The Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards honor promising young writers in
public schools nationwide who are daringly original and unafraid to take risks in their
writing. Since 1993, the program has awarded more than $2.9 million to public high school students for original poetry, memoir/personal essay, fiction/drama, and spoken word compositions. This year, we are thrilled to be celebrating our 30 year anniversary!
The five $10,000 scholarship winners, received direct access to publishing professionals through a series of virtual events designed and hosted by the PRH Corporate Communications Team. We checked in our 2023 CWA winners, Gloria Blumenkrantz, Madison Corzine, Isabella Rayner, Melissa Vera and Karen Yang, to hear about their feelings on their pieces, their awards, and their hopes for the future. Continue reading