WRITING CONTESTS 2007-2008

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE ART CONTEST

• Open to grades 9 – 12
• Theme is “Supporting Life – A Legacy of Love”
• Entries due to the Vanderburgh County Right to Life office by Friday, February 29, 2008 by 3 p.m.
• Guidelines –
         Format:  Vertical, not horizontal,
         Size: Mounted to a 20x30 poster board
         Acceptable Media:  Any 2 dimensional work on
                    Paper or canvas, Photography, Prints, Low Relief Collage,
                    Paint,  Colored Pencils, Markers, Crayons or Pencil
                    Pastels – must be sprayed  & covered with a clear plastic

    *ALL artwork must have a clearly printed contest label securely attached to the back

          Rules and applications available in the Media Center.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE ESSAY CONTEST

• Open to all students enrolled in grades 9^th-12^th
• Students will write an original pro-life essay addressing these questions:

How have men and women who have participated in or experienced an abortion been adversely affected

Discuss both short and long term effects

Are these potential effects being adequately described to potential patients?

If not, how can this problem be corrected?

• Should be 300-500 words in length, typed, double spaced, no smaller than 12 point font and submitted in a cover folder
• Last name and page number of each page
• Should not include any discussion of school or church
• Must be submitted by Friday, February 29, 2008 at 3 p.m.

Rules are available in the Media Center

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE ORATORY CONTEST

• Eligible to high school sophomores, juniors or seniors.

• Students who have competed junior year may compete the following year as a senior except a student who has won the national contest may not compete again.
  
• Contestants are to research, write, and present an original pro-life speech developed from the 2007-08 theme: “Supporting Life – A Legacy of Love”.

• Speech must be 5 – 7 minutes in length.

All Contest Rules are available in the Media Center.  Application due by February 25, 2008.  Contest is on Sunday, March 9, 2008 between 2 – 5 p.m. at Evansville Central Library.

A CELEBRATION OF YOUNG POETS POETRY CONTEST

Become a Published Poet!  Win a Cash Prize!

Student poets from the Midwestern States may enter.
Top entries are published in an anthology.  Over $3000 in cash and prizes are awarded.
Schools with 15 or more poets accepted receive a Writing Achievement Award and qualify to apply for one of our $250 Language Arts Grants.

There are 4 divisions:  Grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12 with 10 winners in each division.
Poem must be the poet’s original work and be in English.  There is a 21 Line maximum poem length.  For complete contest rules, please visit website at www.poeticpower.com

Please submit each poem with: Poem title, poet’s name (clearly printed), current grade, home address (optional), school name, school address, and teacher’s name.

Enter online at:  www.poeticpower.com     OR

Mail entries to: 

Creative Communication
1488 North 200 West
Logan, Utah 84341

Deadlines:  (Students may only enter one original poem for each contest)

Fall Contest – Postmarked by December 13, 2007
Spring Contest – Postmarked by April 15, 2008
Summer Contest – Postmarked by August 14, 2008

ESSAY CONTEST

OVER $3000 IN PRIZES!

TOP ESSAYS ARE PUBLISHED!

Write 250 words on any non-fiction topic

Contest divisions:  Grades 4-6,7-9, 10-12
Students compete in regional contests
Each region has 10 winners in each grade division
Essays must be no longer than 250 words
The number of words used must be written at the bottom of the essay
Each essay must be original, have a title, and be in English
Teachers with five or more students accepted to be published receive a FREE book
Schools with 15 or more writers accepted receive a Writing Achievement Award and qualify to apply for one of our $250 Language Arts Grants

Check out www.studentessaycontest.com for help with a topic or writing your essay.

Enter online at www.studentessaycontest.com
                                        OR
Send one essay with your essay title, name (clearly printed), current grade, home address (optional), school name, school address and teacher’s name to  

Essay Contest
1488 North 200 West
Logan UT 84341

Deadlines:
Fall 2007 – Postmarked by October 17, 2007
Spring 2008 – Postmarked by February 14,2008
Summer 2008 –Postmarked by July 15, 2008
(Students may enter only one original essay for each contest deadline)

2008 IUPUI POETRY CONTEST

Most information appears on the poster in the Media Center or English classrooms.

Rules, entry form and additional information can be found on the website: http://www.opd.iupui.edu/poetry.  Submissions may be made online or to their office by mail. The deadline for entries is Monday, February 4, 2008.  The winning entries will be published in a commemorative booklet and winners will be honored at the awards ceremony on March 29, 2008.