Get Published

Students:

The I TOOK THE DARE Anthology Submission Guidelines are here (for US and Canadian residents)! Entries are accepted on a rolling basis. Homeschoolers are welcome!

Easy to incorporate into any Language Arts program.

Who can enter

The competition is open to all students (including homeschoolers) in the United States and Canada. Students must be in grades 2-7 or the equivalent according to their school system.

Essay Topic

Students will be asked to think of a situation where they find themselves behaving in ways that don’t reflect who they truly are. Then they shall dare themselves to make a change. (Example: For the next week, I DARE to stop saying hurtful things to my little brother because I am NOT a mean person. I am a kind person.) Of course, change doesn’t always happen overnight, so they should try it for at least a week. Once students have completed the Dare, they should each write a personal essay about their experience.

Evaluation Criteria

All essays will be judged against the following criteria:

• Engaging voice and writing style
• Originality of content
• Clear purpose
• Appropriate tone and natural word choice
• Organization and logic
• Writing mechanics and spelling

Prizes

Finalists’ entries will be published in the upcoming edition of I TOOK THE DARE and will receive a certificate of achievement. The I TOOK THE DARE anthololgy will be made available online for purchase in the U.S. and Canada, from sites like Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, BN.com and other outlets.

Deadline:

There is no deadline for this contest. Essays are reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis.

• Anthology Submission Guidelines
• Receive updates/reminders about the anthology by completing the form below.

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Grown-ups:

To learn more about how to get your children’s or teen book published, please visit my web site at www.writingforchildrenandteens.com. There you’ll find a crash course on everything I learned to get started in the industry. Spend the 90-minutes to read through the articles. So worth it!