Dear Teachers,
At Narrative it’s an essential part of our mission to help you foster a passion for reading and writing in your classrooms. Our aim is to help you motivate your students to write at a higher level, and we hope our ever-expanding free Library of thousands of stories, essays, and poems will provide you with assignments to share with your colleagues and students. We also hope that the Narrative High School Writing Contest will inspire your students to write for a reason beyond a grade.
Since we’re looking for poems, stories, and essays written in a young writer’s authentic voice, the Narrative High School Writing Contest differs from the typical high school assignment. We encourage you to keep this in mind as you work with your students, review their drafts, and create space for peer editing.
For extra inspiration, direct your students to our targeted student resources, which include writing tips to help your students set pens to paper; Writers & Mentors Videos featuring high school contest–winning poets in conversation with Narrative cofounder/editor and New York Times–bestselling author Carol Edgarian and former guest judges, Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown and Narrative Prize winner Javier Zamora; and a Theme-Based Reading Guide, designed to help students discover exemplary writing of all kinds!
Please share information about our Annual High School Writing Contest with fellow high school English teachers! We’re eager to hear voices from all corners of the globe. And please do let us know of any successes or challenges you may encounter. You can email us at @email.
We’re here to help, and we love hearing from you.
