The Morristown Festival of Books is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Teen Writing Contest. The writing contest was open to all New Jersey high school students entering grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 during the 2026-27 school year. You can read the winning stories in the Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry categories by clicking each author’s name in the list below.
The Morristown Festival of Books congratulates all the winners as well as every student who submitted writing to this year’s contest. All the entries testify to the incredible talent among New Jersey’s young writers.
The 2026 Teen Writing Contest has been made possible
by the generous sponsorship of the Gunzler Family Memorial.
The nonfiction category is sponsored by Justice Stewart G. Pollock (retired).
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Wendy Supron, Chair
Andrea DeGraaf
Molly Dunn
Sharon Fiolek
Caroline Kincaid Godfrey
Pat Kennedy Grant
Jennifer King
Jennifer Kraft
Diane Naughton Washburne
Chrissie Wetherbee
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Linda Hellstrom, Founder
Wendy Supron, Chair
Heather Alexander
Lesley Draper
Karen Gruenberg
Chad Leinaweaver
Liz Mattson
Elizabeth Parker
Deanna Quinones
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