Located in Austin, TX, The Final Draft is Westlake High School's award-winning literary arts magazine. We accept student-created art, ceramics, photography, writing, films, and music throughout the year, in order to publish both an online and print version of our magazine. The Final Draft has received numerous prestigious awards including:

• N.S.P.A. (National Scholastic Press Association) 2nd place 

• T.A.J.E. (Teachers Association of Journalism Educators) Best of Show 

• N.C.T.E. (National Council of Teachers of English) Highest Award

• C.S.P.A. (Columbia Scholastic Press Association) Silver Medalist

• R.E.A.L.M (Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines) "Excellent" and "Superior"

You can find us at @the.final.draft on Instagram!

That’s a great question! I’m so glad you asked. It’s easier than you think! All you have to do is email your creative work to thefinaldraft@eanesisd.net or fill out our Google Form! Unfortunately, our submissions are closed for the 2022-2023 school year, but we ar excited to see your work next August!

Submissions are closed for the 2022-2023 school year. If all goes as planned, the magazine will be out mid May!

Please type written work into a google doc and share with us. For art pieces, if it is too difficult to get a high-quality picture of it, no worries! Send it anyway and if we decide to put in the magazine, we can scan it for you! If this is the case, we will send you an email. Please make sure it is school appropriate!

Any Westlake student or staff! Woo-hoo!

Heck yeah! :)

Any non-plagiarized, original work including 2D art, 3D art, writing, film, photography, and music!

Not all submissions end up in the magazine. However, we try our best to post on our social media platforms or on our website as an alternative for the other pieces. 

The Final Draft staff reviews all submissions fairly and evaluates them confidentially. 

If you insist...we would love to have your name attached to your work as it gives a sense of great pride! Yet, we understand if you feel the need to keep your work private. Submit through our Google Forms for anonymous submissions. Don't forget to remove your name from the file too!

Contrary to popular belief, we are our own living and breathing entity separate from the Featherduster. The Final Draft is Westlake’s literary and fine arts magazine while the Featherduster is Westlake’s news magazine. 

If all goes as planned, the magazine is distributed by mid-May.

We will email you with the great news and even give you your own copy! Every artist and writer in the magazine receives their own individual issue. 

Yes! You retain the full rights to your work when it is published in The Final Draft. It is non-exclusive, meaning you are allowed to submit and publish the work we select in any other publication or competition.

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