Entering this contest can be an effective goal and culminating phase of student writing activities. How to support students in learning to write and producing publications worthy of entry? Carefully planned curriculum, like the materials in the Resource Guide for ePublishing (Teacher Created Materials) make this easy and effective! | |
Press Release (from PRB web) "National Student Publishing Contest Opens, Expecting Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) October 18, 2011 Increased Entries from Digital Media Alongside School Print Journalism The eleventh annual Weekly Reader Student Publishing Contest opens this week with a new emphasis on digital media. The competition, sponsored by Weekly Reader and organized by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), honors the best in nonfiction publications and writing by students in grades 3-12. The Student Publishing Contest has grown over its eleven-year history to match the changing needs and interests of our nation's young writers and journalists. "This contest is always exciting because it showcases the best journalism being created in America’s K-12 schools," said Ira Wolfman, VP of Editorial at Weekly Reader. "But in the past two years, we’ve seen increasing number of entries from digital publications. Last year, the Harbinger Online of Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, was the first winner of our digital publication category. Given students’ growing facility with digital media, we are confident we will see many more entries in the online category..." Read the full article at its source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8886053.htm |
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Weekly Reader STUDENT PUBLISHING CONTEST
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