The Chicago Area Writing Project presents
2017 Scholastic Writing Awards
...for creative students in grades 7-12
with an interest in writing!
Last year we received more than 320,000 submissions
from talented students across the country and provided
access to more than $10 million in scholarships. Since
1923, the Scholastic Awards have recognized the
exceptional vision of our nation’s talented teens.
Writing Categories:
Personal Essay/ Memoir
Critical Essay
Poetry
Submission Deadline
Dec. 2, 2016
Awards Ceremony
March 2017 TBA
University of Illinois at Chicago
PAST WINNERS for WRITING
Truman Capote,1936
Robert McCloskey, 1937
Dramatic Script
Science Fiction/ Fantasy
Flash Fiction
Short Story
Humor
Writing Portfolio (Seniors only)
Stephen King, 1965
Journalism
Novels (excerpt 3,000 words)
Ken Burns, 1971
Sylvia Plath, 1947
Joyce Carol Oates, 1956
Lena Dunham, 1999
Personal Essay, Memoir
Go to www.artandwriting.org/the-awards/categories/ to see
category descriptions, word limits, and samples of past winners.
and many more
Past judges include Langston Hughes, Garrison
Keillor, and Judy Blume.
The Gedenk Award for Tolerance, sponsored by the Gedenk Movement,
invites students to create original works of art or writing to increase
awareness of the importance of tolerance to safeguard a peaceful
society, as well as consider their own role in cultivating tolerance.
How to Submit Your Work
1.
2.
Winning Authors
Can Receive
Criteria for Judging
Writing

Recognition
 Originality

Exhibition
 Technical skill

Publication
 Emergence of personal

Scholarships
Gr. 7-12 artists should check
www.artandwriting.org to enter
vision or voice
Reviewed by a panel
of professionals!
Scholastic Art Contest.
3.
Write your masterpiece. (Easy, right?)
Visit www.artandwriting.org to create
your Scholastic Awards account and
upload your work.
Download a submission form that is
signed by a parent /guardian and an
educator, and then mail to the CAWP
office with a $5 registration fee for each
submission ($20/ portfolio) by Dec. 2,
2016.
(The fee can be waived for students who
quality. Download a waiver form from
www.artandwriting.org.)
Online submissions only this year.
Online registration opens Sept. 14, 2016.
For more information, check www.cawpchicago.org or contact CAWP office at
Chicago Area Writing Project
Phone: (312) 355-4445 E-mail: [email protected]