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2022 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. The program recognizes thousands of students every year with awards, scholarships, exhibitions, ceremonies and more. Top recipients of regional-level … Continue reading
2021 Bennington Young Writers Awards
Bennington College recognizes outstanding writing achievement by high school students through the Young Writers Awards. Prizes are awarded in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students may enter in one category. DEADLINE: November 1, 2021. WHO CAN ENTER: Students in grades 9–12. … Continue reading
The Art and Writing Environmental Awareness Contest
Binsey Poplar Press invites young writers ages 12–26 to submit their work to the Art and Writing Environmental Awareness Contest. DEADLINE: April 15, 2021. WHO CAN ENTER: Writers ages 12–26. HOW TO ENTER: Online. WHAT TO ENTER: Poetry or prose … Continue reading
Princeton University Ten-Minute Play Contest
DEADLINE: March 31, 2021. WHO CAN ENTER: Students in the 11th grade. HOW TO ENTER: Online. WHAT TO ENTER: One play (10 pages maximum). PRIZES: First Prize – $500, Second Prize – $250, Third Prize – $100. JUDGE: Acclaimed playwright … Continue reading
International Young Writers Prize
The Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA Program in Writing & Publishing invites high school students to submit to the International Young Writers Prize. DEADLINE: March 1, 2021. WHO CAN ENTER: High school students ages 14–18. HOW TO ENTER: Via … Continue reading
2021 New York Times STEM Writing Contest
For this contest, The Learning Network invites you to bring a spirit of inquiry and discovery to finding a STEM-related question, concept or issue you’re interested in, and, in 500 words or fewer, explaining it to a general audience in … Continue reading
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Young Playwrights Competition 2021
DEADLINE: January 22, 2021. WHO CAN ENTER: High school students in NJ. HOW TO ENTER: Online. $10 entry fee. WHAT TO ENTER: One script (10–20 pages) in play format. PRIZES: Student playwrights are honored each year with cash awards, certificates, … Continue reading
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NJCTE High School Writing Contest 2020–21
The New Jersey Council of Teachers of English invites New Jersey students in grades 9–12 to participate in its annual Writing Contest. DEADLINE: January 11, 2021. WHO CAN ENTER: High school students in NJ. HOW TO ENTER: Online (poetry, short story, … Continue reading
Inaugural Poem Contest
The American Academy of Poets invites high school students to study previous inaugural poets and poems and to try their hand at writing their own inaugural poems as part of the Inaugural Poem Project, and to submit them to the … Continue reading
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Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award
High school students are invited to submit one poem to the Poetry Society of America’s annual Student Poetry Award. DEADLINE: December 31, 2020. WHO CAN ENTER: High school students. HOW TO ENTER: Via Submittable ($5 entry fee). WHAT TO ENTER: … Continue reading
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Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize
Princeton University’s annual Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize seeks entries by student writers in the 11th grade. DEADLINE: November 27, 2020. WHO CAN ENTER: 11th grade students only. HOW TO ENTER: Online. WHAT TO ENTER: Up to … Continue reading
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Write the World — Novel Writing Contest
Write the World hosts monthly competitions for young writers in a variety of genres. November’s theme is novel writing. If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo, this is a great place to enter your work! DEADLINE: November 17, 2020. WHO CAN ENTER: … Continue reading
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Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest
Hollins University invites young women in grades 10 and 11 to submit to their annual Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest. Nancy Thorp, Hollins class of 1960, was a young poet who showed great promise when she was a student. Following her … Continue reading
National YoungArts Awards 2020-21
Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2020 by 11:59pm ET (Eastern Time) Eligibility: students ages 15-18 or in grades 10-12 as of December 1, 2020 Entry: online; $35/category fee (waivers available) Categories: Classical Music, Dance, Design Arts, Film, Jazz, Photography, Theater, Visual … Continue reading
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DoveTales — Writing for Peace Contest
Writing for Peace challenges young writers to expand their empathy skills by researching an unfamiliar culture and writing from the point of view of a character within that new world, while exploring social, political, and environmental pressures, and universal themes. … Continue reading
2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. The program recognizes thousands of students every year with awards, scholarships, exhibitions, ceremonies and more. Top recipients of regional-level … Continue reading
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
The Kenyon Review‘s Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop. … Continue reading
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One Teen Story – Teen Writing Contest
One Teen Story is looking for great short stories written by teens about the teen experience, especially “ones that deal with issues of identity, friendship, family, and coming-of-age.” One Teen Story publishes 4 stories a year and accepts submissions from … Continue reading
No Tokens Journal – Young Poets Prize
For the first time, No Tokens Journal is opening submissions for a young poets’ prize. Submissions are open to all poets under 18. DEADLINE: October 1, 2019 WHAT TO SUBMIT: up to 5 poems in a single document HOW TO … Continue reading
Jamie Paradis ’20 published in Apprentice Writer
A poem by Jamie Paradis ’20 titled “You Used to Make Me Breakfast” was selected by judges of Susquehanna University’s 37th Annual High School Writing Contest for publication in the Fall 2019 Vol. 37 edition of the Apprentice Writer, a … Continue reading
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Bennington Young Writers Competition
Students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades during the current academic year are invited to submit one of the following: poetry (a group of three poems), fiction (a short story or one-act play), or nonfiction (a personal or academic … Continue reading
2012 NJCTE High School Writing Contest: “Our Recipes: Our Selves”
NJCTE Personal Essay Writing Prompt: This year’s personal essay prompt asks you to explore your relationship to a particular food. The phrase “You are what you eat” usually refers to eating healthy, but for this prompt, think about how food … Continue reading
NPR Three Minute Fiction Contest
All Things Considered’s contest has a simple premise: Listeners send in original short stories that can be read in three minutes or less. Round 7 Is Open! Submit stories by Sunday, September 25, 2011. For Round 7 of the writing contest, submissions … Continue reading