STUDENT WRITERS There are hundreds of "student writing contests." Here are the problems that we have found with other contests. Many of them are scams that say they are a contest and then accept every entry with the expectation that you will buy a book. Some companies don't have a contest and they just publish entries. This philosophy doesn't reward students for their creative writing. Several companies sell their books for over $40 and it can take up to 9 or more months to receive the anthology. Some companies never deliver a book and take your money and disappear. Several companies have entry fees. Many companies don't send the student a copy of their entry so that they can make corrections before it is printed. Many companies don't keep the teachers informed about the results of the contest. Here are the Top Ten things that make Creative Communication different. No entry fees. In publishing our anthology we reject more entries than we accept. Our philosophy is to be selective enough that it is an honor to be included, but not so exclusive that it is discouraging to enter. To decrease any "pressure" that a young writer may feel to purchase an anthology we donate a free book to any teacher who has 5 or more students accepted to be published. This allows a student to see their work in print without making a purchase. We contact each teacher who has a student accepted to be published 3-4 days before any of their students are contacted. This keeps the teachers informed with what is going on with the contest. At that time we provide the teachers with a list of their students that have been accepted to be published.
No entry fees.
In publishing our anthology we reject more entries than we accept. Our philosophy is to be selective enough that it is an honor to be included, but not so exclusive that it is discouraging to enter.
To decrease any "pressure" that a young writer may feel to purchase an anthology we donate a free book to any teacher who has 5 or more students accepted to be published. This allows a student to see their work in print without making a purchase.
We contact each teacher who has a student accepted to be published 3-4 days before any of their students are contacted. This keeps the teachers informed with what is going on with the contest. At that time we provide the teachers with a list of their students that have been accepted to be published.
In publishing our anthology we reject more entries than we accept. Our philosophy is to be selective enough that it is an honor to be included, but not so exclusive that it is discouraging to enter. 
To decrease any "pressure" that a young writer may feel to purchase an anthology we donate a free book to any teacher who has 5 or more students accepted to be published. This allows a student to see their work in print without making a purchase. 
We contact each teacher who has a student accepted to be published 3-4 days before any of their students are contacted. This keeps the teachers informed with what is going on with the contest. At that time we provide the teachers with a list of their students that have been accepted to be published.