The 2nd Annual Teen Writers Competition!

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                                   2nd Annual Teen Writers Competition!

The Center for the Arts-Lake Sunapee Region is pleased to announce the second Annual Teen Writers Competition! Winners of the competitions in each genre will receive prizes from local business, publication in the Teen Writers Journal and a spot in the next session of the Teen Writers Workshop! 

Entries will be judged by local author and Colby Sawyer professor, Megan Baxter. Megan will lead the workshop that follows the competition.

                             RULES AND AWARDS* for the Competitions

                           Deadline for submission: December 1, 2021

Open to all writers between the ages of 12 and 18 and who live in Andover, Bradford, Danbury, Grantham, New London, Newbury, Newport, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton, Warner, or Wilmot.

Accepting submissions in short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Writers are welcome to submit to multiple genres. For all submissions, please include the TITLE of your piece, your NAME, ADDRESS, and EMAIL address as well as the NAME OF TEACHER you’d like to recognize. Please see the specific genre requirements below. 

● Short Fiction: Send your best short stories and flash fiction! Submissions up to 6,000 words, either one story, or several shorter pieces totaling 6,000 words. Must be double spaced and include page numbers. 

● Creative Nonfiction: Send your best true stories, creatively crafted! Submissions up to 6,000 words, either one essay or memoir or several shorter pieces totaling 6,000 words. Must be double spaced and include page numbers.

● Poetry: Send your poems, all styles welcome! Submit up to 5 poems or no more than 10 pages single-spaced. 

Please include the title, your name, and the genre of the submission on the first page.

Send all submissions to submissions@cfanh.org as a PDF AND WORD DOCUMENT attachment. In your email, please include your contact information. *

Prize Packages Listed Below

First Place (Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry)

- Grand Prize Package from local businesses

- An awards certificate

- Publication in the NEXT edition of The Teen Writers Journal

- A spot in the next session of The Teen Writers Workshop

Second Place (Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry)

- Second Place Prize Package from local businesses

- An awards certificate

- Publication in the NEXT edition of The Teen Writers Journal

- A spot in the next session of The Teen Writers Workshop

Third Place (Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry)

- Third Place Prize Package from local businesses

- An awards certificate

- Publication in the NEXT edition of The Teen Writers Journal

- A spot in the next session of The Teen Writers Workshop

Runner Up (Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry)

- An awards certificate

- Publication in the NEXT edition of The Teen Writers Journal

- A spot in the next session of The Teen Writers Workshop

Honorable Mention (Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry)

- An awards certificate

- Publication in the NEXT edition of The Teen Writers Journal

- A spot in the next session of The Teen Writers Workshop

Questions, please contact submissions@cfanh.org.

*By submitting your work to this contest, you agree to have it posted on the CFA website, and Facebook page. and published in the printed CFA "Teen Writers Project" journal. 

**By submitting your photo and statement, you agree to have these posted on the CFA website, Facebook page, and in local media announcing the winners.