If we are to hope for a more peaceful, healthy planet, we need future leaders with vision, clarity and empathy. Our Young Writers Contest challenges students to increase their global and cultural awareness while refining their creative writing skills. It’s a simple challenge that teachers all over the world have integrated into their school curriculum. Since our first contest in 2012, Writing for Peace has received entries from young writers in 34 countries. Now, one Grand Prize Winner will be awarded $200.
2021 Young Writers Contest Guidelines
Whatever direction you choose in life, the ability to write well will aid in communication, one of the most highly sought skills in every discipline. Challenge yourself to master the art of writing, and enter our annual Young Writers Contest. You’ll find a wealth of resources on our site.
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
~Mahatma Gandhi
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When I meditate and go into myself, the concentration is on sending out the loving energy throughout the world. In hopes of creating peace and harmony. By either listening to silence or serene music. Practicing my breathing techniques while doing so. And feeling the total bliss that our creator has blessed each and everyone of us with. Having peace on the inside and that of the outer realms as well.
May Peace Be With Everyone!
I found this contest online and it wasn’t recommended by my english teacher. Do I have to give her information to submit an entry?
It’s not necessary, but we do ask your teacher’s name and contact information for notification purposes.
How do I enter the contest?
You’ll find directions in our guidelines. Be sure to read them carefully. Good luck.
https://writingforpeace.org/2020-contest-guidelines/
For the contest, can I write a letter from my future self to my past self?
Certainly! Good luck!
If I’m submitting over summer vacation and I’m going to a new school next year do I put the school I’m going to in August or the one I left in May?
Please use the school you left, but in your comments, you could include your new school.
Hello! When will winners for the 2020 contest be announced?
Winners will be announced on our blog on July 1st.
I did not know about this contest until today, 18 days after the given deadline. When will the next Young Writers Contest be available? Thanks!
We hold the Young Writers Contest annually. We’ll begin accepting submissions for our 2021 contest on September 1st.
I want to enter the contest, but my work is a fiction piece in verse. Should I submit as a poem or as a short story?
Hi Tasha, You would want to enter the poetry division. Good luck!
Hello! No pressure, but when are the results coming out? Is the delay indefinite? If I’m not mistaken, the guidelines say the winners and finalists would be announced on the 1st, but it’s now the 2nd (or the 3rd, where I live) …
Results are posted on our blog now. Sorry for the delay!