Don't miss YWP's Community Journalism Project writing contest! Cash prizes and publication in The Voice and with our media partners! First prize: $150. Second prize: $75. Third prize: $50. Deadline: Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.
THE CHALLENGES:
Write about YOU and the issues that matter to you. Respond to one or all three challenges – as often as you like. Click on the challenge, click on the Respond button. Fill in title, genre, and body. Hit Save.
CONTEST DETAILS:
About the Vermont Writes Contest: This contest evolved from YWP's Vermont Writes Day as a way to honor writing. Instead of just one day of writing, as we've done in the past for Vermont Writes Day, we decided to launch a WRITING CONTEST with prizes and publication in conjunction with our Community Journalism Project! Have fun!
THANK YOU! This contest was made possible by the supporters of the Community Journalism Project, including the Gannett Foundation/USA Today Network, Lisa Schamberg and Patrick Robins, the National Life Group Foundation, and the Windham Foundation.
You can download the attached PDF below.
THE CHALLENGES:
Write about YOU and the issues that matter to you. Respond to one or all three challenges – as often as you like. Click on the challenge, click on the Respond button. Fill in title, genre, and body. Hit Save.
- WHO. You're a teen (or pre-teen) in 2020, but who are you? What makes you uniquely you? What would you like people to know and understand about you? Where or how do you feel most like you?
- HOME. Describe what feels like "home" to you. What do you appreciate about it? What makes it yours? This could be a favorite place, such as your house, a natural setting, your town, rural road, your state, or it could be the people in your life – your family, friends, community, team.
- ISSUE. What is one issue that really matters to you, globally, nationally or locally? What keeps you up at night? How does this issue affect your vision of the future? What message would you like to send to decision-makers? What do they need to know? How could this issue be solved? Topics could include climate change; social justice issues of race, gender, economic disparity; a divided nation; gun violence and school shootings; threat of war; cost of college; future job uncertainty.
CONTEST DETAILS:
- This is a nonfiction contest, but feel free to write poetry, prose, essays, lyrics -- whatever works for you.
- Must be original work
- Maximum word limit: 500
- Deadline: Friday, Feb. 21, 2020
- Writers must have an account on youngwritersproject.org to participate (it's easy to join!) or teachers may submit on behalf of students (Include writer's name on each submission. Contact Susan Reid at [email protected] with any questions)
- Submit writing online by responding to these challenges. Write to one or all three challenges -- as often as you like.
- Prizes will be announced on the site and in the March issue of The Voice on Monday, March 2, 2020.
About the Vermont Writes Contest: This contest evolved from YWP's Vermont Writes Day as a way to honor writing. Instead of just one day of writing, as we've done in the past for Vermont Writes Day, we decided to launch a WRITING CONTEST with prizes and publication in conjunction with our Community Journalism Project! Have fun!
THANK YOU! This contest was made possible by the supporters of the Community Journalism Project, including the Gannett Foundation/USA Today Network, Lisa Schamberg and Patrick Robins, the National Life Group Foundation, and the Windham Foundation.
You can download the attached PDF below.
Event Date:
Friday, February 21, 2020
Attachment:
- YWP's blog
- Sprout
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jofuller
Feb 21, 2020
Hello, from Vermont Academy. How do we submit our work? I see the directions that say submit online, but we are not sure what that means. I am here and I don't see a submit or upload button. Thanks! Jo Fuller