Want a motivator to take your students’ writing to a higher level? Here’s an opportunity to write for a real audience, and the chance to get published by an award-winning magazine.

Writing Contest

Fall 2016: “Why Bother to Vote?” Middle School Winner Red Sheets

Read Red’s essay, Your Voice, Your Vote,” about how a vote isn’t just for a person, but also for an idea, a policy, and, even, your integrity.

Writing Contest

Fall 2016: “Why Bother to Vote?” High School Winner Catherine Skubiz

Read Catherine’s essay, “Make a Choice,” about how time and time again voters have proven that when we make the choice to vote, we give ourselves the power to change the nation.

Writing Contest

Fall 2016: “Why Bother to Vote?” University Winner Ben Marcus

Read Ben’s essay, “The Voting Superhero,” about how we may not be able to fly or have an arsenal of high-tech crime-fighting tools, but we do have the power to vote.

Writing Contest

Fall 2016: “Why Bother to Vote?” Powerful Voice Winner Tyler Kim

Read Tyler’s essay, “With Great Asians Comes Great Responsibility,” about how some of the same people who urge us to vote are the same people who neglect what should be their real

Writing Contest

Fall 2016: “Why Bother To Vote?” Powerful Voice Winner Norbu Sonam

Read Norbu’s essay, “A Voice for the Voiceless,” about how his father’s treacherous escape from Tibet to America in 1949 shaped his appreciation for the rights—like voting— that Americans have today.