Student Writers

Hello!

Here’s a summer writing contest for students 10-18, no entry fee, brought to you by the Rehoboth Writers’ Guild. For complete guidelines click here.

********************************************************* Build Your Writing Resume

Yes, there are places where you can get published now as a student writer!Many students come to me with a novel in progress. Unfortunately, that is the most difficult way to get published when you are first starting out. The best way to build your writing resume and establish credibility as a writer is to publish short stories, essays or poems in magazines, or send your work to student contests. The following list should help you get started. Go to the site. Click on submissions or guidelines and follow those guidelines carefully!

Creative Communications

 

sponsors poetry and essay contests www.poeticpower.com
Mad Hatter Johns Hopkins University creative writing mag. Ron.watson@hopkins.kyschools.us
Mystery Writers of America Joan Lowry Nixon Award www.mysterywriters.org
New Moon Magazine Girls only www.newmoon.org
Read Magazine Poetry, fiction, non-fiction www.weeklyreader.com
Stone Soup Book reviews, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, up to age 13 www.stonesoup.com
Teen Ink Poetry, fiction, non-fiction ages 13-19 www.teenink.com
Writing! Magazine Poetry, fiction, non-fiction www.weeklyreader.com
Write on the Beach Yearly contest Oswotb.com/literay.html
Writer’s Slate Poetry, fiction, non-fiction www.writing conference.com

Pine Tree Poetry yearly contest www.pinetreepoetry.com