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TeenWriter Tuesday: Making It Work as a Writer While You’re Still in School

Wisconsin teenager Amy Zhang played tennis after school. She went out with friends and did homework. She also wrote a book. A very good book called Falling Into Place. She was 16 when she found an agent who sold it … Continue reading

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Teen Tuesday: 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition

The “Art.Write.Now.DC” exhibition, which features 80 selected works from the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, will be on display at the U.S. Department of Education and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities until August 2016. Teens … Continue reading

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Teen Tuesday: New Library Groups for Teen Writers

I have a Google Alert set to tell me whenever there is a post or news item–anywhere–about “teen writers.” I have another one set to alert me to “written by teen” news. Sometimes the Google search monkey finds articles that … Continue reading

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TEEN WRITERS: Famous Teen Authors and Some Just Starting Out

Do you know these famous teen authors? The Diary of Anne Frank was begun when she was only 13 years old. Sadly, Anne Frank died before she had a chance to write more books. How to Talk to Girls was … Continue reading

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