2025 Katherine Applegate Color Our World Writing Contest
2025 Katherine Applegate Color Our World Writing Contest
- Date:
- Tuesday, July 1, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd)
- Audience:
- DPS Elementary School Middle School Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds
- Categories:
- Announcements Summer Reading Writing
All budding writers and storytellers, ages 8 though 12 years old, are invited to enter the Katherine Applegate Color Our World Writing Contest this summer! Katherine Applegate, the Collaborative Summer Library Program's 2025 Reading Champion, says "Books change the world. And so can you!"
The writing prompt is, as follows: “Your writing can change and color our world! Write a short story between 1,000 – 1,500 words about a character that takes an action that changes someone else’s day for the better. The action can be as small or grand as you’d like — even small acts can make a big difference! Your story must have a catchy title, a protagonist that takes an action to make a change, and a beginning, middle, and end.”
Please enter for a chance to win:
- A virtual writing workshop with Katherine Applegate,
- Autographed copies of Odder, Crenshaw, Willodeen, and Wishtree,
- and $500 worth of books!
Entries are open from June 1 - July 31, 2025. Please submit your entries here. All rules and requirements are listed here.
At Southwest Regional Library, we will be hosting a Writing Workshop to provide youths with resources and a space to work on their writing! It will be held on July 2, 2025, from 3pm-4pm. More information can be found here.
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