Young Writers Contest and Celebration

     Since its beginning in 1984, the Young Writers contest has celebrated West Virginia students' creative writing skills which provide our students with personal and imaginative ways of exploring ideas and experiences--a means of self-expression.  With funding and support from the West Virginia Department of Education, the Central West Virginia Writing Project at Marshall University Graduate College has provided the leadership for the Young Writers contest and celebration that is held at the University of Charleston each spring.  Approximately 800 students, teachers and parents attend the annual celebration which symbolizes the commitment to writing and to West Virginia's exemplary young writers.

     In order that every student in West Virginia schools has the opportunity to participate in the Young Writers contest, the following documents are sent to the Young Writers county coordinator to distribute to his or her county schools:

Young Writers Guidelines

Young Writers Cover Sheet

Young Writers Release Form

Blackboard Directions

Young Writers County Attendance Form

Young Writers State Winners 2008

Young Writers State Winners 2009

Young Writers Ceremony 2009