<p>Any other juniors entering this? I completed the impromptu writing last week; now all I have to do is to compile a sample of my best writing. :)</p>
<p>Yay, I won an NCTE award last year! Congrats on being nominated and good luck :)</p>
<p>Thanks! I have a question, though: For the best writing, should I submit one piece of writing <10 pages, or multiple pieces of writing totaling around 10 pages? The NCTE site seems vague about this, and my teacher doesn’t know.</p>
<p>I’m bumping this as the deadline approaches. Anyone?</p>
<p>What is it? I like writing and am relatively good at it.</p>
<p>[Achievement</a> Awards](<a href=“http://www.ncte.org/awards/student/aa]Achievement”>http://www.ncte.org/awards/student/aa)</p>
<p>It is a program that recognizes high school juniors for their writing. Each year, high school English departments nominate junior students for the program. The students then complete an impromptu essay and compile a sample of their best writing. Unfortunately, if you are a junior, the deadline for nomination has passed.</p>
<p>The impromptu short story I wrote for this contest last year turned into a 95,000 word novel I finished in November.</p>
<p>Good times.</p>
<p>Wow. I miss all the good opportunities. lol Thanks.</p>
<p>damn, you have to be nominated</p>
<p>I was recently nominated as well. Just wondering what were the options for the impromptu writing?</p>
<p>:) Not telling. Sorry. The essay is supposed to be impromptu, so telling you would be unfair.</p>
<p>Look at the essay topics for previous years if you want practice. They’re… interesting to say the least.</p>
<p>i got nominated last year and submitted stuff but didn’t get it</p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>I’ll have to let my English teacher know about this for next year ;)</p>
<p>Ahaha, thanks, Poseur. That’s reassuring. Congrats on Brown anyway!</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. I’ll look into those.
Just hoping that the topics won’t be too obscure.</p>
<p>^Personally, I disliked the topics. Brace yourself.</p>
<p>I’m a rising junior and considering doing this next year. Does the writing sample have to be a work of fiction/a story, or can it be a research paper or nonfiction essay?</p>
<p>I don’t think they take research papers. A non-fiction essay might be okay, depending on the subject. Check the guidelines.</p>