"For thirty glorious days, I experienced everything that I had thought teaching was going to be when I entered the classroom for the first time ten years ago. I will never teach the same."
--Luke Perry, Literary Supervisor, Battle Creek Public Schools
National Novel Writing Month's Young Writers Program provides kids and teens with a month-long language arts experience that improves self-esteem, teaches perseverance, and radically alters their relationship to writing and literature.
We do this through a youth-oriented website where kids and teens can mingle with other budding authors, get advice from beloved writers, and find inspiration as they tackle our book-writing challenge. And we do it through free, fun curriculum and lesson plans for K-12 teachers facilitating the Young Writers Program in their classrooms.
In 2008, over 20,000 kids and teens in 600 classrooms worldwide took part in National Novel Writing Month's Young Writers Program. In 2009, we're expecting over 1,000 classrooms to spend November bookin' with us.
To see what the educational community is saying about the Young Writers Program, check out this 2008 article from the George Lucas Foundation's Edutopia Magazine.
You can make a tax-deductible donation to support the Young Writers Program at the Office of Letters and Light Donation Station!
