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- 01Japan Cartoonists AssociationAll-Japan Manga Competition (Youth)CompetitionSelective
Youth-open division of the Japan Cartoonists Association's annual manga award.
📍 Japan (submissions welcome globally)⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12✓ Checked Sep 2026Visual ArtsCreative Writing - 02Jackson State University Margaret Walker CenterCatherine Coleman Literary Arts, Food, and Social Justice Summer ProgramResearchSelective
Mississippi high-school writers spend a residential week studying poetry, fiction, screenwriting, Southern foodways, and social-justice history with professional writers. Students completing the program receive a $300 stipend.
📍 MS⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Paid stipend🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingHistorySocial Science - 03ThreeSixty Journalism / University of St. ThomasCollege Essay WorkshopResearchSelective
Twin Cities students spend four days developing a polished college or scholarship essay through brainstorming, drafting, professional mentorship, and peer review. Tuition was fully covered in 2026 and completers received a stipend toward transportation and application fees.
📍 MN⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Paid stipend🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingEducation - 04Commonwealth FoundationCommonwealth Short Story PrizeCompetitionSelective
Global short-fiction prize open to writers from Commonwealth countries.
📍 Commonwealth countries⏱ Not confirmed📅 61 days left💰 Free🎓 Grades 11–12✓ Checked Sep 2026Creative WritingLiterature - 05Nebraska Writers CollectiveAll Writes Reserved Youth Spoken Word FestivalResearchSelective
Nebraska and Iowa high-school teams receive free spoken-word instruction throughout the school year and then perform in a multi-round spring youth poetry-slam festival. The 2026 festival ran from preliminary bouts in March through finals on April 28.
📍 NE⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingLiterature - 06Arkansas State University / Arkansas Department of EducationArkansas Governor's SchoolSummer ProgramSelective
A five-week residential program for high-achieving high school students in Arkansas focused on math, science, and the arts.
📍 Russellville, AR⏱ 5 weeks📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grade 11✓ Checked Aug 2026MathCreative WritingVisual ArtsPhysics - 07Mississippi Scholastic Press Association / University of MississippiBest of Mississippi Student Media CompetitionResearchSelective
Students at MSPA-member publications compete for individual and publication awards in newspaper/magazine/site, yearbook, broadcast, and literary-magazine categories. All MSPA contests are free to enter.
📍 MS⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12JournalismFilm & MediaCreative Writing - 08NCSSM-DurhamBlue MirrorResearchSelective
Primarily student-run art and literature journal publishing creative writing and visual work from NCSSM students multiple times each year.
📍 NC⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 11–12Creative WritingLiteratureVisual Arts - 09Connecticut Office of the State TreasurerCHET Dream Big! CompetitionResearchSelective
Connecticut students submit an essay, video or artwork addressing their aspirations or how they can help their community, competing for CHET college-savings awards.
📍 CT⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingVisual ArtsEducation - 10California Coastal CommissionClimate Storytelling ContestResearchSelective
Middle- and high-school students communicate their experiences and feelings about climate change through a podcast, photo essay or personal narrative essay.
📍 CA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingFilm & MediaSustainability - 11National Society of Colonial Dames in America — OhioCongressional Seminar Essay Contest — OhioResearchSelective
Ohio students submit an essay on American government/history for a scholarship to attend the Washington Workshops Congressional Seminar.
📍 OH⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Eligibility not confirmedHistoryCreative Writing - 12Delaware Court of ChanceryCourt of Chancery Legal Art ContestResearchSelective
Students interpret a legal theme through an essay, poem, visual artwork or musical composition. The 2026 theme was "Equity: What Does it Mean to You?"
📍 DE⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12LawVisual ArtsCreative Writing - 13Jackson State University Margaret Walker CenterCreative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) FestivalResearchSelective
High-school students submit and present essays, poetry, spoken word, fiction, performing arts, or visual art before audiences of students and professors during this annual interdisciplinary festival.
📍 MS⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingVisual ArtsHistory - 14SC Governor's School for the Arts & HumanitiesCreative Writing — Residential High SchoolResearchSelective
Two-year residential arts high school, creative writing discipline.
📍 SC⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grade 10Creative Writing - 15Delaware Theatre CompanyDelaware Young Playwrights FestivalResearchSelective
Students develop original plays, receive professional critique and revise their work; finalists participate in workshops leading to a professional public performance.
📍 DE⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingLiterature - 16Montclair State UniversityAbracadabra: The Magic of Creative WritingResearchModerate
Residential college-level creative-writing intensive.
📍 NJ⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 10–12Creative WritingLiterature - 17The Adroit JournalAdroit Journal Summer MentorshipPre-CollegeEquitySelective
Free online mentorship pairing teen writers with established poets and prose writers.
📍 Online⏱ 6 weeks📅 212 days left💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12✓ Checked Aug 2026Creative WritingLiterature - 18St. Paul's SchoolAdvanced Studies ProgramResearchModerate
Five-week residential academic program restricted to current sophomores and juniors attending New Hampshire public or parochial schools. Students complete a collegiate-level major course plus an intensive writing workshop; recent subjects include engineering, law/governance, molecular biology, studio art and data science.
📍 NH⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 10–11HumanitiesEngineeringCreative Writing - 19Bowling Green State UniversityAdventures in Creative WritingResearchModerate
One-week interdisciplinary program in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction incorporating experiences in science, theater and other campus disciplines.
📍 OH⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 10–12Creative WritingLiterature - 20Bennington CollegeBennington Young Writers WorkshopPre-CollegeModerate
One-week residential writing workshop with Bennington faculty.
📍 Bennington, VT⏱ 1 week📅 212 days left💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12✓ Checked Sep 2026Creative WritingLiterature - 21Kenyon CollegeCamp 4ResearchModerate
Selective three-week residential pre-college program combining humanities, natural science, studio art and college-admissions preparation.
📍 OH⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 11–12HumanitiesNeuroscienceCreative Writing - 22The College of New JerseyComics CampResearchModerate
Explores comics history and theory while students write, illustrate and develop original comics.
📍 NJ⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12Visual ArtsCreative Writing - 23Washington University in St. Louis Pre-College ProgramsCreative Immersion InstituteResearchHighly Selective
Two-week residential institute built around intensive creative, college-level work in small classes, combined with college-readiness and academic enrichment. The 2026 fee was $3,985 and need-based scholarships are available.
📍 MO⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–11Creative WritingLiteratureFilm & Media - 24Johns Hopkins UniversityCreative WritingResearchModerate
Online college-level creative-writing program offered across all three 2026 sessions.
📍 MD⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 10–12Creative WritingLiterature - 25Purchase College, SUNYCreative WritingResearchModerate
Intensive fiction, poetry and other creative-writing work; 2026 tuition was approximately $1,200.
📍 NY⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingLiterature - 26Jacksonville State UniversityCreative Writing — Gamecock Arts & Sciences ProgramResearchModerate
Participants work on creative-writing forms that include poetry, fiction, play or screen writing, and story development.
📍 AL⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingLiteratureFilm & Media - 27SC Governor's School for the Arts & HumanitiesCreative Writing — SummerResearchModerate
Summer creative-writing arts program.
📍 SC⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grade 9Creative Writing - 28University of GeorgiaCreative Writing 2: Topics in Creative WritingResearchModerate
Students submit fiction, poetry or other literary work and receive professional-author critique, peer workshops and revision time leading to a class anthology.
📍 GA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingLiterature - 29North Dakota State University Department of EnglishCreative Writing CampResearchHighly Selective
Students develop fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screenwriting, songwriting and other creative work with university writers and instructors.
📍 ND⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12Creative WritingLiteratureFilm & Media - 30Auburn UniversityCreative Writing StudioResearchModerate
Students develop fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction through writing workshops, feedback, portfolio development, and exposure to literary publishing.
📍 AL⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 10–12Creative WritingLiterature