Rider University invites you to 41st Annual Writing Contest
Deadline: December 20; Prizes : $100, $50 and $25
Essay: Write a creative nonfiction essay on a topic of your choice of no more than five double-spaced, typed pages.
Short Story: Write a short story of no more than five double-spaced, typed pages.
Poem: Write a poem of no more than 50 lines.
Rules
- Each teacher may nominate up to five pieces of student work.
- Each entry must be emailed by the teacher and include a teacher’s statement that the entry is the original work of the student.
- Type at the top of the entry:
Title of entry
Student’s name, address and grade (9, 10, 11 or 12)
Teacher’s name
School name and address - Save your entry as a Microsoft Word file, Google Doc, or pdf
- Attach the entry to an email from the teacher to the appropriate address below no later than December 20, 2021:
Short Story: [email protected]
Poem: [email protected]
Essay: [email protected]
All Finalists will receive a Certificate of Honorable Mention. All Winners will be considered for publication in Venture, Rider’s literary magazine. Winners will be announced by May 2022. For more details, visit https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/departments/english/high-school-writing-contest.