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From the desk of Mrs. Green:

As you all know, I encourage my students to submit their writing to the world outside of the classroom. Many student writers consider their work to be an exercise in communication between teacher and student. You, the writer, are assigned a topic; you write; you turn it in; the teacher reads it; you get it back with comments; you despair or rejoice; repeat. If you are only writing for a teacher audience, you are missing out. Writing is communication, expression, catharsis, voice, experimentation, fun. Write for more than school. Write beyond these walls.

Submitting your work to be published can be intimidating, but I encourage you to send your work to the world. Check out this link for many submission opportunities for young writers:

http://www.newpages.com/npguides/young_authors_guide.htm

Also, after our week of Gilda's Club recognition, consider sending your writing about Cancer to the Gilda's Club Writing contest. This can be any perspective, fiction or non-fiction, about experiences with Cancer. See me for the form. Last year I had two students featured on NPR reading their winning submissions. Submissions deadline is sometime in March.

Happy Writing!!