Gallery of Writing - The Forum by USA TODAY

Theme:

Persuasive Writing

Description:

Every day, the last two pages of USA TODAY's News section is devoted to persuasive writing – editors, experts, politicians, businesspeople, philanthropists, and many others share their opinions, backed up with facts, stats and quotes. Private citizens get in on the action through their persuasive letters to the editor. This USA TODAY Gallery invites middle and high school students to submit their most persuasive work. Length doesn't matter; the curator will determine if a piece should be published in our Gallery based on how effectively it persuades its audience.

Author must be a current middle or high school student.
The submission must be persuasive.
All genres, lengths, and formats are accepted.
Previously published pieces can be submitted, with proper consent.
The curator is looking for concise, incisive, persuasive pieces with attention to grammatical detail.

USA TODAY Education's mission is to help students become engaged, informed, and successful citizens by supporting the effective use of USA TODAY in the academic setting. Their education programs are currently in place in over 25,000 K-12 classes and on 500+ universities and community college campuses, impacting over 1 million students daily.

URL to this gallery:	http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/the_forum
Resources:	www.education.usatoday.com http://usatodayeducate.com/wordpress/index.php/lesson-library-language-arts http://usatodayeducate.com/wordpress/index.php/lesson-library-entrepreneurship
Curators:	Curator: Sara Davis, PhD

You are eligible to submit one composition (or a link to a composition already posted on the Internet) per gallery. You should not submit the same composition to more than one gallery. When you click "contribute my writing now," you will be prompted for information about your piece and about yourself. You can share this information with readers through the site search engine, or to keep it sheltered from searches. The more information you allow to be public, the more readers for your piece.

Please visit Gallery Guidelines prior to submitting a contribution to the National Gallery of Writing.