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🚨 Applications for Penguin Random House's 2026 #CreativeWritingAwards are NOW OPEN!

Seniors from U.S. public high schools can apply today to win $10,000 in scholarship funds. Application and scholarship details can be found at the website below ⬇️

💻 bit.ly/CWA2026
Orange promotional graphic titled “Scholarship Opportunity!” Body text beneath the title text says, “Penguin Random House in partnership with We Need Diverse Books is offering six U.S. high school seniors $10,000 writing scholarships!” To the right of the text is a black and white illustration of a young student writing in a spiral notebook. There’s also a light orange starburst graphic that says, “Apply Today!” At the bottom of the graphic are the logos for Penguin Random House, the Creative Writing Awards, and We Need Diverse Books. Orange promotional graphic titled “About the CWAs”. There is the following description: “Penguin Random House is partnering with We Need Diverse Books for the 2026 Creative Writing Awards—featuring the newly-named Chinua Achebe Award for Freedom of Expression! Six first-place $10,000 prizes will be awarded in the categories of: the Chinua Achebe Freedom of Expression Award, the Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry, the Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word, the Michelle Obama Award for Memoir, and the James Baldwin Award for Fiction. In recognition of the Creative Writing Awards previously being centered in New York City, the competition will award an additional first-place prize to the top entrant from the NYC area.” At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a search bar containing the URL “bit.ly/CWA2026”, which will redirect folks to the application page containing full details.
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM