High School Writers

For High School Writers

体育买球官网 University’s Writers Institute — the hub for all things creative writing-related at SU — has many exciting opportunities for high school creative writers.

Check out Apprentice Writer, our literary journal dedicated to publishing high school creative writing. Read the recent issuehereand learn how to submit your own writing for publication and prizes!

Come toCreative Writing Dayfor feedback on your poetry, fiction, and other creative writing. Apply to our creative writing major and win one of our eleven scholarships to study creative writing at 体育买球官网. Attend oursummer workshopfor high school writers. Emailus to join our mailing list for invitations to free creative writing workshops and events.

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Creative Writing Scholarships

Ten Janet Weis Scholarships of $5,000 each will be offered to first-year creative writing majors based upon the quality of their writing portfolio. The Bundy Scholarship may also be offered to first-year creative writing major based upon the quality of their writing portfolio if funds are not committed to a current student recipient. These scholarships are offered in addition to any academic merit scholarships received. Combined 体育买球官网 scholarships will not exceed the cost of tuition.

Janet Weis and Bundy Scholarships are renewable for a total of four years as long as the recipient is enrolled full-time as a creative writing major and maintains a 3.2 grade point in the major.

Candidatesare encouraged to submit portfoliosof 5-10 pages within two weeks of applying to the university, but no later than Feb. 15.

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Apprentice Writer

This digital magazine publishes poems, stories and personal essays by high school students from schools throughout the nation. It has a circulation of 11,000 and is distributed each September. It is edited and produced, in part, by 体育买球官网 writing students.

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Writers Workshop

Featuring workshops in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction, 体育买球官网’s Summer Writers Workshop was selected as a “Best Value in Summer College Programs” by Early College Programs and named one of the 500 best summer programs in the world by Princeton Review.

Experienced writers entering 10–12 grades in the fall of 2025 are eligible to attend the 2025 Summer Writers Workshop. Participants will be required to submit a writing portfolio containing 3–5 pages of any creative writing in any genre; fiction, poetry, memoir, journalism or plays, as part of the registration process.

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