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Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrate Poetry with Exercises from National Student Poets
Channel your feelings into creativity with prompts and exercises from National Student Poetry Program alumni.
Thoughtful Thursday: What have RAL-ers been up to?
Gain inspiration and learn about resources from students and educators in your RAL community, located all over the world!
Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrate Earth Day by Creating
Get inspired this Earth Day by environmental artists of the past and present.
Thoughtful Thursday: April Start.Write.Now with Mary Klein
Meet alumnus Mary Klein – award winner, teacher, and judge! See Mary’s prompt for inspiration to create something new this month.
Thoughtful Thursday: Intuitive and Outsider Art
Thoughtful Thursday: Get to know intuitive and outsider art with Chicago’s own Intuit!
Staying home? Keep creating!
Check out virtual resources to continue exploring your creativity (even when the Coronavirus may be keeping you at home)!
Congratulations to our 2020 Regional Award Winners!
Meet our Region-at-Large 2020 Award winners!
Meet the RAL Judges: Wordsmith Productions
Meet Wordsmith Productions, one of the partner organizations who works with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers to judge RAL writing submissions.
The Launch of the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
The 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards open September 12, 2019 for submissions. Learn more about submitting to RAL and get excited for the new Awards year!
Wrapping Up August Start.Write.Now: See what’s for lunch!
Jumping off of Awards alum Jesse Manning’s prompt, RAL artists and writers explore the theme “what’s for lunch?”
