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$100 Justice Creative Writing Competition

  • Organization: Write the World
  • Type: Competition
  • Location: Global
  • Deadline: October 26, 2026
  • Funding: No Funding

Write the World, a nonprofit writing community for teenagers founded at Harvard in 2012, runs a free monthly writing competition, and October's theme is justice. Sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society, it asks writers aged 13 to 19 for an original poem, story, song, play or other creative piece about justice or injustice at any scale, from school and home to national and global systems. Entries are judged by Gerard Hogan, a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland. **What you get:** - $100 for the winner, and $50 each for the runner-up and the best peer review - Winner and runner-up republished in the Supreme Court Historical Society's Quarterly Report and other print and digital publications - All three winners featured on Write the World's blog and platform, with commentary from the guest judge - A free in-depth Expert Review of your draft for the first 50 writers to submit one, from authors, writing teachers and education professionals - Peer feedback from teen writers around the world **What you'll do:** - Write an original creative piece on justice, roughly 100 to 1,000 words, in any creative form: poem, fiction, song, play and so on - Optionally request an Expert Review by 12 October and peer feedback, then revise - Submit your final entry on the Write the World platform before the competition closes **Key dates:** - Competition opened Monday 5 October 2026 - Request Expert Feedback (optional) by Monday 12 October 2026 - Competition closes Monday 26 October 2026, at 11:59 PM in your own time zone - Winners announced Friday 13 November 2026 **More information:** - Entry is through a free Write the World young writer account - Final submissions are published on Write the World's website and cannot be revised once submitted - Write in English, or include an English translation alongside another language - AI-generated writing is not accepted in competitions

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Write the WorldCompetition

$100 Justice Creative Writing Competition

Oct 26, 2026 23:59:00 UTC
Opportunity type
Competition
Funding
No Funding
Location
Global
Deadline
Oct 26, 2026 23:59:00 UTC

About this opportunity

Write the World, a nonprofit writing community for teenagers founded at Harvard in 2012, runs a free monthly writing competition, and October's theme is justice. Sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society, it asks writers aged 13 to 19 for an original poem, story, song, play or other creative piece about justice or injustice at any scale, from school and home to national and global systems. Entries are judged by Gerard Hogan, a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland.

What you get:

  • $100 for the winner, and $50 each for the runner-up and the best peer review
  • Winner and runner-up republished in the Supreme Court Historical Society's Quarterly Report and other print and digital publications
  • All three winners featured on Write the World's blog and platform, with commentary from the guest judge
  • A free in-depth Expert Review of your draft for the first 50 writers to submit one, from authors, writing teachers and education professionals
  • Peer feedback from teen writers around the world

What you'll do:

  • Write an original creative piece on justice, roughly 100 to 1,000 words, in any creative form: poem, fiction, song, play and so on
  • Optionally request an Expert Review by 12 October and peer feedback, then revise
  • Submit your final entry on the Write the World platform before the competition closes

Key dates:

  • Competition opened Monday 5 October 2026
  • Request Expert Feedback (optional) by Monday 12 October 2026
  • Competition closes Monday 26 October 2026, at 11:59 PM in your own time zone
  • Winners announced Friday 13 November 2026

More information:

  • Entry is through a free Write the World young writer account
  • Final submissions are published on Write the World's website and cannot be revised once submitted
  • Write in English, or include an English translation alongside another language
  • AI-generated writing is not accepted in competitions

Who can apply

  • Aged 13 to 19
  • An active student enrolled in a school, college, university, after-school programme or home school, per Write the World's Terms of Service
  • Open to writers anywhere in the world
  • Free Write the World young writer account required to enter
  • Original creative writing of about 100 to 1,000 words; work previously shared only with a small local audience, such as a school journal, is accepted
  • Free to enter

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Good to know

  • +Free to enter, and open to students aged 13 to 19 anywhere in the world
  • +Poetry, fiction, plays or songs all count
  • +Judged by Gerard Hogan of the Supreme Court of Ireland, and the winners are republished by the Supreme Court Historical Society
  • +The first 50 drafts get free feedback from an expert reviewer

Worth checking yourself

  • !The prize is small: $100 to the winner, $50 to the runner-up
  • !Entries close at 11:59 PM in your own time zone on 26 October
  • !You need a free Write the World account, and every final entry is published on the site
  • !Aim for 100 to 1,000 words

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$100 Justice Creative Writing Competition
Oct 26, 2026 23:59:00 UTC