Check out our Inner Voice Journal Summer Journal!
WE ARE THRILLED TO SHARE OUR FIRST INNER VOICE JOURNAL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR YOUNG WRITERS!
Be sure to check back in the fall for our 2023/2024 contest dates.
Inner Voice is a writing challenge for resilient youth, ages 13 to 18, based in Los Angeles. If you are currently attending a title 1 school, and/or are system involved - then this challenge is for you!
The purpose of the challenge is to encourage young people to express themselves through writing.
We will be publishing an online journal once a year that will include all works submitted*.
The works can be about anything and can be any genre (realistic fiction, fantasy, adventure, poetry, etc).
Works can be in the form of a poem or a short story with a word limit of 750 words.
Works must be submitted by April 23, 2023.
You can only submit 1 work to the journal and competition per year.
There will be a panel of judges who will read over all of the works submitted and choose three prize winners.
Third place winner will win $250
Second place winner will win $500
First place winner will win $750