Writing sites galore!
See below for more ideas, competitions, inspiration and word games.
General sites:
The Poetry Society
Young Writer Magazine web site
BBC Poetry mainpage
BBC Writersroom - writing for the BBC
Poetry Kit - poetry events, competitions and more...
Rainy Day Corner - more writing ideas
The Poetry Library website
Fun Stuff and research tools:
The Visual Thersaurus - see for yourself
AWAD - A Word A Day
The Internet Anagram Server - find anagrams of anything
Omniglot.com - see the writing systems of the world
Online rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
h2g2 - You may well come across something useful here!
The UK newspaper directory - you'll find them all here
Piglatin.net - online magnetic poetry
Lost in Translation - take a look
KidPub.com - the largest collection of children's writing on line
One Word. So little time. - Good for ideas
Babynames - find names for your characters here
bzzzpeek - How do they say 'moo' in Italy?