Storyworks
Contests
Storyworks is packed with contests to get your students excited about writing. And they can win awesome prizes! Below, find information about our current contests, including entry forms and deadlines.
Current Contests
Contests in the September 2017 Issue
Deadline:
November 1, 2017
Nonfiction:
Flood Contest
Students write a letter explaining why the Episcopal community feels fortunate despite their losses.
Prize: I Survived Hurricane Katrina by Lauren Tarshis
Fiction: Freddie Contest
Students write a journal entry as Freddie, explaining what they’ve learned about accepting changes and how they learned it.
Prize: Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Play: Sylvia Contest
Students describe the challenges the Mendez family faced as they fought to send Sylvia to a good school and explain why this fight was important.
Prize: Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling
Infographic: Umbrella Contest
Students write a letter to an inventor explaining the flaws they'd like to fix in the umbrella.
Prize: Five winners will each receive a Storyworks prize.
Word Power: Komodo Contest
Students find two adjectives that mean deadly, one noun that means poison, and one idiom that means to scare you, then write a paragraph using at least three of them.
Prize: Five winners will each receive a Storyworks prize.
Contest Winners
A list of all winners from the current school year.
Word Nerd Contest
Students send us their Word Nerd exclamations for a chance to become a Storyworks Real-Life Word Nerd in a future Issue.
Wild Word Contest
Can your students find a word that has three meanings? Have them send their suggestions to our contest.
How to enter
All contest entries can be e-mailed to: storyworks@scholastic.com
Please attach entries as Word documents or PDFs, put the contest name in the subject line, and include the e-mail address of the entrant’s parent or legal guardian.
You can also mail entries to:
“Contest Name” c/o Storyworks
P.O. Box 712
New York, NY 10013-0712