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The YES! National Student Writing Competition

Students read and respond to a YES! article. Check out the winning essays from recent contests.

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Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” Middle School Winner Dakota Cline

Dakota Cline is a middle school student at Horizons K-8 in Boulder, CO. He read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article, “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the

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Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” High School Winner Hamna Khalid

Hamna Khalid is a junior at Haddonfield Memorial High School in Haddonfield, NJ. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban

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Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” University Winner Kelsi Belcher

Kelsi Belcher is a freshman at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban and

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Winter 2016: Malala Fund Team’s Response to “Every Girl’s Right” Essay Winners

The Malala Fund Team responds to the winners of the Winter 2016 “Every Girl’s Right” writing competition.

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Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” Powerful Voice Winner Edward Ramirez

Edward Ramirez is a freshman at KIPP Houston High School in Houston, TX. He read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article, “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the

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Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” Literary Gems

We received many outstanding essays for the Winter 2016 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we’d like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.

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