• Contests and Opportunities for English Language Arts Students in Grades 7 to 12

    As contests and opportunities are presented, they will be listed based on the due date for submission (later dates on top).

     

    Susquehana University Summer 2025 Writers Institute

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    2025 Voices for Truth and Humanity Essay Contest 

    Submission deadline: July 17, 2025

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    Preservation Long Island's Juneteenth Student Poetry Open-Mic

    Submission deadline: June 1, 2025

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    The Asian American Institute for Research and Engagement's Asian American Identity Contest (Text / Images / Audio)

    Submission deadline: May 31, 2025

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    Senator Martins' Earth Day Contest

    Submission deadline: April 11, 2025

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    Stony Brook University - Robert W. Greene Summer Institute for High School Journalists

    Submission deadline: April 7, 2025

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    Creative Patterns

    Creative Patterns is requesting submissions in art and literature for the 2025 edition from Kindergarten to 12th graders.

    Submission deadline: March 15, 2025

    Please submit all work through the following Google Form:

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    Walt Whitman Birthplace Association's 39th Annual Student Poetry Contest

    Submission deadline: March 1, 2025

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    Nassau County Teen Poet Laureate Contest

    Submission deadline: February 28, 2025

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    Interlochen Review Writing and Singer-Songwriter Competition

    Submission deadline: February 21, 2025

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    Susquehana University's Apprentice Writer

    A publication for High School Writing and Visual Arts

    They accept rolling submissions.

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    THE MID-ISLAND Y 24-25 POETRY SERIES

    One Sunday each month from 2:00 to 4:00 PM with a $3 donation charge

    For more information, please contact Alana Rosenstein at (516) 822-3535 ext. 385

    Featured readers and open mic opportunities:

    • 10.20.24: Patti Tana
    • 11.10.24: Ria Meade 
    • 12.8.24: A tribute to Robert Harrison
    • 1.5.25: Palusa Curci
    • 2.2.25: George Wallace  
    • 3.2.25: Linda Opyr  
    • 4.6.25: Adrienne Unger
    • 5.4.25: Denis Gray 

     

    Bennington College Young Writers Award

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    Submission deadline: November 1, 2024