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Every year, in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, Penguin Random House hosts the Creative Writing Awards, looking for diverse, unique voices of high school seniors nationwide.  Five seniors are awarded $50,000 in scholarship money annually in these categories: fiction/drama, poetry, personal essay, and spoken word.

Read the 2020 winning entries here, along with a selection of honorable mention submissions.  For more on the Creative Writing Awards go here: https://social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/All Rights Reserved

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Creative Writing Awards: 2022 Selected Poems, Stories, & Memoirs by weneeddiversebooks

A scholarship program from Penguin Random House, the Creative Writing Awards are focused on encouraging the next generation of diverse and unique voices. We Need Diverse Books began partnering with Penguin Random House in 2019 on the CWAs, which distribute $50,000 in scholarships each year. Five students receive $10,000 each in these categories: fiction / drama, personal essay, the Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry, and the Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word. There is also a New York City entrant award, in recognition of the Creative Writing Awards previously being centered on New York City. Read the 2022 winning entries here, along with a selection of honorable mention submissions. For more on the Creative Writing Awards go here: https://social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/our-awards/u-s-creative-writing-awards/

Creative Writing Awards: 2019 Selected Poems, Stories, & Memoirs by weneeddiversebooks

A scholarship program from Penguin Random House, the Creative Writing Awards are focused on encouraging the next generation of diverse and unique voices. We Need Diverse Books began partnering with Penguin Random House in 2019 on the CWAs, which distribute $50,000 in scholarships each year. Five students receive $10,000 each in these categories: fiction / drama, personal essay, poetry, and the Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word. There is also a New York City entrant award, in recognition of the Creative Writing Awards previously being centered on New York City. Read the 2019 winning entries here, along with a selection of honorable mention submissions. For more on the Creative Writing Awards go here: https://social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/creativewriting/

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inside is a journey to catharsis a world of rediscovery a teenage looking glass to the human experience Highest Rankings!!! #6 in stanza (7/10/19) #7 in observations (7/10/19) #51 in thoughts and feelings (7/10/19) Accolades: 1st Place - Poetry Category (Writers' Choice Awards 2019) Photo from: Maria Oliynyk (Unsplash)

Counting Down the Days by whimsicaldaydream

It is the summer before I leave for college, and I am staring into the empty abyss before me, wondering what to do with my life. In this collection, I am challenging myself to write something every day (now adjusted to every 2-3 days). I may write poems, short stories, or nonfiction. Subjects may include: Food Nature Time Family And more Read what I have to say or don't; it's up to you to make that decision. Follow your heart.

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"A voice, not an echo." Want a chance to have your work featured in our debut magazine? Submit to Voicebox! We're looking for honest, thought-provoking, creative work--the kind of stuff you're just a little bit afraid to share with the world. Our community is accepting and supportive of each other, and this account is so much more than just simple contests and magazines. Us and our community can't wait to see your work!

Loudspeaker by _lucyameliax

'... are my words enough?' Many themes and issues run through this collection, interwoven with each other, knitted between poems, so much so this is less of a collections of poems more of a continuous narrative. When I write, I'm constantly inspired. Imagery, characters and metaphors present themselves to me, I don't ever desperately start searching for them. The main inspiration for 'Loudspeaker' was the young people speaking up for what they believe in and fighting for the world they deserve. In their activism, they've taken the issues of today's world and used their voice to turn it into art. To turn the inequality into something empowering, hopeful and genuine. Art mirrors life, so 'Loudspeaker' is about the exact same thing. Finding your voice and creating light in darkness. Written between July and December 2020

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Welcome to The Thinky Ink-Scribers Club a home to creative poets and short story writers. Let us unite our thoughts and innovative powers by writing about the same prompt every week! Here is a place a to have fun and gain inspiration by seeing how different people approach the same topic. Cover created by @SkiesAllGone Title credits go to my dear sister.

Turned my life into art by _teenage_poet_

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Creative Writing Awards: 2022 Selected Poems, Stories, & Memoirs

A scholarship program from Penguin Random House, the Creative Writing Awards are focused on encouraging the next generation of diverse and unique voices. We Need Diverse Books began partnering with Penguin Random House in 2019 on the CWAs, which distribute $50,000 in scholarships each year. Five students receive $10,000 each in these categories: fiction / drama, personal essay, the Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry, and the Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word. There is also a New York City entrant award, in recognition of the Creative Writing Awards previously being centered on New York City. Read the 2022 winning entries here, along with a selection of honorable mention submissions. For more on the Creative Writing Awards go here: https://social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/our-awards/u-s-creative-writing-awards/