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NARRATIVE HIGH SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST
A writing contest open to high school students grades 9–12 in the US and abroad, varying genre from year to year. You have the chance to receive more than $1,000 in winning prizes, mentorship by esteemed Narrative editors and authors, and publication in Narrative, which reaches our global readership of 300,000. Stay tuned! The winners and finalists for our Eighth Annual High School Contest will be announced in mid-April 2023.
Thematic tags, ranging from “Love” to “Justice & Equality” to “The Writing Life,” enable you to explore our Library according to your interests, drawing connective threads among works deep in the archive.
Looking for guidance but not sure where to turn? Check out our Best Advice, Letters to a Young Writer, and Narrative 10 interview series.
From time to time, we all need a bit of inspiration to guide us through the writing process. Look no further. Here you’ll find videos featuring Jericho Brown, Javier Zamora, Carol Edgarian, and some of our High School Contest winners, as well as audio advice from Naomi Shihab Nye.
Five short video tutorials, featuring bestselling author and Narrative cofounder/editor Carol Edgarian, that each walk you through a basic aspect of the writing process—from choosing an idea to crafting a scene to revising and submitting—and offer some expert behind-the-scenes advice.
Curated reading lists of literature, writing advice, and other creative fodder from the Narrative Library, designed to provide you with a “best of” hits list across genre and form.

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