Contest | Grade Groups | Prizes | Topic | Word Max |
Chateau Meddybemps Young Writers Workshop Submit by 20th of month | Ages 7 and under, 8 and above 1-2 winners per month | T-shirt, online publication | Story based on one of 48 story-starters on website | |
Skipping Stones | None | Unspecified | Essays, stories, letters to the editor, riddles and proverbs, etc. | 750 (poems, 30 lines) |
Magic Dragon | Elementary school | Copy of magazine, publication | Stories, essays, and poetry | Story/essay: 3 double-spaced pages Poetry: 30 lines |
Susquehanna University: The Apprentice Writer | 9th-12th Only for those in a 20-state area | | Poems, stories, and personal essays | 30 pages |
Highlights Magazine | | None | | Stories: 200 Poems: 75 |
| | Ages 13-18
| Accepted manuscripts will be published as books | | |
| High school | Small fee and two copies of the issue | Send 3-6 poems and 1-3 stories at a time | |
Cicada Magazine | | Payment, publication | | Up to 5,000 words or 25 lines for poetry |
| (click What's New) | Ages 9-14 | | Monthly art and/or writing contests | |
Spider Magazine | ages 6-9 | Publication online and in magazine | Monthy art and/or writing contests | |
Creative Kids
| Ages 8-16
| Free copy of the magazine, publication | Cartoons, songs, stories between 500 and 1200 words, puzzles, photographs, artwork, games, editorials, poetry, and plays, as well as any other creative work that can fit in the pages of the magazine | |
Brio Magazine | | Unspecified | Unspecified | Unspecified |
The History Tree | None | Unspecified | Variety of entry types accepted: stories about history, biographies, interviews with grandparents, stories about family traditions, much more | None |
Stone Soup Publishers Writing Program | Ages 13 and under | $40; Publication; 2 copies of magazine; discounts on other purchases | Stories and poems; any topic | 2,500 |