Short Story Writing Resources
Nov 2023 CompetitionResources for incorporating short story writing activities into the classroom.
Competition Calendar Handout
Students aged 13-19 are eligible to enter our free monthly writing competitions on writetheworld.org.
Download a competition handout to print and distribute to students, or share a digital copy.
Competition Calendar Poster
Students aged 13-19 are eligible to enter our free monthly writing competitions on writetheworld.org.
Download one of our competition posters to print and hang on your classroom wall or keep a digital copy for reference.
Sci-Fi Writing Resources
Oct 2023 CompetitionResources for incorporating science fiction and fantasy writing activities into the classroom.
How to use daily writing prompts to build a culture of writing in the classroom.
Climate Poetry Lesson Plan
September 2023 CompetitionFlexible lesson plan to guide students through climate poetry writing.
Flash Fiction Resources
August 2023 CompetitionResources for incorporating Flash Fiction writing activities into the classroom.
Creative Non-fiction Resources
July 2023 CompetitionResources for incorporating creative non-fiction activities into the classroom.
Songwriting Resources
June 2023 CompetitionResources for incorporating songwriting activities into the classroom.
90-120 minute flexible lesson plan for climate advocacy letter writing.
45-90 minute flexible lesson plan for flash fiction writing on climate topics.
Food Writing Resources
May 2023 CompetitionResources for incorporating food writing activities into the classroom.
Mentor texts from students on environmental writing topics.
Do some of your students need extra support with writing their college application essays?
Share our College Essay Program offerings with them and their parents!
Know any students who would be interested in a week-long online writing camp this summer?
Share our Summer Camp offerings with them and their parents!
Our free online writing community is designed to support student writers ages 13-19 and their teachers, guardians, and/or homeschool parents.Students can write, read, peer review, and enter monthly writing competitions...all for free! Educators can create private groups for their classroom's activities.
Attention teachers, parents, and homeschoolers!
Create a private classroom group on the Write the World website to house your writing instruction in one central space.
Upload writing curricula, access our library of prompts, resources, peer review rubrics, and teacher rubrics, and facilitate the drafting, publication, and peer review process with your students, inviting them to share their work in the global community if and when they are ready.
Create a private classroom group on the Write the World website to house your writing instruction in one central space.
Upload writing curricula, access our library of prompts, resources, peer review rubrics, and teacher rubrics, and facilitate the drafting, publication, and peer review process with your students, inviting them to share their work in the global community if and when they are ready.
Our monthly competitions, each dedicated to a different genre and judged by a professional author, are accompanied by classroom activities; provide opportunities for students to receive free feedback from an Expert Reviewer prior to submission; and can serve as engaging test-prep tools, supporting students persuasive writing through Op-Eds, for example, or informative writing through journalism, environmental writing, and more.
Look for the latest and previous resources in the matrix above.
