To encourage high school students in their writing and to recognize publicly some of the best student writers in the nation, the National Council of Teachers of English will give achievement awards in writing to students nominated and cited as excellent writers by judges.
Nominees must be students who will graduate from high
school in 2003. The National
Association of Secondary School Principals has placed the program on its NASSP
National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2001-2002.
Only students who are juniors in the academic year
2001-2002 may be nominated for 2002 awards; they must be candidates for high
school graduation in 2003.
Each high school selects its own nominee or nominees: one
or more juniors agreed upon by the English department, not chosen by an
individual teacher.
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In selecting these young
writers, teachers may want to consider the following guidelines: |
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Does the student show depth
of thought in the quality and presentation of ideas? |
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Even if the thought is
relatively commonplace, has the student made the idea his or her own? |
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Is the student clear about
subject and audience? |
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Does the student
demonstrate a command of vocabulary and sentence structure? |
A current official nomination blank for each nominee must
be submitted to NCTE, postmarked no later than Jan. 23, 2002.
To receive a nomination form address queries to:
Achievement Awards in Writing; National Council of Teachers of English; 1111 W.
Kenyon Road; Urbana, IL 61801-1096.
Download a nomination form by printing the PDF version of
the Nomination Form at the following link: http://www.ncte.org/student_awards/achieve.shtml.
The program is supported by a grant from The Maurice R.
Robinson Fund, Inc.