First district resa regional educational service agency. The goal of the ket young writers contest is to encourage student writing and celebrate creativity. Join the ela mailing list to receive updates from the english language arts program. Creative writing contest for middle and high school students. The bay area book festival was pleased to partner with writopia lab for the 2018 young authors writing contest. Young georgia authors writing competition winners announced writers incorporated of vidalia high school is pleased to announce. The young authors competition will transition to being completely online and digital next year. The contest, which aims to encourage youth to engage with the craft of writing, was open to all high school students in the bay area.
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