http://www.bennington.edu/youngwriterscompetition.aspx Bennington College Young Writer Award - Open to 10th-12th grades. May enter: 3 poems, a short story or one-act play, a personal or academic essay. 1st place $500 and 2nd place $250 awarded in each genre. Deadline: November 1, 2012
http://www.youngarts.org/apply National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts - YoungArts Award. Deadline: October 19, 2012. By applying to the YoungArts program you are eligible for: *Exclusive U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts nominations
Master classes with world-renowned artists
*Access to scholarships, career opportunities and professional contacts
http://www.ciweb.org/literary-journal/ Chautauqua Literary Journal accepting submissions from grades 6-8 for "Journeys and Pilgrimages" issue. Submission can include physical or spiritual journeys, traveling and pilgrimage experience as well as works that explore what it means to encounter difference—of personal, social, political, spiritual, and aesthetic importance.