Connecticut Young Writers Competition

The Connecticut Young Writers Competition is a collaboration of the Connecticut Young Writers Trust and the Connecticut State University System, with the support of the Family Trust of Glastonbury business consultant Matt Daly. The competition encourages high school-age writers and poets in Connecticut, and is now in its 14th year. The competition provides young poets and writers in Connecticut recognition for their writing ability, and an opportunity to win cash prizes in a statewide competition.

For the 2011 Competition, teenage writers of prose and poetry from across Connecticut, ages 13-18, are encouraged to submit original entries to an annual literary competition which awards winning entrants with cash prizes and an opportunity to have their work published in the literary journal of the Connecticut State University System, CT Review. Entries must be nominated by a teacher in a public or private school, and postmarked on or before March 15, 2011. Home school entries are also accepted.

Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, and Western Connecticut State University in Danbury will receive the entries, depending upon the county in which the student lives.  All entries from Fairfield and Litchfield Counties should be mailed to:  Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810, ATTN: Betsy McDonough, Office of the President.

All entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges. This year, the number of finalists and prizes will be determined by the judges, based on the merits and the volume of the entries. Finalists will be invited to an awards ceremony in late Spring 2011 at which time the state’s top poet and writer will be announced. The two winners will each have an opportunity to be published in CT Review. Winners are also interviewed by local media, and have their work highlighted on the website of the Connecticut State University System.

For additional information, contact Young Writers Trust Executive Director Ron Winter at hjrwinter@comcast.net or 860-228-6803.