National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award for Superior Writing

Who: This contest is for current JUNIORS only.

Purpose:  To encourage high school students in their writing and to publicly recognize some of the best student writers.

Eligibility:  Juniors in the current academic school year are eligible to be nominated by their school’s English department. Nominations should be based on whether the writer exhibits power to inform and move an audience through control of a wide range of the English language. Entries are only accepted from teachers (i.e. the Head of the English Department).

Submission: If you would like to be considered for this award, you must submit to Mr. Stourton 6 pages of your best creative writing along with a 4-page prose piece (fiction or nonfiction) addressing the prompt: “Changing the narrative.”

Details: NCTE Flyer

Website: NCTE.org

Questions: Contact Mr. Stourton at nstourton@newarka.edu or Ms. James at tjames@newarka.edu.

Deadline: Submit essay and “best writing” to Mr. Stourton by Wednesday January 15, 2018.