For most UCDA
members, a crucial part of the job is to stimulate the minds and hearts of
prospective students. But to succeed, you must first keep in touch with what's
going on in those minds and hearts. Perhaps no place on the Web takes you there
more effectively than TeenInk.com.
The content in the Teen
Ink site, affiliated with the print magazine and book series of the same name, is
created entirely by teens. Indeed, the Massachusetts-based Young Authors
Foundation, which publishes Teenlnk, stipulates that one must be in the 13-19 age
range to be published. In this supportive environment, the teens' creativity
flourishes and spirits run free.
The writing in Teenlnk runs the gamut.
You could read an emotionally searing essay on the death of a parent or a review
of the latest Destiny's Child CD. Discussions on racism and teen pregnancy share
space with humorous remembrances of embarrassing moments. Alongside all that are
plenty of fresh, lively poems and works of short fiction.
Two sections of
the TeenInk site may prove of particular interest to UCDA members. The "College"
section includes reviews of college campuses by visiting high school students,
essays on how kids imagine college life to be, and a directory of institutions
featuring links to official college Web sites (more than 70 schools are listed if
yours isn't there, you would do well to e mail editor@Teenlnk.com). The "Art
Gallery" features hundreds of visually impressive works by teens, with everything
from photography to pencil sketches to oil paintings.
In case you're
needing reassurance (as our parents surely once did) that today's young people
care about our society, possess inquiring minds, and have much to give
creatively, a visit to Teenink should give you plenty of comfort and perhaps
introduce you to some future colleagues.
UCDA is the University and College Designers Association
Teen Ink PO Box 30 Newton, MA 02461 (617) 964-6800 editor@teenink.com
Copyright 2008 by Teen Ink, The 21st Century and The Young Authors Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. This publication may not be reproduced,
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Teen Ink is a national teen magazine, book and website featuring
teen writing, information, art, photos, poetry, teen issues and more. All
articles are written by teen authors who are students at schools. The monthly
print magazine is appropriate for any teenager -- teenagers age 13 to 19
attending secondary school: junior high school, middle school and high school.
This publication is used by professional people including English teachers,
writing teachers, language arts instructors, journalism teachers, school
newspaper advisors, librarians, guidance counselors, K-12 principals in addition
to the PTA or PTO. Each issue of Teen Ink magazine contains a wide variety of
student work: we publish nonfiction, fiction, poems, community service, sports,
heroes, interviews, college essays, college reviews, book reviews, concert
reviews, movie reviews, music reviews, video reviews, video game reviews, the
environment, opinion, sports, pets, cars, automobiles, travel and culture, jobs
and money, health issues, artwork, photographs, cartoons, short stories, essays,
writing contests, a college directory and the website also has a bulletin board
and resources for teens and educators. Subjects include racism,
eating disorders, depression, death, suicide, family, relationships, jobs,
grandparents, violence, the college process, college information, colleges,
driving, self esteem, the arts, movies and more. Teen Ink is also a book series
published by HCI Teens. Subjects covered in the book include Friends, Fitting In,
Love, Challenges, Family, Heroes, Loss and Memories. Teen Ink was established in
1989 as The 21st Century magazine by The Young Authors Foundation, a nonprofit
organization. More than 25,000 teens have been published in the magazine and its
companion Poetry Journal. Teen Ink runs a London Summer Program for teenage writers.
