to Get WITS in your School I Am Somalia Pakistan Who I Am I am a Seashell Flower Power The Sun I Am Like a Flower Yellow Ode to Summer Skateboarding Poetry Takes Shape My Name Ode to the Color Black My Epic Hero
Have you heard about Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page, a “one book, one city” program that will take place through September 30th, 2011? Everyone in the the city of Houston is invited to read and discuss the book One Amazing Thing by author Chitra Divakaruni, an internationally acclaimed writer who is featured in one of our WITS [...]
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Tagged Arts and Entertainment, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Fort Bend County Libraries, Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page, Harris County Public Library, Houston, Houston Public Library, Libraries, One Amazing Thing, One book, one city, United States
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The Extremely Gross Monster (inspired by a writing exercise in Karen Benke’s Rip the Page) In the forest there once lived a leechish, fly-infested, oozing monster with crud-like scales. He was a serious bloodsucker. The color of his skin was yellowish-greenish like mucus. He had a deadly gnaw. The inhabitants of nearby villages called him [...]
From the website of Spilling Ink: SPILLING INK SHORT STORY CONTEST FOR AGES 8 -12! Short Story Challenge: We dare you to… write a short story about anything you like. Word limit: 1,000 words or less For ages 8 -12 Prizes: First Prize: A $25 Bookstore Gift Certificate & a signed copy of Spilling Ink. Second Prize: A signed copy of [...]
Want to have some fun? Choose 2 items that are the same color and write a story or poem using both of them. If you need a jump start, read Joe’s story inspired by yellow. Cheez-It and Goldfish Once there was a Cheez-It that met a goldfish. He winked and said, “Hi, good looking.” She [...]
