YES! National Student Writing Competition The YES! National
Student Writing Competition is an opportunity for middle school
through university students to write for a real audience—not
just you, the teacher—and the chance to be published by an
award-winning magazine. Each quarter, students are invited to
read and write an essay on a selected YES! Magazine article. We
divide contestants into four categories: middle school, high
school, university, and Powerful Voice (for authors whose essays
are powerful and passionate). Winning essays in each category
are published on the YES! Magazine website and in our online
education newsletter. Spring 2013 National Student Writing
Competition: This spring, students will read and respond to the
YES! article, “A Month Without Monsanto,” by April Dávila.
April's story is about the confidence she developed from knowing
what she is eating. After April learned of the possible health
effects related to eating genetically modified corn from
Monsanto, she had an insatiable need t