The Newspaper Series

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Submitted by ggevalt on Fri, 09/01/2006 - 1:22pm

Young Writers Project partners with nine Vermont and New Hampshire newspapers to publish best student work once weekly throughout the school year, with weeks off corresponding to the schools' vacations. All the work printed in the newspaper, plus selections by our judges that could not fit onto the newspaper pages, is also published on this Web site.

To submit work for potential publication in 2010-2011 in one, some or all of the nine daily newspapers partnering with YWP (Burlington Free Press, Times Argus, Rutland Herald, The Valley News, Brattleboro Reformer, St. Albans Messenger, Addison Independent, Essex Reporter, Colchester Sun), you may send us general work done in school or at home, or you can send in responses to our weekly writing prompts.

The work can be fiction, non-fiction, essays, poetry -- any genre whatsoever. There is no limit on length, but we may have to excerpt longer pieces in the papers. (We'll publish full stories on the Web.) You must be from Vermont or greater Lebanon, N.H., to be eligible for publication in the newspapers.

If you're logged in and want to submit work to the Newspaper Series now, click here.

Here are the basic steps to submit (Click here for complete overview of process):

    Step 1. Create an account on this site and login.

    Note: If you are under 13, you need to get a permission form and get a parent to sign it and send it back to us.)

    Step 2. Click "Create a Newspaper Entry" in the navigation box under your name on the left side of the screen.

    Step 3. Fill out all the boxes, including selecting the appropriate prompt keyword.

    Step 4. Paste your entry into the "Body" box.

    Step 5. Click "Preview" to check your work,

    Step 6. Click "Save."

Teachers: Please submit separate entries for each student. We realize this may mean a little extra work. If this is a big problem, you can paste all entries into the body IF you have identified AND they are all on the same prompt. You can also submit by e-mail: Click here for contact information.

Note: If you do not have access to a computer, you may send neatly written or typed entries to:

    Young Writers Project Entry
    Champlain Mill
    20 Winooski Falls Way, Suite 4
    Winooski, VT 05404

Please include your address and telephone number, or your teacher's number, so we can confirm or contact you should your entry be chosen for publication.

Work must be accurate and your own, unless noted -- in other words, you cannot copy or plagiarize someone else's work. All work must be civil and respectful; you cannot refer to someone specific (by name or in a way they could be identified) in a manner that would be detrimental, slanderous or libelous towards them. For more guidelines, click here.

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As a reminder, the submissions are subject to the terms and conditions of this Web site summarized below or outlined in detail here. Please read before submitting. By submitting this work you are agreeing to those terms and conditions.

Young Writers Project Inc. retains the copyright for all work submitted. We must do this in order for YWP to be able to publish the work in other publications. However, Young Writers Project automatcially grants back to ALL authors or artists submitting work all commercial rights to the works, meaning all authors and artists can use or publish or sell his or her work in any fashion and in any publication or medium in perpetuity.

If the author or artists wants these rights more specifically granted, simply write or e-mail Geoffrey Gevalt, editor of Young Writers Project Inc., 20 Winooski Falls Way, Suite 4, Winooski, VT, 05404.

We feel this arrangement works for everyone: We are able to freely publish student work wherever and whenever we wish and students will be able to do anything they want with their work as well.

Expectations

Submitted by mr.p. on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 8:18am.

By Kelsey Johnson
Hartford High School, Grade 10

Expectations

I brought my report card home from school today.
The grades aren’t too bad, all A’s and B’s.
As I’m walking home on the newly paved road,
I wonder what my parents will say.

Their expectations are too great for me.
I always work really hard for my grades.
I’m usually up until midnight or later
Doing my advanced chemistry homework
But my parents never appreciate my effort.

I tried picking up some more advanced classes this semester
But they still do not appreciate my effort.

My hard work is being destroyed by the words
“You can do better, Johnny always did.”
My teachers expect me to be just like him
At academics, sports, too.

In his freshman year in high school,
He was a quarterback on the varsity football team.
My parents wanted me to play football
To be “just like him.”

I don’t want to play football!
I want to hang out with my friends on the weekends
And go to the mall
And buy cute little mini-skirts.
Not be on the football field with a bunch of
Smelly boys who have never heard of deodorant.

I can’t take it anymore!

The only thing we have in common is that we look the same.
Blonde-hair, blue-eyes.
We are two very different people
With very different dreams.

I want my own identity
Where I am not compared to anyone.

I want to be me!!

I think I just submitted work

Submitted by mr.p. on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 8:24am.

I think I just submitted a piece for my student Kelsey Johnson. Would someone confirm that for me? I want to make sure I didn't just post a comment to some scrolling forum or dialogue.

Geof, because I know you're always looking for suggestions, a "Your work has been submitted for review. We'll contact you if your piece will be published" would be a helpful confirmation.

Thanks for all you do.

Matt Peterson
Hartford High School

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Almost there...

Submitted by ggevalt on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 8:51am.

Matt,

Thanks for submitting this but you are correct, this isn't the right spot.

To SUBMIT a piece, you must log in, click CREATE CONTENT on the right and CREATE ENTRY. For more see PUBLISH>>SUBMIT WORK.

When you do that you do, in fact, receive a confirmation.

You have submitted this as a comment. I will move it to the correct spot under your login.

Given your confusion, I have added an additional link under announcements.

Thanks

g

y is this so hard

Submitted by majorcubsfan (not verified) on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 12:57pm.

could someone please make it easier to post peices for the writers project. It is so hard and confusing you have to be a freakin wizard to figure out how to do this. someone help me!!!
thanks
-matt
O_<

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How to submit work

Submitted by ggevalt on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 2:44pm.

Matt,

Sorry it's hard to understand. A few of you are having trouble and for that I apologize.

We have two parts to this project...

  • the live Web portion where you can click on "create content" and create a "blog entry" or click "My blog" and "post a new entry." The "blog" is intended as a kind of writer's notebook where you can share your work -- finished or partially finished poetry, fiction, essays, whatever. When you submit your blog posting, the piece is instantly "published" on the site where it is open to voting and comments from others.

  • The other part of the project is submissions for OUTSIDE publication, mostly in the daily Newspaper Series. We have you create AN ENTRY and you do this by clicking "create content" and clicking "Entry." When you submit this, it goes to a different place on the site where judges and college mentors review it. Eventually, if selected for publication, it will make it into the papers and will be highlighted by the appropriate keyword (the week and/or prompt) on publication day.

    Hope this helps. We have been gradually evolving our submission system and, frankly, this is an interim state. Next year, after we do another reiteration of the site over the summer, we'll do it in one way.

    I appreciate your question and observation that it's a bit complicated. Part of the reason it is a bit complicated, though, is that we offer a lot in return. We hope that's valuable.

    Peace

    Geoff Gevalt
    YWP Editor

    • thanks, thank you for

    Submitted by majorcubsfan (not verified) on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 5:13pm.

    thanks,
    thank you for clearing that up for me. Thats alot easier.
    -Matt
    0_<

    (winking smiley guy)

    Confirmation

    Submitted by theonlyalex on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 11:45am.

    I never received email confirmation for the creation of my teacher account
    Annalisa Parent
    Rice High School

    feelings

    Submitted by Egiles on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 12:09pm.

    Rejected
    It was my first musical tryout. I was so excited, after all my years of practice maybe it would all pay off. My heart was beating fast now; I could hear it like a drum was banging inside my head. It was now time to sing which the main part of the tryout. Maybe I would make it… I sang, but the words of the song came out like I was in a sealed plastic bubble. Muffled like it was someone else singing. I couldn’t do it. But I wasn’t about to give up. I knew I could do it. We would find out who made it tomorrow. I just knew it, I blew it.

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    Winnie the stew (poem)

    Submitted by ken on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 7:21pm.

    piglet likes his stew
    whinnie does to
    in summer when the sky is blue
    they run without a clue
    mabey someday they'll start anew
    and stop making that stew
    cause in the night time blue
    dreams come true
    mabey yours will too

    Fall

    Submitted by Mango on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 5:04pm.

    Falling into peaceful silence,
    Storm clouds in the air.
    Colors from imagination,
    A dreamer's sweet pine lair.

    The colors stretch from head to toe,
    All around they drift,
    And in the breeze you can tell,
    Fall spirits they do lift.

    The wind rustles through my hair,
    I catch it and hold it close.
    I whisper a message to it sweetly,
    "It's fall I love the most.

    I'm not leaving

    Submitted by Mango on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 5:24pm.

    I have seen the sky,
    The sun is held at bay,
    And yet you still remain here,
    So I too must stay.

    I have heard the words you say,
    You whisper them to me,
    But yet I can not leave until,
    Your safety I can see.

    I have seen the future,
    On a bay of sand.
    I will wade into the water,
    Reaching for your hand.

    So I will hope that picture stays,
    Inside my dreams at night.
    For till that day I will not let,
    You out of my sight.

    can't wait!!!

    Submitted by AlexandraSmith (not verified) on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 10:13am.

    I can't wait to start writing, this will be tons of fun!
    thanks,
    alexandra smith

    Sibling Competition

    Submitted by douglasbourbeau on Thu, 10/25/2007 - 9:33pm.

    My brother and I do things together,
    And when we play we try to win.
    We play video games, sports and more,
    And always become competitive.
    Most of our fights are caused by this
    Because we’re both sore losers.
    We turn everything into a competition,
    Just for the sake of competing.
    And even though it’s hard to admit,
    Sometimes I do feel,
    I’d rather play and lose to my brother
    Than have no one to play with at all.

    Sibling Competion

    Submitted by Alicia on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 2:14pm.

    i completely understand what you are saying with this. I have two sisters of my own and i am always finding new things to compete with them over. I live for the competition and the satisfaction of knowing that i beat them.

    Im a Confused Young Man

    Submitted by dougefresh on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 1:37pm.

    Hello my name is Chester and this is what happened. My friends were all going to Deion’s house to hang out for a little while; I wanted to go to my girlfriend’s house to hang out with her for a little while. So after about a half hour I needed a ride to football practice from my friends because I was still a few weeks away from getting my license. So when I called Deion to get a ride he was all worked up because I didn’t come hang out with them I went to my girlfriends, and because of that they refused to give me a ride. He was being a jerk for no reason and now because he is being unreasonable I have no ride to football. This was the day I realized I would rather hang out with my girlfriend than my friends who have been there for a long time. So this was the best argument I ever got in.

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    your name is similar to mine

    Submitted by writingdog on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 5:21pm.

    your name is similar to mine really, I've never heard anyone's name who is Chester cool name! Chester is my nickname

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    Blogs

    Submitted by C-Adams on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 8:09pm.

    If you post a blog entry, does it mean it will possibly be published in the Free Press? I want to post some pieces, but I don't want them in the paper. I just want feedback on them. Does anybody know the answer to this?

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    No, only when you choose to

    Submitted by apples on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 8:11pm.

    No, only when you choose to do so...
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    The crimson tears of slaughter flow eternally through the sands of time... ~Self Quoted

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    I am a little more provocative then you might be,
    It's your shock and then your horror on which I feed
    So can you tell me what exactly does freedom mean,
    If I'm not free to be as twisted as I wanna be

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    cotton candy

    Submitted by bballplayer13 on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 11:11am.

    jordan barlow

    luck is kinda like cotton candy so soft tender melts in to your mouth just like a swirl of something you think will happen and that you believe in thats what cotton candy means to me so swirly something that taste so good and sugary thats what cotton candy means to me.

    jordan barlow

    I can wait.

    Submitted by brittanysivak on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 10:57pm.

    I Can Wait

    I can’t wait to experience my second first kiss. But the second kiss will be far better than the first because I will already know what to expect. It will be amazing because I haven’t kissed those lips in twelve months; I haven’t felt like I was part of someone in so long, that even the slightest touch, a kiss will send me to Utopia.

    I can’t wait to experience the holding of two lovers, who remain holding each other while they fall asleep, and still are before they sleep the next night. It will be amazing because the embrace of a strong man always makes a woman feel safe. She feels she can let go of reality for just a moment, and in that one moment, time stops and she is there forever.

    I can’t wait to die a little. To die a little means that I am living; and the only way to truly live is to be at bliss with the world. You are my world, you keep me alive, and you nourish me with your affection, your love, and your attention. And every time you leave, I die a little, but it’s good; because it means I am still alive.

    I look at all of the “can’ts”. Then I realize that even though I can’t wait, I must wait. Because there is only one person meant to make each individual feel like this. There is only one person out there who should make you feel like this. That person will always make your heart beat faster and slower at the same time. And that person should always have two things from you, because one without the other is like a remote without batteries, and it won’t work. Those two things are your heart, and your trust. And only the luckiest of people find someone whom they can give both to.

    I can wait for the person whom I gave both to, and I know he can wait for me

    I wrote that ^^^ for my

    Submitted by brittanysivak on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 11:00pm.

    I wrote that ^^^ for my fiance who is currently deployed btw.

    where im from

    Submitted by jenna on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 10:05am.

    I'm from pogo sticks,from dreams of marrying Drake Bell, and from eating skittles even when my parents said it would spoil my dinner.

    I'm from watching rugrats when ever it comes on even if its a repeat. from telling people to "bite me", and from reading harry potter when everyone is a sleep.

    I'm from when i grow up i wana be a doctor, from games of red light green light with my best friends, and playing basketball with my big brother.

    I'm from Aaron Carter or Jessica Simpson, from blue air heads are the best, and from never forgetting my childhood