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The International Outdoor Writers
Association of America Youth Writing Contest
2020 NORM STRUNG YOUTH
WRITING CONTEST RULES
1. The work must have been written during 2019.
NORM STRUNG YOUTH
WRITING AWARDS 2. At the time the article was written, the author
must have been a student in grades 6-8 to enter
Outdoor Writers Association of America® helps the junior division; grades 9-12 (including prep
school) to enter the senior division.
budding writers via its annual Norm Strung
Youth Writing Contest. Prizes are awarded to
3. The topic must be outdoor-oriented (hiking,
winners in grades 6-12 for poetry and prose camping, boating, fishing, hunting, nature,
categories. 2019 awards totaled $1,900, thanks ecology, canoeing, etc.). Any prose or poetic
to sponsor Safari Club International. form is acceptable.
If you know a student who would like to enter 4. Entrants must submit one legible copy of his or
the contest, rules for the 2020 contest are on her work, either a tear sheet from a publication
work or a manuscript. The entrant must also
the right and are at include a cover sheet including the entrant’s
https://owaa.org name, contact information (address, email, and
telephone), grade in school and name/date of
publication in which the work appeared, if
applicable.
5. Students may enter as many pieces of writing as
they wish; however, each student will be limited to
one prize per annual contest.
OWAA will announce the winners during 6. Deadline for mailing entries is March 15,
summer 2020. OWAA reserves the right to 2020. Send entries to OWAA Headquarters, 615
Oak St., Ste. 201, Missoula, MT 59801. Mark the
reprint the winning entries in its publications, lower left hand side of the envelope with the
including Outdoors Unlimited®, and on its division for which the entry is intended
website, http://www.owaa.org. (“Junior” or “Senior”), and for the category
(“Prose” or “Poetry”).
Contest Sponsors