Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities
Redwood Writing Project and Redwood Council Teachers of English co-sponsor this annual event! This contest has been a tradition of the Redwood Council of CATE for many years now and is an opportunity for young writers to compete for recognition and publication of their work as well as to showcase their writing abilities to a broader audience. See the Redwood Writing Contents website for more information.
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Explore the 2023 winners here.
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Current Volume: Volume 6 (2024) An Anthology of the Winning Entries of the Redwood Writing Contest 2024
Celebrating Writers and Writing in Our Communities is an anthology that includes the award-winning works of students grades 3rd through 12th in Humboldt County and the surrounding area.Full Issue
Poetry
Cave Music
Ian Sowerwine
Four Ways of Looking at a Basket
Isde:w Tracy
Four Different Ways of Looking at Regalia
Kylie Jones
Six Ways of Looking at a Brush Dance
Anieya McCovey
6 Ways of Listening to a Drum
Johnny Erickson
Seven Ways of Looking at Regalia
Paul Moon
Art is Everywhere Like in our Dances
Olivia Masten
The White Rose
Mia Hong-Nototney
Three Ways of Looking at the Moon
Summer Little-Dean
More Than a Teacher
Anaia Benemann
The Condor
Dominique Bussell
Seven Ways of Looking at my Mom
Analycia Branham
You Have to Try
Amaya Teraoka
Three Ways of Looking at the River
Vincent McCovey
Misfortune
Meilin Storm
A Revelation
Bellamy Nofsinger
Ponderous Infinity
Keegan Van Reusen
An Aromatic Ghost Poem
Autumn Hudgens
Mac and Cheese
Ana Lucia Ramos Torres
I Met an Old Man
Brennig Davies-Hughes
Informationals/Arguments
September 11, 2001
Gracelyn Cox
What Does 8th Grade Really Teach You
Parker Pierson
Jane Aronson
Aliyah Machado
John Snow: Father of Epidemiology
Eleanor Nichols
Hidden Gems in the Odyssey
Quinn Fowler
How Details Work as Hidden Gems
Avin Stephens
Inspiration
Cassin Villa
Fulfilling the Journey: Hidden Gems in the Odyssey
Bhima Richards
Embracing Negative Thinking
Jill Surber
Feeding the Contrasting World
Phoenix Culbertson
Narratives
Hidden Gems
Penn Kerhoulas
My Brother Ian
Ethan Waxler
My Time at a Concert and Disney on Ice
Charlotte McGrew
Assassination
Emma Hong
Crimson River
Sierra Blakeslee
The Egg Hunt
Brayden Ford
Not Found, Made
Hazel Ray
The Perfect Clearing
Kona Bettenhausen
From Lines to Letters
Talia Carmona
Adventures at Fish Lake
Braedon Simpson
Mother Sun
Greg Pronovost-Carlson
Trundle on the Ranch
Leola Griffith