Susquehanna University and the Writers Institute invite high school students to submit fiction, memoir, personal essay, photography, and or poetry for the thirty-ninth volume of Apprentice Writer, which will be published during the fall of 2021.

Selected writers will be chosen, by a published author, to receive one of four prizes. $200 prizes will again be awarded for Outstanding Writer in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry as well as $50 to Runners-Up in each genre.

Accepted poets, writers, and photographers come from an impressive variety of backgrounds spanning the globe.

Please be sure that you have carefully read and followed our Submission Guidelines before submitting your work for consideration.

Submission Dates: September 1, 2020 through March 15, 2021
Acceptance announcements will be emailed by May 15, 2021
Publication and Distribution: August/September 2021