W.o.o.t.s.

Here are the results for this weeks writing prompt.
Writing Prompt: Describe your biggest pet peeve, and when you do it, do it in haiku poem form.
by Carmen B.
Maltese is his breed.
Falcon is his doggie name.
THE MALTESE FALCON
by Colin M.
Sun floods in my room
Way to early to wake up
I should get curtains.
By Terry G.
Dressing up your [...]

Safe With You
by Samantha N.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
Safe from harm
Heart ache and pain
Never living life in vain,
Waiting for my dream to come true
Then realizing that dream is you,
Suddenly no longer feeling safe
But still find comfort in your face,
Hurt and confused
My heart permanently bruised,
Up and down like the oceans tide
Life being [...]

Untitled
by Nathan V.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
A winter foretold.
Prepare for the worst.
This curse will unfold.
The diminished: dispersed.
Prepare for the worst.
The godless triumphant.
The diminished: dispersed.
The luminous. The magnificent.
The godless, triumphant.
Blot the sun.
The luminous. The magnificent.
The end has begun.
Blot the sun.
The shrill of the dead.
The end has begun.
The ocean is red.
The shrill of the [...]

Spend five to ten minutes writing from the prompt. When you are finished, head over to our Submit page and send it to us. On Friday we will feature the results that have been submitted to us on this blog. Be sure you keep it appropriate and follow the Guidelines.
Writing Prompt: Describe your biggest pet [...]

Here are the results for this weeks writing prompt.
Writing Prompt: Think of the oldest people you know. Choose one and describe him or her. Include details about how this person speaks and moves. Imagine what this person was like when he/she was young; describe.
By Kelley B.
Moses, the oldest person I know, lives in the apartment [...]

Rising Star Creative Writing Competition
Deadline: June 30th
Bend, Oregon. February 19, 2009. The Nature of Words, Central Oregon’s premier literary organization, announces the launch of its fifth annual literary festival with the call for submissions to the Rising Star Creative Writing Competition for young writers. A new category, the nature essay, has been added to the [...]

About us
by Alex H.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
We are thankful to be here and proud of who we are.
We all love to party hard and live la vida loca.
We never regret what we do.
We live for the moment and not for the past.
We try to imagine today, forget yesterday, and dream [...]

Each year Writers in the Schools publish an anthology of student work. We have been doing it since 2000. Here are our covers from 2004 to 2008.

Days Like This 2004-2005 Anthology

Laugh Like I Do 2005-2006 Anthology

Mostly What I’m Made Of 2006-2007 Anthology

I Once Was Young and Strong 2007-2008 Anthology

There I lie
By Taylor W.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School

There I lie in the tree, on the limb the limb of time.
I praise the trees that touch the sky. The sky that is a deep blue with white thin clouds stretching out across the great expanse.
I praise the celestial starry space, so beautiful [...]

It’s a very exciting week for WOOTS. We have made it simple for you to respond to the writing prompt and to send us prose/poetry for consideration to post on the blog. All you have to do is click Submit on the right hand side of the screen.  Let’s get on with the new writing [...]