National Student Writing Competition is an opportunity for middle school through university students to write something meaningful for an audience beyond the classroom and the chance to be published by an award-winning magazine. Click here for the 2019-20 writing contest calendar and general information about the competition. Honoring Your RootsFor the fall contest, students will read the YES! E-mail your student essays as word-processed document attachments (please no pdf or scanned documents) or as an open-access Google Doc to [email protected] no later than Nov. 1. NOTE: Please submit all student essays by Nov. 1, even if there are missing release forms.