Once the paper is publishable, you may want to make the student aware of places where a particularly outstanding paper can be widely shared. Here are a few that are available online and/or in print.

• STONE SOUP (www.stonesoup.com) is a magazine made up entirely of the creative work of children. Young people from all over the world contribute their stories, poems, book reviews, and artwork to Stone Soup. 

• MERLYN’S PEN (www.merlynspen.org) is one of the oldest of all publishers devoted exclusively to the work of teens in Grades 6 through 12. Its mission is to build a vast and friendly online library of great works by teens. The library is searchable, so a seventh-grade teacher attempting to teach the difficult art of character development in fiction can readily locate stories noted for their character development, all written by seventh graders just like his or her own. 

• SKIPPING STONES (www.skippingstones.org), an award-winning resource in multicultural education, is published bimonthly during the school year and encourages cooperation, creativity, and celebration of cultural and environmental richness. It accepts art and original writings in every language from students of all ages; non-English writings are accompanied by English translations. Each issue also contains international pen pals, book reviews, news, and a guide for parents and teachers.

• POTATO HILL POETRY (www.potatohill.com) appears bimonthly except in July and August and is for teachers and students in K through 12. The magazine publishes poems by students, along with writing exercises, interviews with poets, book reviews, contests, and other poetry-related material. Its staff is also interested in submissions of cartoons, writing exercises, artwork (black ink on plain white paper), essays on the writing process, and black-and-white photographs.

• TEENINK (www.teenink.com) is a national magazine, book, and Web site featuring writing, art, photos, poetry, information about issues of interest to teens, and more. All articles are by teenage authors.

• THE CLAREMONT REVIEW (www.theclaremontreview.ca) is an international magazine showcasing exemplary fiction and poetry by authors between 13 and 19. It publishes slice-of-life stories that also focus on language and character, and in poetry the preference is for free verse without rhyme.

• THE CONCORD REVIEW (www.tcr.org) is a quarterly journal of exemplary history essays, approximately 5,000 words in length, by high school students.

• THE WRITER’S SLATE (www.writingconference.com) appears three times a year and publishes original poetry, exposition, and narration from students in kindergarten through grade 12.

• BLUE JEAN MAGAZINE (http://www.bluejeanpublishing.com) is written and edited by young women around the world between the ages of 13 and 19. An alternative to the glamour and beauty magazines targeting teen girls, it publishes teen fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and commentary that represent what young women are thinking, saying, and doing.