Eleventh Annual Narrative High School Writing Contest Winners

We are eager to share with you the winners and finalists of the Eleventh Annual Narrative High School Writing Contest. This year Narrative welcomed free submissions of poems, stories, and essays from our global community of high school students, who responded to the prompt One True Thing.

Contributing teachers and students in the Narrative contest cover the world: in recent years, we have received submissions from across the US and sixty countries, including Ghana, Malaysia, Ukraine, China, South Africa, Peru, Italy, Taiwan, Russia, and the Philippines—a virtual world of young writers! In all, our Narrative for Schools programs reach more than 120,000 students and teachers in schools worldwide. This year Narrative will award $3,000 in prizes to the winning authors and their schools.

Submissions to this year’s contest were carefully considered by our editorial team, with winners and finalists selected by our cofounder and editor Carol Edgarian. Edgarian met in one-on-one mentoring sessions with the winners to edit their work and offer advice prior to publication.

Of the winning poems and stories, Edgarian remarked, “When asked to write toward a crystalized moment of truth, these young writers from every corner of the globe offered a rich tapestry of modern hopes and fears, of complexities within friendships and family, and an abiding and deep yearning for connection.”

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