The Sunshine Times is a student newspaper intended to be a creative outlet for budding writers, photographers, and artists. All students K-6th grade are encouraged to participate!
TOP 5 REASONS TO WRITE FOR THE SUNSHINE TIMES
- See your name in print!
- Get a hard copy of the newspaper to bring home!
- Write (or draw!) about anything!
- Share something new and exciting!
- Improve your writing skills while having fun!
Students can write about school/class activities, vacations, local events, sports coverage, travel/book/movie/music/art reviews, interviews, puzzles, Spanish-language columns, poetry, cartoons, advice columns–all ideas are welcome!
Submissions for the first paper are due on January 29, 2024. Kids should have their parents send a short story, poem, artwork, recipes, reviews, etc. (one item per child) to sunshinetimes@louisearcherpta.org.
GUIDELINES:
- Students are not obligated to participate in every issue.
- Only one submission is allowed per student per issue. However, we will accept a complementary photograph/drawing with any article.
- All articles must be sent electronically in a word document on or before the specified deadline.
- Only submissions approved by a parent or guardian will be accepted. No editing will be done to the documents submitted.
- There is no limit on the number of words, however, we ask parents to use discretion and guide their children about using clear and concise language.
- Students submitting drawings or cartoons must send scans of their work. We will treat them like pictures in the paper. (If you need help scanning, please let us know.)
- All articles must be submitted with a suggested title.
- Send all submissions and questions to sunshinetimes@louisearcherpta.org
For guidance on writing like a reporter, please see these links from ReadWriteThink.org:
Inverted Pyramid Format
Newspaper Story Format
Story Feedback Form
Newspaper Writing Assessment
Reporting Tips
Reporter’s Guide
