{"id":1325,"date":"2015-02-05T15:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T21:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oneyearnovel.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1325"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:34:13","slug":"young-writers-novel-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/events\/young-writers-novel-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Novel Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2372527 \" title=\"Trophy for the student novel contest\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Award-Trophy-image-with-BG-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Award-Trophy-image-with-BG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Award-Trophy-image-with-BG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Award-Trophy-image-with-BG.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px\"><em>Deadline:<\/em> 11:59 p.m. CDT, <span style=\"color: #aa0000\">August 15<\/span>, 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every year, we run <strong>a free novel contest for our students<\/strong>. Any <em>One Year Adventure Novel<\/em> student under 20 who has a <a title=\"One Year Adventure Novel licensing options\" href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/about\/licensing\/\">valid curriculum license<\/a> and who finishes a novel that meets the course requirements can submit.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t obligate students to enter, but <strong>writing contests for teens are great way for young writers\u00a0to start sharing their writing with others\u2014and stay motivated to finish their novel!<\/strong> We post every novel entry on the student forum for other students to read (unless the student\u00a0requests to be omitted).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-pricing\"><div class=\"vcex-pricing-header clr\" style=\"padding:5px;background:#337ebf;color:#ffffff;font-weight:600;\" data-wpex-rcss='{\"font-size\":{\"d\":\"28px\",\"tl\":\"31px\"}}'>1st PLACE<\/div><div class=\"vcex-pricing-cost clr\" style=\"background:rgba(92,161,206,0.85);font-family:Garamond, serif;\"><div class=\"vcex-pricing-ammount\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:40px;font-weight:700;\">$500 +<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-pricing-content clr\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 Crystal Award<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 Custom pen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 A letter from Mr. S.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-pricing\"><div class=\"vcex-pricing-header clr\" style=\"padding:5px;background:#bf3d48;color:#ffffff;font-weight:600;\" data-wpex-rcss='{\"font-size\":{\"d\":\"28px\",\"tl\":\"31px\"}}'>2nd PLACE<\/div><div class=\"vcex-pricing-cost clr\" style=\"background:rgba(206,96,92,0.85);font-family:Garamond, serif;\"><div class=\"vcex-pricing-ammount\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:40px;font-weight:700;\">$200 +<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-pricing-content clr\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 Crystal Award<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 Custom pen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 A letter from Mr. S.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-pricing\"><div class=\"vcex-pricing-header clr\" style=\"padding:5px;background:#39a36a;color:#ffffff;font-weight:600;\" data-wpex-rcss='{\"font-size\":{\"d\":\"28px\",\"tl\":\"31px\"}}'>3rd PLACE<\/div><div class=\"vcex-pricing-cost clr\" style=\"background:#55c684;font-family:Garamond, serif;\"><div class=\"vcex-pricing-ammount\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:40px;font-weight:700;\">$100 +<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-pricing-content clr\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 Crystal Award<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 Custom pen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Merriweather\">\u2022 A letter from Mr. S.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1767061168926{margin-top: 15px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Merriweather\"><span style=\"color: #aa0000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Finalists:<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Finalists receive a custom pen.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][mvc_button align=&#8221;center&#8221; 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Contact us at <a href=\"mailto:info@oneyearnovel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@oneyearnovel.com<\/a> with your name and shipping address if you have lost your curriculum license\u00a0number.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Please note that students DON&#8217;T have to have an account on our <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/student-resources\/forum-overview\/\">Student Forum<\/a> to enter the novel contest.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Eligible Novels<\/h4>\n<p>To be eligible to enter this year, your first rough draft of the novel must have been completed in the past <strong>14 months<\/strong>. If you completed your rough draft after <strong><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 15<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0of this calendar year, you can choose to enter this year or the following year.<\/p>\n<h4>Resubmission<\/h4>\n<p>If you finished the first draft of your novel after <strong>June 15, 2025<\/strong>, and entered it into the 2025 Student Novel Contest, <strong>you may choose to resubmit it to the 2026 contest<\/strong>, since it was still completed within 14 months of the contest deadline. Novels completed prior to the 14-month limit <strong>may not be resubmitted<\/strong>, even if they have been edited since the initial completion of the rough draft.<\/p>\n<h4>One Year, ONE Adventure Novel<\/h4>\n<p>Each student is only allowed to submit one novel per contest per year.<\/p>\n<h4>Novel Showcase<\/h4>\n<p>All entries will be posted on the Novel Showcase page of our Student Forum unless the entrant requests their submission be omitted. Finalist and winning manuscripts may also be posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/events\/winners-finalists-showcase\/\">the main website Showcase<\/a>. We reserve the right to refuse inclusion on our site at our discretion, for any reason.<\/p>\n<h4>Copyright<\/h4>\n<p>You retain all rights to your work. A notice of your copyright will appear with the description of your novel in the Novel Showcase.<\/p>\n<h4>Manuscript Format<\/h4>\n<p>Manuscripts must be formatted correctly in order to be considered. <strong>Follow the formatting instructions indicated in <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/OYAN.77-Formatting-Your-Manuscript.pdf\">chapter 77 of your textbook<\/a>.*<\/strong> However, do not include your address, phone number, or email address on the cover page (as you would when submitting a novel to a publisher). Instead, your cover page should contain only the <strong>book title<\/strong> and your <strong>name<\/strong> (or pseudonym).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>*In Edition Two (spring of 2014) we made two updates based on industry changes. <strong>Both Courier New and Times New Roman are now accepted.<\/strong> Use 12-point size for either font. You may italicize if you use Times New Roman, but you must still underline if you use Courier New.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Manuscript Content<\/h4>\n<p>Manuscripts must be under 90,000 words and follow the general guidelines outlined in <em>The One Year Adventure Novel<\/em> curriculum. This means:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #870000\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Your OWN Work<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nYour novel must be an original work in English.\u00a0<strong>The use of generative AI to create any portion of your novel is not permitted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #870000\"><strong>\u2022 Not Violating to the Reader<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>Your novel must be free of offensive content (especially of a sexual or gratuitously violent nature). While we respect the right of authors to create honest stories, we also respect the right of readers to retain their innocence. We therefore reserve the right to disqualify any novel we deem to be offensive to a general audience. (We&#8217;re not saying it can&#8217;t be &#8220;PG-13,&#8221; but please email us if you have any questions about this.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #870000\"><strong>\u2022 &#8220;Heroic Quest&#8221; Model<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>Your novel must be based on the \u201cheroic quest\u201d story pattern, though <strong>that pattern may be expressed in many different genres. You may submit an adventure, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, contemporary, or mystery\/thriller novel<\/strong>\u2014so long as the plot is built around a \u201cheroic quest\u201d model.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #870000\"><strong>\u2022 First Person, Unless&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #870000\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2372528\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/contest-teen-boy-writing-sitting-on-floor-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/contest-teen-boy-writing-sitting-on-floor-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/contest-teen-boy-writing-sitting-on-floor.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/strong><\/span>Your novel must be told in first-person point of view unless you have previously completed a novel with <em>The One Year Adventure Novel<\/em>\u00a0(OYAN) in the first-person point of view. We <strong>will<\/strong> accept third-person point of view novels from students who wrote their first OYAN novel in the first person and are now submitting a second, third or fourth OYAN novel in the third person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #870000\"><strong>\u2022 One Author<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>Submissions must be the work of one and only <strong>one author<\/strong>. We cannot accept works by multiple authors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #870000\"><strong>\u2022 Novels Only<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>We cannot accept fan fiction, short stories, or poetry.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521878321347{margin-top: 35px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;border-radius: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1767060684451{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h1>Submitting Your Manuscript<\/h1>\n<p>You must submit your novel <strong>through our <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/events\/student-novel-contest-submission-form\/\">online submission form<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>As you will see in the entry form, your submission must include:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>A one- or two-paragraph synopsis of your novel.<\/strong> Feel free to use the synopsis you created during the first semester.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indication of the genre of your work.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Adventure &#8211; Fantasy &#8211; Science Fiction &#8211; Historical Fiction &#8211; Contemporary &#8211; Mystery\/Thriller<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Your electronic signature<\/strong>, testifying that the novel is <strong>your own work and no one else&#8217;s<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>My entry for the 2026 One Year Adventure Novel Student Contest is attached. The book I am submitting is an original novel of my own creation for which I own the copyright. You have my permission to post it with the synopsis above on your Student Forum, and\/or post the title and synopsis on your website, until I ask you to remove it. I agree to respect the decision of the judge(s).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Your novel attached as a <strong>.pdf<\/strong> file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][mvc_button padding_top=&#8221;&#8221; padding_left=&#8221;&#8221; btn_size=&#8221;&#8221; border_width=&#8221;&#8221; btn_text=&#8221;Submit Your Novel&#8221; btn_url=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fclearwaterpress.com%2Foneyearnovel%2Fevents%2Fstudent-novel-contest-submission-form%2F|||&#8221; btn_clr=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; btn_bg=&#8221;#aa0000&#8243; btn_hvrbg=&#8221;#870000&#8243; btn_icon=&#8221;fa fa-cloud-upload&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521878436146{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<strong><span style=\"color: #aa0000;font-size: 32px;font-family: Merriweather\">Judging<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>The decisions of the judges are their own, and are final.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winner(s) are announced on this website and during our Contest Webinar (date to be determined).<\/p>\n<h4>Stage 1<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Our panel of staff readers read the first ten pages of every entry. Those stories that fail to hold our interest are removed from the competition.<\/li>\n<li>Then, from the remaining entries, the staff readers pick 10-30 of the strongest openings to be semifinalists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Stage 2<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the semifinalists, the most promising are read further, anywhere from the first chapter to the first 50 pages, to begin determining finalists.<\/li>\n<li>We then read deeper into the remaining novels, this time setting aside those we feel merit a complete reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Stage 3<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>We choose finalists and the top three novels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Stage 4<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>These three top novels are given to Mr. S. He reads and evaluates all three manuscripts based on the five categories listed below. He then chooses first, second, and third place winners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521873219094{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 28px;color: #aa0000\">What We Look For<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; style=&#8221;default&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;20px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;colpad&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Emotion<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Does the novel create emotion in you as you read it? Do you want to keep reading?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px\"><strong>Value Changes<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIs each chapter built around something important changing? (Or could one or more of the chapters have been omitted?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px\"><strong>Writing Quality<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIs the author\u2019s writing style clear and easy to read? Does the author use precise and unexpected details to create a vivid \u201cmovie\u201d in your mind?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; style=&#8221;default&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;20px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;colpad&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px\"><strong>Conflict<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nDoes the author create a compelling conflict that is carried from beginning to end? Is the story goal clear?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Characterization<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Do you care about the hero? How about the secondary characters? Are the author\u2019s characters interesting?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column][vc_cta h2=&#8221;A Message from &#8220;Mr. S.&#8220;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1520827422932{background-color: rgba(74,136,191,0.2) !important;*background-color: rgb(74,136,191) !important;}&#8221;]I would like to personally commend every student who enters. I am very impressed by the quality of work submitted, not just by the winners and finalists, but by many of the other students as well.\u00a0<strong>It takes an enormous amount of work to complete a novel<\/strong>, and each of the students who completed the course has <strong>accomplished something many people only dream about. <em>I am proud of you all.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>~ Daniel Schwabauer[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Merriweather;font-size: 18px\"><em>\u201cBetter to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Cyril Connolly<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Deadline: 11:59 p.m. CDT, August 15, 2026 Every year, we run a free novel contest for our students. 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