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Exclusive airline sponsor:

Continental Airlines

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the NASSP National Advisory List of Student Contests and Activities for 2008-2009.

View the 2008
Student Publishing Award winners

Weekly Reader's Student Publishing Contest honors the best in nonfiction publications and writing by students in grades 3-12. The contest is intended to inspire young people to tell compelling, true stories through good reporting and writing.

Winners Announced!
The winners of the 2009 Student Publishing Contest have been announced.
Click here to find out who won.

Awards Luncheon Speaker: Candy Crowley CNN Senior Political Correspondent Winners of the 2009 Student Publishing Contest will be honored at a special awards luncheon June 11 at which Ms. Crowley will be the guest of honor. Find out more...

How The Program Works

A total of six awards will be presented—three awards for overall student publications, and three for an individual piece of student nonfiction writing. Winners will be chosen in elementary, middle, and high school categories.

Individual Student Writing

Any piece of nonfiction writing between 500 and 2,500 words is eligible for the Individual Student Writing category, which could include memoirs, essays, or a reported story about a news event. The article or essay need not have been published. The entry need not come directly from the school, but an adult (teacher, parent, or guardian) must sign the entry form.

Whole Publication

All student publications—newspapers, magazines, and literary magazines that include nonfiction—are eligible for the Whole Publication award. Any electronic complement to the student publication—such as an official student-created Web site—will also be considered in judging the entry.

Prizes

Each winning whole publication will be awarded a $500 check (payable to the school) and a plaque. In addition, a Weekly Reader editor will visit each winner’s school. Teacher sponsors of winning entries will receive a one-year full classroom subscription to the Weekly Reader publication of his or her choice. (Elementary schools will receive any Weekly Reader or WR News edition; for middle and high schools, choices include Writing, READ, and Current Events magazines.)

Each winner of an individual student writing award will receive a check for $500, payable to the student. In addition, Weekly Reader will publish (or republish) the piece, either in one of its magazines or on its Web site.

Weekly Reader will contact all winning schools and students. Winners will be honored at a luncheon in June at the annual Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Summit in Washington, D.C.

Featured Luncheon Speaker: Candy Crowley, Senior Political Correspondent, CNN

Airfare for the winners to Washington, DC, will be provided by Continental Airlines, the exclusive airline sponsor of the Student Publishing Contest. (Continental will provide roundtrip airfare for each individual winner and one parent or guardian. For winning publications, airfare will be provided for one student representative, one parent or guardian, and one teacher/advisor.)

Download a 2008-09
Student Publishing Contest Entry form
[Adobe PDF]

The Student Publishing Contest is sponsored by Weekly Reader Publishing and organized by AEP. For more information write to dgladney@AEPweb.org or call 914-242-4009.

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