The 2025 Autumn Teen Family Friendly Short Story Contest

October 06, 2025 to November 17, 2025

Level one: grades    -  7th & 8th
Level two: grades     - 9th & 10th
Level three: grades  - 11th & 12th
                       
      First place for each level is $50.00.
      Second place for each level is $25.00.
      Third place for each level is $15.00.

Entry is Free

Entry Deadline: Midnight November 17, 2025.
Judges’ score sheets will be returned to the author.
Judges will remain anonymous.

Submit entries and questions to:  

Jeanette McDermott at
netwoteenshortstorycontest@gmail.com
or mail to
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NETWO
P.O. Box 962
Mt. Pleasant, Texas 75455
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Winners will be announced at a special reception on December 11, 2025 coordinated through the NorthEast Texas Writers’ Organization. Venue will be announced at netwo.org.
Feel free to bring your parents & family.

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Entry Rules

Author’s must be in the  7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade and not over the age of 18.                                            

Entries must be short stories 1500 words or less.  All short stories must be clean family oriented stories.  NETWO encourages parents/guardians to let the teen write the story  using  their creative writing skills and omitting  A.I. assistance telling the story.

Entries must be typed double spaced, one side only, on 8 ½” x 11” white paper, with 1” margins. Please use either Courier or Times Roman type fonts, 12 point.

Each story must have a cover sheet containing only:

  • The name of the story.
  • The author’s name.
  • Student Grade.
  • The author’s/parent’s complete address.
  • The author’s/parent’s telephone number.
  • The author’s/parent’s e-mail address.
  • Story word count.

The author’s name should NOT appear anywhere in the story document.

If sent by e-mail, the cover sheet and the story sheet should be sent as separate .doc file attachments, but in the same e-mail.

Entries sent by PDF will NOT be considered.

Each story page must have a header containing the title of the story.
Pages should be numbered in either the header or footer.

Entries must be previously unpublished short stories written in English by the person whose name is on the cover sheet. Published on-line is considered published.
     
Failure to follow all the contest rules will result in disqualification.

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