National Student Writing Competition is an opportunity for middle school through university students to write for a real audience—not just you, the teacher—and the chance to be published by an award-winning magazine. Common Core State Standards:This writing competition meets several Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12, including W.9-10.3 and W.9-10.4 for Writing, and RI.9-10.1 and RI.9-10.2 for Reading: Informational Text **This standard applies to other grade levels. Please take time to read your students’ essays to ensure they have met essay requirements, including correct grammar. E-mail your three best student essays as word-processed document attachments (please no pdf or scanned documents) to [email protected] no later than April 8. National Student Writing Competition is in fall 2015.