NCTE presents several awards each year to recognize outstanding writing by students and teachers at all levels. Select from the links below to learn more about each award.
Achievement Awards in Writing
This school-based writing program encourages and publicly recognizes some of the best 11th grade student writers in the nation.
Donald H. Graves Writing Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing
Recognizes teachers in grades K-6 who demonstrate an understanding of student improvement in the teaching of writing.
Muhammad Ali Award for Writing on Ethics
This award honors Muhammad Ali’s legacy of living a life dedicated to high ethical standards by recognizing excellence in college writing about ethics.
Norman Mailer High School and College Writing Awards
This student award recognizes nonfiction and poetry.
Norman Mailer Student Writing Awards
Recognizes nonfiction and poetry writing of high school and college students.
Norman Mailer Writing Award for Teachers
Recognizes writing from full- and part-time middle and high school teachers.
Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines
This program for middle schools, junior high, and high schools recognizes students, teachers, and schools for producing excellent literary magazines and encourages all schools to develop literary magazines, seeking excellence in writing and school-wide participation in production.
Promising Young Writers
This school-based writing program stimulates and recognizes student's writing talents and emphasizes the importance of writing skills among eighth-grade students.