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Homeschooling Teen Writing Contest!

Celebrating our 5th Anniversary! Homeschooling Teen magazine publishes articles that provide homeschooled high schoolers with information, inspiration, and exploration of the world around us. Now it’s YOUR chance to showcase your best work in Homeschooling Teen magazine! Write a 700-word essay on homeschooling – why you enjoy it, why you chose it, what it means […]

Eliminate Pain with Online Writing Tools

By Nikolas Baron It’s smart. It’s fast. It’s always there for you when you need it. It’s the internet! The internet is the great equalizer when it comes to writing on an academic level. Even teens that do not have a genius IQ level or a college English professor for a parent can produce top-notch […]

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

The Razor’s Edge, by Madeleine Richey Are you a writer, a painter, a sculptor—an artist in any form? As a young artist, it can be hard to be recognized for your work and even harder if you are homeschooled and do not have a school that regularly hosts awards and provides opportunities to display your […]

Steps on Writing an Essay

By Sandra Miller A lot of people would rather avoid writing an essay just the same way as a lot of other people avoid mathematics. Mathematics and essay writing do have two things in common. First is that, they are both hard to learn and second is, they are unavoidable. Wherever you may go and […]

The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Research Paper

A research paper, like an essay, needs to be planned, organized, and developed. However, compared to the idea-generating strategies that are used in essays, research projects place more emphasis on gathering, evaluating, and interpreting information. The following article by Lois Weldon provides an overview on how to write a good research paper. In its essence, […]

The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Personal Statements for Scholarship

By Maria If you are applying for scholarship you’ll certainly find useful this personal story I’ll share. In my case, aside from writing a personal statement for my scholarship applications, I had to also include few additional short statements and project proposals. There was a lot of writing to be done. I did not want […]

Writing in the New Year

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better person.” ~Benjamin Franklin The new year is an excellent time to reflect and make resolutions. A resolution is a serious vow to do something better or to accomplish a goal by taking a firm […]

Writing Scholarship Applications

By Peter Olsen The job of filling out scholarship applications is a necessary and important one. The thought of it can be scary, however, knowing that there is so much at stake. Whatever you do, don’t procrastinate so much that you miss the deadline! The first thing to do when applying for scholarships is to […]

Handwriting and Penmanship

January is National Handwriting Month, and if your handwriting could use some improving you may want to practice it as one of your New Year’s resolutions. The need for good penmanship has not gone out of style in the computer age. We still have to sign our name on checks and other documents, jot down […]

Tristan’s Place

The moral of the story: never underestimate an act of kindness, no matter how small. You may just change someone’s life.