Rider University 37th Annual High School Writing Contest

37th Annual High School Writing Contest

• View winners of this year’s contest (pdf)

Prizes in Each Category

• 1st-$100
• 2nd-$50
• 3rd-$25

All Finalists will receive a Certificate of Honorable Mention.
All Winners will be considered for publication in Venture, Rider’s literary magazine.

Categories

• ESSAY: Write a personal essay, labeled ESSAY, on a topic of your choice of no more than five double-spaced, typed pages.
• FICTION: Write a short story, labeled FICTION, of no more than five double-spaced, typed pages.
• POETRY: Write a poem of no more than 50 lines.

Rules

1. Type on the entry:
   Your Name and address
   Grade
   Teacher’s Name (Ms. James or your English or Creative Writing teacher)
   School Name and address: Newark Academy, 91 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039. 973-992-7000.
2. Hand or email your submission to Ms. James at tjames@newarka.edu for inclusion in a packet of submissions from Newark Academy.
3. Entries must be typed.  Handwritten entries will not be read.  Stories and essays must be double-spaced.  Single-spaced prose will not be read.  Please give your story, essay and or poem a title.
4. Only one entry per category will be considered.  Choose your best writing and send only one per category.
5. Give or email your entry to Ms. James by Wednesday, December 7 at 3pm.

Entries cannot be returned.  Winners will be announced by May 2017.
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish to receive a list of winners. Past Newark Academy winners include Josh Martin ’16 and Betsy Zaubler ’17.

GOOD LUCK!