Student Writing Awards
National Writing Award: The Humanities and a Freer Tomorrow
NCTE, in partnership with the National Humanities Alliance, is proud to bring forth a new opportunity for student writers based on the National Endowment for the Humanities’ 2023 Jefferson Lecture.
Deadline October 28
Achievement Awards in Writing (for 10th and 11th grade students)
Contest now open!
This school-based writing program encourages high school students in their writing and publicly recognizes some of the best student writers in the nation.
Deadline February 15
Promising Young Writers (for 8th grade students)
Contest now open!
This school-based writing program stimulates and recognizes student’s writing talents and emphasizes the importance of writing skills among eighth-grade students.
Deadline February 15
Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM)
This program for middle schools, high schools and universities/colleges recognizes students, teachers, and schools for producing excellent literary magazines. It provides encouragement for all schools to develop literary magazines with excellence in writing and school-wide participation.
Deadline July 31