很久没来，做点贡献---给文学娃

记得前一段时间看到有文学娃家长问有关写作比赛，女儿的一些积累：

1. Scholastic Art & Writing Contest

2. National Young Arts 

3. National Council of English Teacher Achievement Awards in Writing

4。kenyon Review 有一个诗歌比赛，获奖者可以免费进入summer writing camp

下面是从女儿收集的文件copy的：

Young Authors Writing Competition by Columbia College

http://blogs.colum.edu/youngauthors/submission-guidelines/

Princeton University Poetry Contest for High School Students

http://arts.princeton.edu/about/opportunities/high-school-contests/poetry-contest/

Sierra Navada submission only (no more contest)

http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/humanities-social-sciences/english/high-school-writing-contest/

Boulevard magazine short fiction contest

http://www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest/

Boulevard magazine poetry contest

Nelligan Prize Short Fiction (Colorado State U)

http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/nelligan-prize/submission-guidelines/

Wabash

http://sycamorereview.com/contests/

Atlantic and College Board writing award

https://www.collegeboard.org/writing-prize

Norman Mailer Writing awards

http://www.ncte.org/awards/nmwa

NCTE Achievement Awards

http://www.ncte.org/awards/student/aa

Bennington

http://www.bennington.edu/NewsEvents/YoungWritersAwards

Rider University Annual High School Writing Contest

http://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-education-sciences/

Atlantic and College Board writing award

https://www.collegeboard.org/writing-prize/about 另外有些杂志可以投稿： Claremont Review, Teen Ink. 很多城市有writers conference, 有时候有提供给local students的奖学金，可以参加活动 参加比赛是双刃剑，好的一面是鼓励和督促，不好的可能是不被赏识而失去兴趣或信心。我个人觉得好处比较多，如果真的热爱而不是为了考大学，孩子锻炼一下，体会被rejected，不是坏事。