Write Outside Your Door Contest
Go outside. Be inspired. Be creative. Write. Submit.
Write Outside Your Door is a free writing competition co-sponsored by the Missouri Botanical Garden and Gateway Writing Project that authentically integrates creative writing into the science and English language arts curriculums. Write Outside Your Door invites Missouri students from grades K - 12 and adults to write about their experiences outside, with nature, and as stewards of the environment.
Writers may submit stories, essays, or poems that address:
A special place in nature and why it is meaningful
Describes an author's specific experience in nature
A piece that reflects conservation, stewardship, or sustainability
Stories and essays should be 1,000 words or less & poetry should be 3 - 30 lines.
Entries will be judged on merits of composition (grammar and organization), content (how well the theme has been addressed), and voice (word choice and style). All winners will receive an Emerging Writer’s prize pack and have their work displayed at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
If you or one of your students enters, you earn the Write Outside Your Door Badge!
