Student Writers Showcase 2011 will be offered to Middle School students, grades 5-8. This writing competition complements the Metro Schools Language Arts curriculum, encourages creativity and provides recognition for student work.

Teachers submit original student work among eight literary categories: Expository Essay, Personal Narrative, Children's Story, Poetry, Short Story, Song Lyrics, Sports Writing, Snapshot Writing. The entries are judged by local professional writers and English professors. In the spring, 1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-place and Honorable Mention winners will be announced at an awards ceremony. Students will recieve certificates and cash prizes. First-place winners' entries will be published on PENCIL Foundation's website.

Made possible in part by Gannett Foundation/The Tennessean and by gifts to the Nashville Alliance program fund through the ONE Nashville campaign.

Congratulations to all of our student winners, who received certificates and cash prizes at a spring awards ceremony held at East Literature Magnet School. Click HERE  to read the first-place winning entries!