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DEADLINE: August
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Day-To-Day
Write about what a day in your life is like. We want details!
Creation Station
Inspire others with your
passion. Showcase your
projects, whether it be your
latest musical composition,
science experiment, lego
creation, tree fort, etc.
What's your issue?
Write about a community cause that you are fighting for. Kids are the future of our country. We can make a difference!
Poem Corner
Send us your stuff! Get it out
of your notebook and let it
shine!
Art of the Month
Scan us your latest
masterpiece!
Kid-'Spressions
Some kids say "Rad." Some say “Sick" and they "mean" the same thing! Send us an expression you and your friends say and we'll watch the trends across the nation and world!
Great Books
Tell us about your latest favorite books.
Road Trip
WOW! Maybe you went to FL and saw some hungry alligators? Cool! Tell us all about your adventure in a Road Trip article!
Departments
Summer Journal
I bet you are planning a great summer. As the summer unfolds, keep a summer journal about your favorite things of the summer. Make sure to write in your journal right away after the event so it’s fresh in your mind and heart. Send us your journal entries as you go. Submit to the Inbox. Just a few sentences per journal entry will do! Or feel free to write more!
Road Trips
We always like to highlight your Road Trips. Tell us about an adventure you took with family or friends. It could’ve been for an afternoon or a whole weekend or more. We’ll feature you in our Road Trip section. Send us pictures too!
Movie Review
Book Review
Game Review
Write about your favorite movie, book or game. We’d all love to hear. Help us all weed through the choices!
Good Deeds
Is your family or class working on any projects for others? More than likely you have in the past. Tell us what you’ve done and how you made someone’s life better.
Watch for News
This is a free-for-all. Encourage yourself to start looking at the world through the eyes of a story-teller. When you're driving around town pay attention to the out-of-ordinary. Do you see a public works truck on the side of the road with guys fixing an electrical pole? What are they doing? Be inquisitive. Stop and ask them what they're doing. Follow up with some why's and how's. Then compliment them and thank them. There ya go. You have your story. Now make sure you write it down quickly before you forget! If you have a camera phone, snap a quick shot.
BTW (By The Way): A good reporter carries a camera at all times.
More Ideas: Whatever...
Limit-yourself-not. We only give vague ideas of what you can write about...don’t box yourself in. Look out the window. Tell us what you see. Tell us about some funny story that happened on your way to school today. Whatever it is, if it was interesting enough to tell your friend about, it probably is interesting to our readers. Snap out of it. Write something. Type it into our Inbox, and Phoosh! Before you know it, you’ll be in The Bunk Room! Coolio!
Write What You Know
Oftentimes the best writing comes from what you know. It’s a whole lot more enjoyable writing about what you KNOW and it reads better too. When you write what you know, words flow from your heart and your true voice comes through. That’s when writing is FUN!
This month we invite you to WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW...what is it that you are an expert at? Are you the best juggler on the block? Are you the Master of Disguises dressing up as fanciful characters and act out their parts? Maybe you fix things and get’r done when Mom needs help around the house? What do you do that you know so well you could talk someone’s ear off about it? That’s what we’re looking for...and can hardly wait showcase you in the next Bunk Room.
Send us pictures too. Send us your drawings. Send us some cool photography. Take a picture of that pinch pot you made in art class. Or a picture of your brother doing skateboard tricks. Open your mind...share with The Bunk Room and you share with the WORLD! FUN!
Click here to send us your articles and/ or pictures and artwork.
DAY-TO-DAY
The EASIEST way to becoming a full-fledged Bunk Room Contributor is to write a Day-to-Day column. The great thing is that everyone LOVES this column because we all LOVE knowing what other people do!
Here’s what you do:
Pretend you’re writing to you BFF (Best Friend Forever). Pretend you are just telling them everything you did that day. We want to hear about it! In about 250 words or less that is....and SEND US YOUR PICTURE. Nothing better than putting a face to the story...
Survey of the Month: Summer
See your name in the next issue. Watch for updates on our next surveys. They’re great opportunities to see your name in The Bunk Room!
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Features: Be brave! Don’t let writing scare you! Send us a small blurb or a meatier story. Generally, we like stories no longer than about 300-400 words.