Mission Statement:
The Amazing Kids! eZine, like the Amazing Kids! organization, strives to inspire kids to reach their potential and give them opportunities to do so; we look for and recognize kids who are working to make a difference; we give kids a place to see their work published; we encourage kids to read, and last but not least, we hope to provide a fun, challenging, educational, and entertaining experience for kids and teens alike.

Audience:
Kids and teens of all ages, with a particular focus on ages 9-14. A guide for our writers and for those thinking about submitting writing for the Amazing Kids! eZine: We want kids to be inspired by what they read and to learn to love writing and reading good literature too!

Meet the Amazing Kids! eZine Staff:

Brittany, Editor-in-Chief, loves reading, writing, art, and swimming. She's been writing books and poems since 3rd grade, and she's thankful for all the wonderful help and support she's been given. She mostly writes mystery and adventure manuscripts for young adults, but she's also written a few picture books and poems. Her dream future career: a pediatrician!

Charlene Lee, Assitant Editor, is a high school sophomore who loves photography, foreign films, musicals, baking and politics. She hopes to one day participate in the Peace Corps, work for the UN, and travel the world as a freelance writer and photographer.

Angel Chen, L.O.L. Humor Column Editor, is a high school freshman. She loves reading, writing, and sketching. She also loves reading old classics, such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, and "The Iliad" by Homer. She likes to write short stories and persuasive essays. She plays the piano and the violin, and she loves winter sports, such as tubing and skiing.

Amina Ramadan, Staff Interviewer, is a high school Senior who loves to write, especially poetry, short stories, and interviews! She also plays volleyball and lacrosse, and likes to draw, knit, read, and finish her homework.

Amazing Kids! Adult Advisors:
Alyse Rome, Founder and President, Amazing Kids!, an educational non-profit organization for kids. Alyse founded the organization and its website for kids ( www.amazing-kids.org) in 1998. Her purpose: to help inspire kids and teens to actively explore and discover their own unique gifts, talents and abilities, with the help of caring adult mentors, so they can realize their own "amazing" potential.

Alyse is responsible for running the Amazing Kids! organization, as well as overseeing the amazingly talented youth-led staff of the Amazing Kids! eZine. In early 2001, Alyse launched the Amazing Kids! eZine in order to give kids and teens a challenging and exciting "real world" experience of producing an electronic magazine ("eZine") on their own.

"The Amazing Kids! eZine gives kids and teens a unique opportunity to express themselves creatively to a wide-ranging cyber audience. By reading the creative works of their peers from around the world, kids (as well as adults) soon come to realize just how much we share in common as human beings, no matter where we live."


Rounding out the staff are talented contributing members who write articles, stories, and reviews, and contribute ideas for the growth of the eZine. The Amazing Kids! eZine welcomes submissions from new young writers from 5-18 on an ongoing basis.