Youth Writer Resources

Youth Writing Markets

Looking for markets that accept writing from youth? This is just a start. There are more out there, all you have to do is look. But here are a few to get you started.

• Cricket Media
• Germ Magazine
• New Moon
• Stone Soup

Contests

There are contests out there that allow youths to submit and there are contests that are made specifically for youths. Again, this list is to get you started. A little time searching can help you find more options.

• Contests and submissions for youth
• Young Alberta Books Society
• Pandora’s Collective Poetry Contests
• Dr. MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship

Writing Groups and Camps

• WordsWorth
• Drink the Wild Air
• Bennett Centre Writing Camps (Edmonton)
• AWCS Youth
• Calgary Youth Poetry Slam
• Reality is Option Writing Club
• YouthWrite
• Tent Peg Reading Series Calgary