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Submit NOW to Enter
the 2025 Randall Albers
Young Writers Award!

 

Calling all Chicago area high school writers! Submissions for the 2024-25 Randall Albers Young Writers Award are officially open. We again welcome submissions in both poetry and prose. Now in its third year, this award encourages the literary pursuits of our next generation of great Chicago authors. 

The contest is open to all Chicago area students currently enrolled in grades 9-12 and will remain open until March 3, 2025 at 5 p.m. CT. Read the Rules & Guidelines before entering. 

Winners in each of our two categories—prose and poetry—will receive awards in the following amounts:

1st place: $250
2nd place: $150
3rd place: $100
4th place: $50

Each winner will also receive publication in the commemorative program we produce for the award ceremony, which is scheduled for May 17, 2025 at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago. Winners will also be listed on our website and will be invited to read from their entries during the awards ceremony.

Learn How to Enter.

 

 

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