The Ann Arbor District Library is excited to host its 32nd annual “It’s All Write!” Teen Writing Contest in Winter 2024! Young Adult authors take part as judges each year, who then read and select the winning stories. Stories are judged in three different categories: Grades 6 - 8, Grades 9 & 10, and Grades 11 & 12. The top three writers in each age group receive fabulous prizes. This is an ever-growing, state-wide contest.
Kids in grades 3-5 can also enter AADL's Write On! short story writing contest, which will accept entries January 8 - February 5, 2024.
How to Enter the Contest:
The 2024 contest is now closed to entries.
The 2024 It's All Write Teen Writing Contest will accept submissions January 8 - March 3, 2024. Please note that the 2024 contest is open to Michigan residents only. The submission form links will become available on January 8.
For more information about the contest, including prizes, rules and where to direct questions, see the guidelines below.
1. Take a look at the Poetry Guidelines, Flash Fiction Guidelines and the Short Story Guidelines
2. Write your story! Need some help? Check out this Writing Resource Guide.
3. Send us your work using either the Short Story Submission Form, Poetry Submission Form, and/or the Flash Fiction Submission Form.
CLICK HERE to see the list of this year's finalists! Congratulations!
Winners will be announced at our virtual awards ceremony, viewable here, on May 18 at 1pm. You can now also click here to see a list of the 2024 winners!
Congratulations to our 2024 contest winners!
2024 Winners in Flash Fiction:
6th-8th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Emma Krueger | Paper Flower |
| 2nd | Bohdan Shewchuck | The Invasion |
| 3rd | Medha Pamdurthi | The Power of Forgiveness |
9th-10th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Haashir Ahmed | Blind Betrayal |
| 2nd | Bella Stanton | "You Were Never Ours" |
| 3rd | Irene Kim | Snow White - With a Touch of Red |
11th-12th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Toluwaleyi Meadows | Oh Leslie, My Boy |
| 2nd | Marvin Amrine | A Day in the Life of an Imaginary Reality |
| 3rd | Caylee Parson | Her Dress |
2024 Winners in Short Story:
6th-8th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Han-Ming Cai | One Final Game |
| 2nd | Anonymous | Why the Tides Come In |
| 3rd | Kira Tribou | Shades of Violet |
9th-10th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Hana Ghani | Celia Lennox is Perfectly Fine |
| 2nd | Kaylee Gadepelli | Cryptomnesia |
| 3rd | Izzy Monville | A Fall From Grace |
11th-12th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Hannah Port | The Child's Burden |
| 2nd | Gracie Marie Liu | The Hunt |
| 3rd | Kriya Jaiganesh | Luna |
2024 Winners in Poetry:
6th-8th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Kaydence Smith | Winter and All Its Glory |
| 2nd | Sylvia Stoermer | Creative's Art |
| 3rd | Annabella Mi | Dermatillomania |
9th-10th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Naledge Frierson | TV Chatter |
| 2nd | Nadia Collins | An Anthem Sung From Parched Throats |
| 3rd | Izzy Monville | dear laika (what's in a tragedy) |
11th-12th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Ricardo Pastor | Garbage |
| 2nd | Anonymous | A Life Cycle |
| 3rd | Matthew Price | Jabali |
You can read all of the submissions for 2024 that the writers gave AADL permission to publish here!
Questions about the contest may be directed to allwrite@aadl.org.