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Writing Contest
Winter 2016 National Student Writing Competition: Every Girl’s Right
Want a motivator to take your students’ writing to a higher level? Here’s an opportunity to write for a real audience, and the chance to get published by an award-winning magazine.

Writing Contest
Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” Middle School Winner Dakota Cline
Dakota Cline is a middle school student at Horizons K-8 in Boulder, CO. He read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article, “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the

Writing Contest
Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” High School Winner Hamna Khalid
Hamna Khalid is a junior at Haddonfield Memorial High School in Haddonfield, NJ. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban

Writing Contest
Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” University Winner Kelsi Belcher
Kelsi Belcher is a freshman at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban and

Writing Contest
Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” Literary Gems
We received many outstanding essays for the Winter 2016 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we’d like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.

Writing Contest
Winter 2016: “Every Girl’s Right” Powerful Voice Winner Edward Ramirez
Edward Ramirez is a freshman at KIPP Houston High School in Houston, TX. He read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article, “Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the

Writing Contest
Winter 2016: Malala Fund Team’s Response to “Every Girl’s Right” Essay Winners
The Malala Fund Team responds to the winners of the Winter 2016 “Every Girl’s Right” writing competition.

“Justice for All” Student Writing Lesson
Dig deep to identify and explain how you personally can treat people more justly. Describe what treating people fairly and humanely looks like to you. How might your actions make a difference

Visual Learning: Don’t Jump the Gun
This visual learning exercise will get your students thinking about how gun violence affects their communities, and ways to build safe and healthy spaces for young people to thrive.