Saratoga Springs Girl’s Writing Has a National Audience

Amelia Vinsel of Saratoga Springs, NY, is a published writer in an international award winning publication at age 12.

Amelia’s feature article, “Get Groovin! From Radios to Ringtones” is published in the March/April 2008 issue of New Moon ™: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams. New Moon is an advertising-free, bi-monthly magazine that brings girls’ voices to the world.

Amelia lives in New York with her parents and older brother. In her free time, she likes to write, read, ride horses, listen to music, and daydream. She also loves to laugh with her friends and eat Twizzlers. She wants to be an Olympic horseback rider and write novels when she grows up.

The New Moon Girls Editorial Board—made up of fifteen girls ages 8 – 12 selected Amelia’s article for the March/April issue titled, “Listen to This! (The Music Issue)”. The Girls Editorial Board chooses the theme, articles, artwork and cover design for each issue, and girls from around the world contribute 80 percent of the magazine’s content.

Celebrating its 15th year of publication, New Moon is a six-time winner of a Parents’ Choice Foundation Gold Award for “Best Children’s Magazine” and the 2006 winner of the Golden Lamp Award from the Association of Educational Publishers