It's All Write: Short Story Contest for Teens

High School Winners

First Place
College, Cruelty, and Other Things That Eat People, by Hanaan Kazia

Second Place
Unmarriageable, by Miriam Gale

Third Place
Plumbism, by Salonee Verma 

Runners Up
Baby Birds and Black Dresses, by Maggie Chang
Coffee, Kardashians, and Teenage Demons, by Teah Sargent

Middle School Winners

First Place
Strangeday, by Norah McCormick

Second Place
That Cafe Charm, by Sofia Lupas

Third Place
Beats of Silence, by Joelle Dykstra

Runners-Up
The Butter Knife, by Ariana Blake
In-Between-Place, by Lily Peterson

Submission requirements

• Accepted works include: Fiction, narrative nonfiction, stories-in-verse
• Unaccepted works include: Poetry anthologies, fanfiction
• Submission deadline: March 1
• Format requirements: Microsoft Word-readable document or PDF
• Length: 2,500 words or less
• Spacing: Double
• Margins: 1-inch
• Font: Arial, 12 point
• Document name:
  Your school level (MIDDLE or HIGH) followed by the story title
  Example: HIGH The End of the Road.doc
  DO NOT include your name in the file name.

Title page format

• Title of story
• Middle or High School

Example:
The End of the Road
High School

Last page format

• Title
• Middle or High School
• Name
• Grade, School Name
• City, State
• Phone Number(s)
• Email
• Word Count

Example:
The End of the Road
High School
Jane Doe
Grade 11, East Loudoun High School
Ashling, VA 
222-222-2222 (home)
333-333-3333 (cell)
Jane.Doe21@mail.com
Word Count: 2,403