Young Writers' Creative Writing Contest

The Jewish Observer editorial team is pleased to announce the First Annual Young Writers’ Creative Writing Contest!

Inspired by some of our local young writers, we are asking all the Nashville Jewish community’s writers in grades K-12 to submit a story, poem, or essay to our very first contest.

The theme for the contest is Aviv: Spring! Writers are encouraged to express their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and views of spring in their submissions.

The winning entry will be published in The Observer newspaper print and online editions. The winner will also receive fun prizes!

• There is no minimum word length, but submissions should be no longer than 3,000 words.
• Submissions must be written solely by the entrant. There will be categories for grade school, middle school, and high school.
• More than on entry can be submitted, but there can only be one entry per category, for instance, one poem, one essay, one story.
• Judging will be conducted by the Observer editor, and the Observer Editorial Advisory committee members: Frank Boehm, Teena Cohen, and Scott Rosenberg.
• Judging will be based on originality, style, use of language, and expression of the theme of Aviv: Spring.
• Submissions made past the deadline will not be considered.
• All submissions must come from residents of the Greater Nashville area.

Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, April 15^th. Email word documents to editor@jewishnashville.org. Entries can also include artwork or photos, which should be submitted in jpeg format.