JustWrite, Inc

10/12/2026

Calling all teachers and student writers!

Every school has students with stories to tell. Sometimes, all they need is a place to tell them.

That’s where JustWrite comes in. ✍️

Bring together the storytellers, poets, world-builders, mystery lovers, and kids constantly filling the margins of their notebooks. Give them a team, a writing community, and the chance to see where their creativity can take them.

The 2026–2027 JustWrite season is underway—and this is a great time to start a team at your school!

Know a teacher or student who should make it happen? Tag them below. 💙💚

10/09/2026

DON’T FORGET, WRITERS!

The September/October JustWrite Short Story Contest is open, and there’s still time to enter! 🦇✍️

This round’s genre is Classic/Gothic Horror, and your story begins with a mysterious challenge:

Each night, a light appears in an abandoned building. Tonight, it shines from a room that did not exist yesterday.

📅 Entries are due October 23 at 5 PM.
📝 Open to students in Grades 6–12
📖 Submit your completed story and entry form through the contest Google Form.

Don’t let that strange light go unexplained. Start writing!



See the contest details here: https://docs.google.com/.../1n9fgP3vxgEHZw5w.../edit...
Submit your story here:
https://forms.gle/CtuQNzYiENnGacvW6

10/08/2026

Born October 8, 1943, R.L. Stine has introduced generations of young readers to suspense through Goosebumps, Fear Street, and hundreds of other stories. His books are a great reminder that a story doesn’t have to reveal the monster right away—sometimes what readers think might be waiting around the corner is even scarier.

10/07/2026

The best mystery clues don’t announce themselves. They sit quietly in the story, waiting for the reader to realize later just how important they were.

The trick is to play fair: give readers the clue, but surround it with enough action, conflict, or distraction that they may not recognize its importance the first time.

Try it: Add one small clue to a scene you’ve already written. Then ask yourself: Will readers remember this when the truth is revealed?

The best reaction: “It was there the whole time!”

10/06/2026

Welcome back, Cloverleaf!

We’re excited to have Cloverleaf High School with us for another JustWrite season!

From the first practice prompt to tournament day, we’re looking forward to another year of creativity, community, and great stories from Cloverleaf writers.

Here’s to the 2026–27 season and all the stories still waiting to be written!

10/06/2026

DID YOU ORDER YOUR COPY YET?
84 student writers, but one incredible collection of voices.

The 2025–2026 JustWrite anthology, A Collection of Voices, Volume VII, celebrates 84 young writers whose work is now IN PRINT!

💜 Congratulations to our 84 published writers:

Becca Burgers • Karen Chou • Akosua Brenya • Medha Ramaswamy • Kendall Begley • Jenna Piasecki • Amara Dewberry • Jayna Bagley • Quin Tyler • Henry Tomb • Don’Nae Sanford • Ellie King-Kaiser • Riley Parrish • Madeline Bazemore • Ilah Reynolds • Abrielle Hodges • Gabby Fleming • Tatiana Randjelovic • Rebecca Gebhart • Nour Omar • Harpreet Kaur • Ava Wellman

Malaya Alexander • Trinity Reed • Gia Ciccolini • Ben Gehret • Hadassah Romine • Gracelynn Cutlip • Caren Adjei Boadu • Elizabeth Klinge • Lorelei Wise • Lucy Sikon • Ibtisam Eljawad • Janiece Lehmann • Sophia Young • Miranda Long • Rio Ramos • Evelyn Buysse • Eliana Verde • Grace Conrow • Kate Mazzarese • Sofia Bravo • Jacob Knecht • Zoe Bruckner • Eve Abounader • Marlee Poupard

Makenna Jackson • Laura Perez • Penny McGurr • Sarah Williams • Maya Urban-Jesser • Raelyn Cramer • Cali White • Cal Ellis • Trevor Leimeister • Georgianna Damschroder • Sophia Roberson • Camryn Chivington • Analise Arevalo • Olivia Coolman • David Bryson Tackett • Eva Yockey • Faria Salman • Leah Komperda • Vrinda Chatterjee • Elizabeth Freytag • Mollie McCoy

Eleanor Krage • Hailey Hudson • Abigail Smaltz • Giuliana Provenzale • Bianca Mucci • Andrew Stroud • Ethan Hutchison • Violet Durflinger • Makaya Smith • Payton Krueger • Trinity Reed • Rhoen Krawczak • Maeve Owens • Sama Soltan • Kora VanHorn • Amelia Yoder • Elise Grohnke

These are published works. Each copy of A Collection of Voices captures a piece of the 2025–2026 JustWrite season and gives our writers something they can hold onto long after the competition ends.

📖 84 Published Student Writers
🏫 40 Schools Represented
✍️ Hundreds of pages of student writing
💜 One JustWrite community

Have you ordered your copy yet?
www.justwriteus.org

Write more. Write now. Write your story.

Why Choose the JustWrite Program? JustWrite believes that teens possess a unique voice and an important story to tell. It is crucial for them to find ways to see themselves as part of the future narrative. Creative writing serves as a powerful tool for self-discovery, allowing youth

10/06/2026

DID YOU ORDER YOUR COPY of the 2026 JustWrite Anthology?
84 Published Student Writers and 40 Schools Represented

The 2025–2026 JustWrite season lives on in A Collection of Voices, Volume VII—our professionally published anthology featuring outstanding writing from JustWrite students across our High School Competitions and Junior Invitationals.

These pages feature poetry, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, narrative nonfiction, realistic fiction, science fiction, Director’s Choice selections, and special award-winning pieces.

Is YOUR school in Volume VII?

Anna High School • Apollo Career Center • Bethel High School • Buckeye Valley High School • Caledonia High School • Cincinnati Christian Schools • Cloverleaf High School • Columbus Alternative High School • Cornerstone Christian Academy • Cornerstone Christian Academy Junior High • Dublin Coffman High School • Dublin Jerome High School • Dublin Scioto High School • Duncan Lake Middle School • Edison High School • Fairlawn High School • Field High School • Hamilton Township High School • Hillsdale High School • Independence High School • Independence High School, Columbus • Jackson High School • Medina High School • Northview High School • Norwayne High School • Olmsted Falls High School • Olmsted Falls Middle School • Saint Francis DeSales High School • Shawnee High School • Solon High School • Southview High School • Spring Garden Waldorf Middle School • The Miami Valley School • Timberstone Junior High School • Tippecanoe High School • Tuscarawas Central Catholic • Walsh Jesuit High School • Warner Middle School • Wyoming High School • Xenia High School.

Write more. Write now. Write your story.

Why Choose the JustWrite Program? JustWrite believes that teens possess a unique voice and an important story to tell. It is crucial for them to find ways to see themselves as part of the future narrative. Creative writing serves as a powerful tool for self-discovery, allowing youth

10/05/2026

Every writer has a story worth telling.

We’re excited to welcome Hamilton Township High School to the 2026–27 JustWrite season! Their writers will join students from across our JustWrite community as they create, compete, learn, and celebrate the power of the written word.

We’re glad you’re here, Hamilton Township! It’s your time to shine.

10/05/2026

What Are We Reading?

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto turns a seemingly familiar boy-meets-girl story into something much darker. With secrets, manipulation, obsession, and revenge driving the story, this YA thriller keeps shifting the question of who really has the upper hand.

For writers, it’s a great example of how changing perspective and revealing information at just the right moment can completely change what readers believe about a character.

Writer question: How long would you let your readers believe one version of the truth before revealing what’s really happening?

10/04/2026

Welcome to another season of stories, Xenia!

We’re thrilled to have Xenia High School joining us for the 2026–27 JustWrite season. We can’t wait to see these writers take on the page, strengthen their craft, and bring their own voices to this year’s tournaments.

Pens ready, Xenia. Let’s write!