CREATE -- Overview

This site is for registered students from Vermont or New Hampshire to share writing, ideas and opinions. To register click here. (To register for a new account, you must be 13 years old and from Vermont or New Hampshire or, if you are younger, have parental permission. click here for the form. Register for an account online, and send us your permission slip, and we'll approve you ASAP.)

This site is a safe place for you to practice your writing and practice expressing yourself with words, audio and visual images. We expect people to be civil and non-threatening; that, to us, is how you have a safe Web site. Comments on writing should be constructive and limited to writing, not chit-chat. Click here for more

Once you log in, here's what you can do:

• Keep a "Blog" or writer's notebook. When you login, click on "WRITE" at the top left and post a new blog entry. Be sure to title it, give it a genre, and denote whether you want it to be considered for newspaper selection.

• You can supplement your writing by inserting photos or uploading an .mp3 audio file as a "podcast" or attaching other files, through the options provided after clicking "WRITE."

• Podcasts. Upload essays, short stories, journalism projects, whatever, as mp3 files by clicking in the browse box under "podcasts and direct record" and simply choosing your mp3 file from your computer, and clicking upload. You can also use the audio recorder function to record audio directly to your piece.