About the club: 

Students will write and submit to national/international writing contests once a month for Oct-Dec 2022.  

Schedule: 

We meet  on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. 

Contests (We'll add more contests soon): 

About the club: 

Students will write and submit to national/international writing contests once a month for Oct-Dec 2022.  

Schedule: 

We meet  on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. 

Contests (We'll add more contests soon): 

Oct:

DFW Thematic Essay Competition 

Nov:

Nanowrimo Novel Contest 

National Storyteller Teen Contest 

Dec: 

River of Words Poetry and Art Contest

Before the class:  Students will receive learning resources & videos on the topic to get them prepared and excited about writing! 

During the class: In this 1-hour highly interactive class, we'll analyze the essay/poetry/story contest topic, read and discuss winning entries from previous years, and learn writing techniques. Students will develop their own personal views, perspectives and experiences to help bring their thoughts and visions alive. Students will then draft their own esssays/poems/stories and receive feedback from teachers and peers. Whole class presentation and separate zoom breakout sessions for small group discussion and individualized instruction.  We use padlet and jamboard and the class is higly interactive! 

After the class:  Students will receive detailed info for submission to the national & international contests. 

Drop-in option: 

Students may also sign up for single monthly contest writing classes on our event page: https://www.nextgeneducationus.org/events

https://www.nextgeneducationus.org/teachers

 

• Our teachers are published authors and university teachers graduated from/teach at Harvard, UC Berkeley and UT Austin.

6-8 students; 

Groups: Grades 3-5; Grades 6-8; Grades 9-12