PRH and We Need Diverse Books Open Creative Writing Award Submissions
Penguin Random House and We Need Diverse Books have opened submissions for the 2022 Creative Writing Awards. Established in 1993, the Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards have awarded more than $2.8 million dollars to public high school students for their original compositions.
The 2022 competition launches on October 1 and closes on February 1, 2022, or once 1,000 applications have been submitted. Current high school seniors who attend public schools in the United States, including the District of Columbia and all U.S. territories, and are planning to attend college in fall 2022, are eligible and encouraged to apply.
Five first-place $10,000 prizes will be awarded in the categories of: the inaugural Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry; the Maya Angelou Award for spoken-word; fiction/drama; and personal essay/memoir. The competition will also award an additional first-place prize to the top entrant from the New York City area.
To apply and to read more about eligibility and rules, click here.
