Useful Links

This page contains links to external sites you may find useful and/or entertaining. If you would like a link added to this page, please send an email to the webmaster.

School and Community Links

• The Walt Whitman High School homepage
• The Montgomery County Public Schools homepage
• The Black and White Online - Whitman's award-winning student newspaper.
• MCPL: Bethesda Library - You mean I can read any book I want? For free?!
• Backfence - Do-it-yourself local news.
• The Library of Congress - Attend the National Book Festival! (The festival is on Saturday, September 29, 2007, from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM on the National Mall.)

Educational Links

• Understanding USA - Understanding information is power.
• Poetry 180 - A poem a day for American high schools. (This site was founded by Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States.)
• Americans' Favorite Poem project (This project was established by Robert Pinsky, another former Poet Laureate of the United States.)
• Teen Ink - A magazine for student writing and artwork.
• The Folger Shakespeare Library homepage
• The Shakespeare Theatre homepage

Student Writing Competitions

• Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay Contest (Deadline information: TBA October 2007)
• Hollins University Nancy Thorpe Poetry Contest (Deadline: November 15, 2007)
• Princeton University Ten-Minute Play Contest (Deadline: March 1, 2008)
• Princeton University Poetry Prize Contest (Deadline: TBA)
• Smithsonian Kite Festival Poetry Contest (Deadline: TBA)
• Bennington Young Writers Competition (Deadline: TBA)
• Kenyon Review Poetry Prize for Young Writers (Deadline: TBA)
• IMPAC-Connecticut State University Young Writers Competition (Deadline: TBA)