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Writing Contests For Teens?

Asked by: Monica Getchu

11 Writing Contests for High School Students with Cash Awards

  • Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. …
  • Young Lions Fiction Award. …
  • Ocean Awareness Contest. …
  • The Adroit Prizes for Poetry and Prose. …
  • NSHSS Creative Writing Scholarship. …
  • YoungArts Competition. …
  • The American Foreign Services Association Essay Contest.

What are the best writing competitions to enter?

Writing Contests For You to Enter!

  • Young Lions Fiction Award.
  • 53 Word Story Contest.
  • W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction.
  • The Gabo Prize.
  • Willie Morris Awards for Southern Poetry & Fiction.
  • Pen/Heim Translation Fund Grants.
  • Newfound Prose Prize.
  • Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest.

Where teens can get published?

Places to Submit Teenage Writing and Visual Art

  • ★ The New York Times Learning Network. Daily writing prompts: …
  • ★ Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. …
  • ★ The Adroit Journal. …
  • ★ Amazing Kids Magazine. …
  • ★ The Apprentice Writer. …
  • ★ The Daphne Review. …
  • ★ elementia. …
  • ★ Kalopsia.

How can you tell if a written contest is legit?

Legit contests tell you the criteria they use for judging: originality, characters, pacing, plotting, setting, etc. Often they have high profile judges. Some writing contests, like the Women on Writing contests feature agents as judges. If you’re agent hunting, I don’t have to tell you why this is a good deal.

How do you participate in a story writing competition?

WELCOME 2022 Writing Contest

  1. Submission Guidelines: One entry per author. Open to writers worldwide, no age requirement. …
  2. Judge: Pamela Painter. …
  3. Submission Fees: NIL.
  4. Themes/ Genres accepted: All.
  5. Closing Deadline: 15th April 2022.
  6. Prize: …
  7. Literary Quotient: Excellent.

Are writing contests worth entering?

And there have been years that the prize for winning one contest more than covered the entry fees for the others I entered. So even though I’m not a big winner, I say yes — it’s worth the effort to try. Entering writing contests helps writers prepare to follow the rules. That’s good practice for a writing career.

How can I make money writing online?

  1. Start a blog. Blogging is a tried-and-true method for writers to make money online. …
  2. Create blog posts (for others) …
  3. Establish a niche website. …
  4. Self-Publish a book. …
  5. Create affiliate content. …
  6. Write scripts for video creators. …
  7. Write show notes for podcasts. …
  8. Create written content for social media.
  9. What should we avoid while writing a story?

    Avoid making common mistakes by following these writing tips:

    • Don’t write sporadically. …
    • Don’t ignore story structure. …
    • Don’t second guess yourself. …
    • Don’t abandon your first novel. …
    • Don’t pigeon-hole your process. …
    • Don’t start off slow. …
    • Don’t switch POV. …
    • Don’t create flat characters.

    What are some short story competitions for middle schoolers?

    Writing Contests for Kids

    • Kids Write! ages: 4 – 18. …
    • Boomwriter Writing Bee. ages: grade 3 – 8.
    • Betty Award. ages: 8 – 12. …
    • Amazing Kids! ages: not stated. …
    • Write the World. ages: not stated. …
    • Dandelion Press. ages: all. …
    • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. ages: 13+ …
    • Cricket. ages: 9 – 14.

    How do you win a writing competition?

    Challenge every word

    And the more you re-write, the more you’ll stand out from every other entry in a creative writing competition. Find the best bits of your story and hone them to make them better. Change what’s around them to show them off. Find the weaker parts – cut them.

    What are the 5 types of writing?

    The 5 Types of Writing Styles and Why You Should Master Each



    • Narrative Writing. Narrative writing is storytelling at its most basic: it’s all about sharing something that happens to a character. …
    • Descriptive Writing. …
    • Persuasive Writing. …
    • Expository Writing. …
    • Creative Writing.

    What do judges look for in a writing competition?

    Once the field of entries has been narrowed down, judges in writing contests often re-read promising entries. What they are looking for is writing that stands out from the rest of the field. This is very subjective, but experienced judges develop a feel for quality writing.