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. Three Things That Matter MostFor the spring contest, students will read the YES! The Writing Prompt:Students, please respond to the writing prompt below with an up-to-700-word essay:What are three things that matter most to you? 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 April 9. NOTE: Please submit all student essays by April 9, even if there are missing release forms.