Storyworks

{{Short description|American children's literary magazine}}

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| editor = Lauren Tarshis

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| category = Children's magazine

| frequency = Monthly

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| publisher = Scholastic Press

| founder = Lauren Tarshis

| founded = 1993

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| country = United States

| based = Jefferson City, Missouri

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| website = {{URL|http://storyworks.scholastic.com/}}

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{{Portal |Children's literature}}

Storyworks is a literary magazine published in the United States by Scholastic Inc., for students in grades 3-6 and their teachers.{{cite news|author1=Shannon Maughan|title=Moving on Up: 'I Survived'|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/64206-moving-on-up-i-survived.html|access-date=23 July 2015|work=Publishers Weekly|date=2 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Storyworks®|url=http://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/products/storyworks|work=Classroom Magazines|access-date=23 July 2015}} The magazine was founded in 1993 by Scholastic editor Tamara Hanneman.{{cite web|title=Storyworks|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/9604164261/storyworks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135844/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/9604164261/storyworks|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-12-22|work=Independent School|access-date=15 December 2015|date=March 1993}}{{Cite news|url = http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA13442677&v=2.1&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=08a9daa7816fe67bba51cc0de9afb06d|title = Publishers Weekly|last = Devereaux|first = Elizabeth|date = February 1, 1993|work = New Magazine Lures Kids to Literature|access-date = April 7, 2016}} It is published six times during the academic year.{{cite book|author1=James Flood|author2=Diane Lapp|author3=Shirley Brice Heath|title=Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts: Sponsored by the International Reading Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KKuRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA861|access-date=23 July 2015|date=22 September 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-60370-0|page=861}} Each issue features fiction, nonfiction, poetry and a play. The magazine also publishes numerous writing prompts, word games, contests, and short articles related to reading and writing. An accompanying Teacher's Edition provides ideas and guidelines for using the magazine in the classroom. It is now edited by Lauren Tarshis,{{cite web|url=http://www.laurentarshis.com/about-storyworks-magazine-0|title=About Storyworks Magazine|access-date=2 November 2015}} who is also the author of many children's books including the New York Times bestselling I Survived series.{{cite web|title=Allow Me to Introduce Myself|url=http://rss.k12.nc.us/rssys/images/schools/cges/Poem2.pdf|publisher=RSS|access-date=15 December 2015}}{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/series-books/list.html|title = Best Sellers - Children's Series|date = April 20, 2016|access-date = 7 April 2016 |via = New York Times website}} The Storyworks editorial headquarters are in New York City and its distribution center is in Jefferson City, Missouri.{{cite book|author=Laura Robb|title=Teaching Reading in Middle School|url=https://archive.org/details/teachingreadingi0000robb|url-access=registration|access-date=15 December 2015|year=2000|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|isbn=978-0-590-68560-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/teachingreadingi0000robb/page/73 73]}}