About the club: 

Students will write and submit to national/international writing contests once a month for Jan-June.  

Schedule: 

We meet  on the 1st Sundays. 

Contests (We'll add more contests soon): 

June: CYWR writing contest (Deadline 6/30) 

May: 

Last House Writing Contest for Emerging Writers (Deadline 5/31/2022)

April 2022: 

International Adventure Writing Contest (K-12)

March 2022 :

• Carl Sandburg Student Poetry Contest; G3-12  (Deadline 3/1/2022) 

• Sarah Mook Poetry Prize, GK-12 (3/31/2022) 

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 contest topic, read and discuss winning essays 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 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 international essay contest. 

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