Storyworks Contests

 

Our contests are designed to add excitement (and prizes!) to your students' lives as writers.
We're always interested in your feedback and ideas.
Mr. Book

Learn From Winning Paragraphs!
Now, students can see annotated versions of winning paragraphs written by fellow students. These will give students great models to help them with their Storyworks writing entries—and all of their writing. Click here.

Latest Contest Winners!
Click here for an up-to-date list of contest winners. Our September contest deadline is fast-approaching: October 16th! So, keep your eyes glued to this spot for contest-winner updates.

Recognize Your Students
Click here for a special reproducible certificate for all of your students who enter Storyworks contests (so they can feel like winners too!)

Submission Information
All contest entries can be e-mailed to Storyworks@Scholastic.com (just attach entries as word documents or PDFs and include the contest name in the subject line.)

You can also mail entries to:
Contest Name
c/o Storyworks
P.O. Box 712
New York, NY 10013-0712

 

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER ENTRY FORMS

(Click to download PDF entry forms)

 

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER CONTEST DETAILS

 

•November/December Mystery Word Contest
A word hunt that will help build your students' reading skills

Mystery Word definition: “banging together noisily”

Hint: Students will find the word on page 26 of the magazine.

Prize: 10 randomly selected correct entries will win a Storyworks notebook.

Deadline: December 15, 2009   


•Deadly Bites Contest
From "Deadly Bites"

Students write a letter to their member of Congress about tougher food-safety laws.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Eric Schlosser's informative book about fast-food, Chew On This.

Deadline: December 15, 2009


•Homework Contest
From "My Homework Ate My Homework"

Students write a paragraph explaining their most outrageous excuse for a missed homework assignment.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Patrick Jennings's hilarious book, Out Standing In My Field.

Deadline: December 15, 2009

 

•Ghost Story Contest
From The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Students write their very own modern-day ghost story describing what it might be like if the Headless Horseman lived in their neighborhood.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Neil Gaiman's Newbery Award-winning book about a boy who grew up with ghosts, The Graveyard Book.

Deadline: December 15, 2009

 

Please note: Due to the volume of entries to our contests, Storyworks cannot return entries or provide individual recognition for each entrant. Students' original contributions to Storyworks magazine or to contests, projects, and special features sponsored by Storyworks magazine, become the property of Scholastic Inc. Contributions cannot be acknowledged and cannot be returned.

 

OCTOBER ENTRY FORMS

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OCTOBER CONTEST DETAILS

 

•Haiku Contest
Students write their own haiku.

Prize: 5 winners will have their haiku published in the April/May issue of Storyworks! 10 runners-up will be published on our Web site.

Deadline: November 16, 2009

 

•October Mystery Word Contest
A word hunt that will help build your students' reading skills

Mystery Word definition: “attractive and exciting”

Hint: Students will find the word on page 14 of the magazine.

Prize: 10 randomly selected correct entries will win a Storyworks notebook.

Deadline: November 16, 2009   


•Hindenburg Contest
From "The Disaster of the Hindenburg"

Students complete the Sentence Chef activity on page 13 of the magazine.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Nancy Farmer's survival story, A Girl Named Disaster.

Deadline: November 16, 2009


•Room Contest
From "The Haiku Wars"

Students write a letter to Ms. Willoughby posing as one of the haiku writers in Ron Koertge's "The Haiku Wars," explaining why they think they deserve the room.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Ron's latest book, Shakespeare Bats Cleanup.

Deadline: November 16, 2009

 

•Wild Thing Contest
From Where the Wild Things Are

Students write a paragraph describing (and, perhaps, illustrating) the place they go when they're upset.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Norton Juster’s book about getting away, The Phantom Tollbooth.

Deadline: November 16, 2009

 

SEPTEMBER ENTRY FORMS

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SEPTEMBER CONTEST DETAILS

 

•Create a Character Contest
Meet this year's featured author: Margaret Peterson Haddix!

Students create a fictional character for Margaret Peterson Haddix to use in her next story for Storyworks! 

Grand Prize: Margaret Peterson Haddix will write a story starring your character! The story will appear in the April/May 2010 issue of Storyworks. Your teacher will win a two-year subscription to Storyworks for his or her class. AND . . . everyone in your class will receive a signed copy of Margaret Peterson Haddix’s book, FOUND.

Four finalists will have their characters appear in Storyworks.

Seventy-five runners-up will win a Storyworks prize.

Deadline: October 16, 2009

 

•September Mystery Word Contest
A word hunt that will help build your students' reading skills

Mystery Word definition: “having a dislike”

Hint: Students will find the word on page 3 of the magazine.

Prize: 10 randomly selected correct entries will win a Storyworks notebook.

Deadline: October 16, 2009


•Animal 9-1-1! Contest
From "Animal 9-1-1!"

Students complete the Sentence Chef activity on page 15 of the magazine.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Donna Jackson's fascinating book, ER Vets.

Deadline: October 16, 2009


•Disco Contest
From "Dad, the Disco King"

Students write a fun family tale in the same vein as Marlane Kennedy's endearing story.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Marlane's latest book, The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes.

Deadline: October 16, 2009

 

•King Tut Contest
From The Curse of King Tut

Students write a paragraph explaining whether or not they believe in King Tut's curse.

Prize: 10 winners will receive a copy of Eloise Jarvis McGraw’s Newbery-winning novel, The Golden Goblet.

Deadline: October 16, 2009

 

•Word Nerd Contest
Students create their own Word Nerd scene with complex vocabuary and the "translation."

Prize: 10 winners will receive a Storyworks journal and will have their work included on the Storyworks website.

Deadline: October 16, 2009