$100 Environmental Writing Competition
- Organization: Write the World
- Type: Competition
- Location: Global
- Deadline: November 23, 2026
- Age: 13 to 19
- Funding: No Funding
Write the World, an online writing community for writers aged 13 to 19, runs a free monthly writing competition, and November's theme is the environment. Sponsored by Patagonia, it asks for an original piece of environmental writing in any genre, such as a personal essay, opinion piece, poem or song, about how we move in the natural world and are moved by it. The guest judge is Ed Yong, the Pulitzer Prize winning science writer and author of An Immense World. **What you get:** - $100 for the winner, and $50 each for the runner-up and the best peer review - Select submissions may be eligible for republication in the Patagonia print journal - Winners featured on Write the World's blog and social media - A free in-depth Expert Review of your draft for the first 50 writers to request one, from authors, writing teachers and education professionals - Peer feedback from teen writers around the world **What you'll do:** - Write an original piece of environmental writing in any genre: personal essay, opinion piece, poem, song and so on - Optionally request an Expert Review by Monday 9 November 2026 and ask for peer reviews, then revise - Submit your final entry on the Write the World platform before the competition closes **Key dates:** - Competition opened Monday 2 November 2026 - Request Expert Feedback (optional) by Monday 9 November 2026 - Competition closes Monday 23 November 2026, at noon UTC - Winners announced Friday 11 December 2026 **More information:** - Entry is through a free Write the World young writer account - All entries are published on Write the World's website; you can keep editing until the competition closes - Write in English, or include an English translation alongside another language - AI-generated writing is not permitted and entries are checked for it - Work previously shared only with a small local audience, such as a school journal, is accepted - Worth checking yourself: the competition page says competitions close at noon UTC, while the FAQ says 11:59 PM in your own time zone. Submit before noon UTC on 23 November to be safe
