Established 1993
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Poetry Institute of Canada
P.O. Box 44169 - RPO Gorge, Victoria, BC V9A 7K1
Phone: 250.519.0446 Fax: 250.519.0029 E-mail: poetryinstitute@shaw.ca

Now accepting entries for our Annual
Young Writers Short Story/Creative Writing Contest.

Rules - Student Entry Form - School Entry Form - Prizes
or Enter Online

Deadline: March 23, 2012

Please note: Students do not have to enter with a school and may enter the contest individually.
Just disregard the school information on the entry form.
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For those students who entered our annualy Young Writers Poetry Contest, we should be finished our preliminary selections early to mid-February. If you have not heard from us by February 21,
please let us know. Final selections will be made at the end of May. Good luck!

Poetry Prizes
Anthology titles:
(ages 7-12) Hello, Mr. Moon
(ages 13-18) Shadows by Moonlight

*** EXTERNAL LINKS ***

Learning About Poetry

Types of Poems

Children's Guide to Poetry

Tips on Writing

Mother Goose Caboose
Learning and activities site: includes rhymes, poetry, games, colour cut/paste, reading/writing
and much more!

Bedtime Favourites
Nursery Rhymes
Resource Guide

 

Japanese Haiku Poetry Resources

Student Dictionary

Rhyming Dictionary

Online Thesaurus

Online English
Activities for Kids

Poet's Collection
(a collection of helpful resources)




Scholastic Canada

YES Mag!

 

Centauri Summer Arts Camp
Specialised residential arts camp which includes intensive retreats for teenagers in playwriting, poetry, fiction writing, 'writing from your life', script-writing and journalism. We have a scholarship program to assist low income families.

 

 

INSPIRATION CORNER
Publications by Canadian
Young Writers


Natasha Carr-Harris



"The Story of St. Patrick's Day"



"The Eyes" A novel about bullying.

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If you have had a book/novel published and would like it to appear in this section to share with other young writers, please let us know. We would be happy to link it.

 

Special thanks to Scholastic Canada Magazine Division for their support!

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