Words. They’re a great invention.  By themselves they mean very little, yet when writers slide them together in various ways new universes are created.  The ISB Young Writers Awards celebrates this creativity.  This year we will publish a book of exceptional writing by middle school students.   To learn more, or to submit a piece of writing yourself, read on through these links:

  • genre - what kinds of writing can be submitted?
  • writers - who is eligible?

Any grade 6, 7, or 8 student attending the International School Bangkok, 2009-2010.

  • submitting - How do I submit my writing?

Easy - PantherNet.  Just login, go to “Young Writers Awards” and click on “submit my writing” . You might need to “register” yourself in the course first .. see this powerpoint for instructions.

  • judging - who gets to judge the writing?  What are they looking for?

The judges are writers, editors, and people experienced with the publishing industry.  The are no teachers or other ISB people doing the judging.  That means the judges may be looking at your words from a different perspective.  The kinds of things the judges are looking for are clarity of thought, creativity and imagination, emotion, voice, and evoking a reaction from the reader.  Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are always important, but the judges understand that middle school students are still learning. They will tolerate errors that don’t get in the way of understanding.

  • timeline - what are the deadlines?

Writing can be submitted from Sept. 1 - April 22, 2010.

  • what do I “win”?

(1) All student work that is submitted is published online. In this way everyone’s writing is recognized.

(2) Selected works of exceptional quality will be published in a book “ISB Young Writers, 2009-2010″.  Each writer who is selected will receive a copy of this book, as well as recognition at the end of the year assembly. The book will be available for purchase through amazon.com, and it will also be indexed as part of the library of congress.




25 Responses to “All About the ISB Young Writers Awards”

  1.   Claudia Says:

    When I log onto Panthernet, how do I go to the “Young Writers” page? It only shows my courses.

  2.   Mr.Romary Says:

    Go to http://inside.isb.ac.th/youngwriters/about/downloads/ and open the file “enrolling in panthernet” — you have to add yourself to the course.

  3.   Claudia Says:

    Ok, thank you. I found it. How many may I submit?

  4.   Claudia Says:

    I would like to post more, but it won’t let me.

  5.   Mr.Romary Says:

    I added another “assigment” so you can submit more writing…eventually I’ll add a bunch of these.

  6.   Claudia Says:

    Ok! Thank you!

  7.   Muhammad Hasyim Says:

    Do we have to write only one piece of writing or more? Because There are 4 “Submit your writing….” buttons on the course.

  8.   Mr.Romary Says:

    You can submit as many times as you like. If all you submit is one piece, that’s okay. Right now it is set-up for you to add 4 pieces. We will add more as time progresses. It’s up to you.

  9.   Gina Says:

    If you wanted to submit a poem, would grammer and puntuation be judged in the same way? I’m asking this because many poems do not follow the standard grammer/puntuation (example: capitalization, puntuation, fragmented sentences.)

  10.   Mr.Romary Says:

    Good question — poets are allowed to break the rules, especially if they are doing so in a deliberate and creative way! In poetry I believe the judges (not me) will be looking for emotion, voice, imagery, and writing the evokes a reaction from the reader. So submit your poems!

  11.   Sasha Says:

    What if my writing piece is, let’s say, ten pages? Will it still be allowed?

  12.   Mr.Romary Says:

    Yes. One page, ten pages, a hundred even…!

  13.   Gina Says:

    When submitting a piece of writing, I have found that the format and seperate paragraphs that were there originally do not show up. Does that mean that when the judges look at it, the piece is different than the original file?

  14.   Mr.Romary Says:

    The judges will see the file exactly as you had it arranged. It’s just that turntin.com will show you a “quick view” of the file as part of the submitting process. The only thing we will change is to remove your name if you had put that in the file.

  15.   Muhammad Hasyim Says:

    So….ummmmmm….. we still put our name on the first page of the writing right?

  16.   Mr.Romary Says:

    No need to put your name…but even if you did I would take it out. I still know it’s your writing because I can see it in PantherNet and also on turnitin.com, but the judges can’t see that (and I wont tell).

  17.   Gina Says:

    When you be putting up more submission ‘buttons’? Soon, hopefully. :)

  18.   Mr. R Says:

    Okay…two more have been added…thanks

  19.   Claudia Says:

    Can you please add a few more? ^^’
    Thank you.

  20.   Claudia Says:

    Mr. Romary,
    It seems that my work has been deleted, or I think it is. When I click on the submit buttons, it doesn’t have my previous work on there. Do I have to repost everything again? Or can I submit more work that I made?

  21.   Am Says:

    And…can the story that I am going to post be about 20 pages long?

  22.   Mr.Romary Says:

    Hi Am — yes, the file you upload can be as long, or as short, as you need it to be. You upload on PantherNet.

  23.   Gina Says:

    If you want to post more pieces, but you can’t remember which you’ve posted already, is there any way to check, or just resend the ones you’re not sure of?
    I’d hate to hate to resend them because I’m sure it would mess up the system…

  24.   Gina Says:

    If you want to post more pieces, but you can’t remember which you’ve posted already, is there any way to check, or just resend the ones you’re not sure of?
    I’d hate to have to resend them because I’m sure it would mess up the system…

  25.   Hannah Says:

    My computer won’t allow me to submit some writing. Is there another place I can submit?

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