Creative Writing Contest for High School Students and the Chance to Cash Prizes

Ringling College is inviting all high-school-age students to a writing contest in its 7th annual edition; Storytellers of Tomorrow. The Ringling College of Art and Design Creative Writing Program was created to support, empower, and honor young writers. It’s an exciting time to be a writer thanks to the increasing number of narrative possibilities that new technologies and media offer. The well-told stories can speak truths and communicate ideas in a way that nothing else can.

Competition Categories: 

1. Literary Stories.
2. Genre Stories(Horror stories, fantasy stories, mystery stories, science fiction, thriller stories).
3. Nonfiction Stories (Autobiographical essays, personal essays, creative nonfiction). 

If you are among the winners, you will have one of the following prizes:

• 1st prize:
• $1,000.
• 1:1 consultation about your writing with bestselling author and editor Brooke Vitale.
• iPad for each first-place winner’s high school writing teacher.
• Ringling College Creative Writing T-shirt.
•  2nd prize:
• $100.
• Ringling College Creative Writing T-shirt.
•  3rd prize:
• $50.
• Ringling College Creative Writing T-shirt.
•  Honorable Mentions:
• Ringling College Creative Writing T-shirt.

Please note: The top winner in each category may be offered the opportunity for their work to be published in Shift, the Creative Writing Program’s literary arts journal. 

You should follow the following terms:

• You should submit unpublished, original English-language stories of up to 2,000 words in length.
• All high-school-age students may submit one entry (maximum) in each of the competition categories.
• The maximum amount of entries anyone can send is three.
• Use double-space and use a 12-point font, and include your name as well as the title of your piece.
• Authors retain all rights to their stories.

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Judging Criteria:

Your story will be evaluated based on the overall quality, meaning that:

• High-quality writing that engages the reader.
• Well-edited.
• proofreading.
• Engaging Stories.
• Evocative Stories.

About Ringling College:

Since 1931, Ringling College of Art and Design has cultivated the creative spirit of students from around the globe. The private, not-for-profit, fully accredited college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in eleven disciplines and the Bachelor of Arts. The College’s rigorous curriculum employs the studio model of teaching and immediately engages students through a comprehensive program that is both specific to the major of study and focused on the liberal arts. The Ringling College teaching model ultimately shapes students into highly employable and globally aware artists and designers. 

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