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DePaul's Blue Book

Best American High School Writing is an annual anthology featuring the best writing from high school students from across the United States.

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DePaul’s Blue Book

Best American High School Writing

The collection is both a digital and print anthology. The editor of the anthology is Prof. Chris Solís Green who coordinates selection of work by graduate student editors in DePaul’s English, Journalism, and Writing, Rhetoric & Discourse departments.

The inaugural edition featuring work from 2022 is now available!

We selected pieces from thousands of high schools from across the country. Please see the digital version here. The print edition will be available in July