If you are a young writer hoping to publish your creative writing, or a young artist looking for places to submit your work, here are five writing and art competitions you may want to check out:
1. Scholastic Magazine holds annual competitions for young artists and young writers. Check out their website for the submission details and annual deadlines:
https://www.artandwriting.org/
2. The New York Times Learning Centre has a number of writing and art awards open to high school-aged writers and artists. Check this site for their upcoming competitions, including creative writing awards, book review awards and student essays:
https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/learning-contests
3. Toronto-based young writers and artists should also check out the Young Voices Magazine
Published annually, this magazine for young writers and artists accepts submissions of short stories, poems and art work from youth across Toronto.
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/teens/young-voices/
4. Amazon has an annual short story competition for young writers; check out the details here:
https://thewalrus.ca/amazon-first-novel-award-youth/
5. Young Arts holds many annual creative writing and art competitions for young people. You can check them out here:
https://youngarts.org/
Tips for Submitting your Art and Writing to Competitions and Awards:
- Make sure your writing and art submissions are the best it can be before you enter.
- Read the entry rules carefully to make sure you qualify.
- Be professional and business-like in your approach.
- There are only a limited number of exceptional competitions and awards for young writers and artists. Add the annual deadlines to your calendar, so you don’t miss them!
- Try not to get discouraged if you don’t win – just remember you stand no chance of seeing your work published unless you put yourself out there!
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Julie Hartley
Centauri Arts
