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.
Explore the 2018 winners here.
Explore the 2019 winners here.
Explore the 2020 winners here.
Explore the 2022 winners below.
Current Volume: Volume 5 (2023)
Poetry
The Night of the Acorn Festival
Avery Benson
Winter Turns Into Spring
Kautia Hostler
Long Happy Sunsets
Josie Matilton
Night and Day
Theriee Calgrove
I Believe in Yesterday Too
Cadence Mae FitzMaurice
This is For Me Right Now
Cade Church
Small Wind
Sol Coradines Buwalda
Redwood Reverie
Ashtyn Hagge
I Come From A Place Called Hoopa
Carmen Ferris
Perspective
Finnegan McKay
Changes in Women’s Perspective
Zulay Perez
Daffodils and Dandelions
Darby Moore
Spring Memories
Parker Pierson
Shifting Clouds
Autumn Hudgens
Graduation
Ai-Lan McGoldrick
The End of Childhood
Bella Tarlton
Informationals/Arguments
Homeless Changes
Penn Kerhoulas
Tale of Technology
zuma kan
Harmful Gender Stereotypes
Ellie Conboy
Adapting Kindred
Ben Girving
Theory of Love
Ari Landando
Narratives
Life of the Not Living
Nico Harman
Journey of Big Bear Lake
Brenden Mosher
Sea of Change
Braedon Simpson
Top of the Pine Tree
Gillian Downey
The Perfectionist
Nilu Gambrel-Marx
To Our Queer and Non Gender-Conforming Siblings
Greg Pronovost-Carlson
Personal Narrative
Hanne Marin Lund
Poem Water
Sasha Love
