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Get Your February Writing Contest In Before the End of February!

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February is coming to an end in about one week.  So get busy!  The prizes will be the same of the last month with the first place winners getting a $25.00 Visa Gift Card and the runner-ups getting a $10.00 WalMart gift card.  The winners will be announced by March 15, 2012.

1. Middle and High School Students    A one page essay which answers the following question.  “What would a Presidential candidate have to say to you to get your vote and why?”

2.  Elementary School Students   One paragraph to two paragraphs which answers the following question.  “Why is it important to vote?”

The contest is free to enter and one of our judges will be our English teacher.  She has her Master’s degree and is National Board Certified.  I am the creative judge, looking at the work from a totally creative stand point.  And our third judge will be some one with an interest in our subject; i.e. February judge needs to be a politician or someone holding an elected government position.  I will always try to keep the contests as fair as possible.

Remember a one page essay is usually 600 – 800 words.  Grammar, punctuation, and spelling are always considered when judging a written work.  Read over your work to check for errors and also to see if it makes sense to you.

Check out the new page…March Writing Contest

Snowflake Poem Contest Winners!

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Elementary School

First Place is Colin Evans. Two runner-ups are Cassie Peterson and Grace Janzen

Middles School

First Place is Lily Duncan Two runner-ups are Allie Lanier and Elizabeth Weiner

High School

First Place is Will Thraikill. Two runner-ups are Laura Lanier and Victory Johnson.

Congratulations to the winners and to the entrants!  You made this very challenging for the judges, not only because of the large number of participants, but the quality of the writing was impressive!  If your child did not win, please encourage them to enter again and again.  Competition was tough, so they will have to up their game for the next ones.  We, the judges, talked it over and decided to give more criteria to the next writing contests.  Judging was truly that hard.  This will also benefit the children doing the writing.  February is a one page essay for High and Middle school, and one paragraph for Elementary school.  High and Middle School must answer the question,  “What would a Presidential candidate have to say to you to get your vote and why?”   Elementary school students must write one paragraph which answers the following question.  “Why is it important to vote?”  Go ahead and work up your rough draft.  By Monday, February 13, I will post the criteria for each one.