35th ANNUAL TEEN POETRY CONTEST
03/01/2012
10:00
am
- 9:00
pm
Age Level: 13 yrs.
- 19 yrs.
Thursday, March 1 –Monday, April 30, 2012
For students in grades 6-12 who live in or attend school in Monroe County
THE RULES: Each contestant may submit one poem. The poem must be the contestant’s original work.
To submit your poem via email:The poem must be submitted as a Word document or a PDF.
The contestant’s name should not appear on the same page as the poem.
A
separate page with the contestant’s name, grade, school, home address,
and phone number must be included.
Please send the poem as an attachment
to lgrills@libraryweb.org.
Please enter “Poetry Contest” in the subject line of the email.
You will receive a confirmation reply email within a few days.
To submit your poem on paper:Type the poem on 8 ½ x 11” paper.
The contestant’s name should not appear on the same page as the poem.
A
separate page with the contestant’s name, grade, school, home address,
and phone number must be included.
Please send the poem to: TEEN POETRY
CONTEST, Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield, NY 14526.
Poems must be received by Monday, April 30, 2012. Winners will be announced in mid- May.
THE PRIZES: Furnished
by the Friends of the Penfield Public Library, the prizes are First
Place -- $50,
Second Place -- $35, and Third Place -- $25, in each of
three Divisions:
High School (Grades 9-12); 7th and 8th Grade; and 6th Grade.
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition Collection
The Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for Grades
7-12 was founded in 1990
by the Sacred Heart Church in Camden, N.J. It
is sponsored and administered by
the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association in
memory of Nicholas A. Virgilio,
a charter member of the Haiku Society of
America, who died in 1989.
See the Nick Virgilio Poetry Project Website for more about Nick.
The Haiku Society of America cosponsors the contest, provides judges,
and publishes the contest results in its journal, Frogpond, and on its Website (www.hsa-haiku.org).
See also the contest rules and the judges' commentary for the Virgilio award.
Winners by Year: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 |
1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990
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Harvard Radcliffe Essay Contest
Essay Contest: We
invite all sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school to
participate in our essay contest to win up to $250. We will reveal the
essay question in January,
and the responses are due March 31, 2011.
Please encourage any high school students you know
to participate! See
below for full details:
HARVARD-RADCLIFFE CLUB OF ROCHESTER ESSAY CONTEST
First prize: $250 Second Prize: $100 Third Prize: $50
The theme is: Does the American college admissions process work? Is it fair?
The Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Rochester invites all area students
in grades 10-12 to demonstrate their writing skill and creative ideas
in this Essay Contest. You can take any position, argue any point, and
espouse any cause in relation to this theme…so long as the work is your
own and no one else’s. We are looking for students with fresh
perspectives, well-reasoned arguments, and excellent verbal skills. If
you have a passion for ideas and a knack for writing, this is your
chance to shine. All you need to do is follow the attached rules and
your entry could be a winner.
Deadline for entries: MARCH 31, 2012
Official Rules
1. Any
student currently attending school in the Greater Rochester Area in
Grades 10, 11 or 12 may enter by completing the entry form and
submitting a qualifying essay. Children of members of the
Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Rochester (“HRCR”) are not eligible to enter.
No purchase, entry fee or other payment is required. Information
provided on the entry form will be used solely for purposes of this Contest. Following are details and here is a link to the entry form.
2. Entries must be mailed with correct postage and postmarked no later than March 31, 2012, to:
Jane Shuffelton, HRCR Essay Contest Coordinator
51 Fair Oaks Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
You may also submit your entry by email on or before such date to JShuffelton@post.harvard.edu
We recommend you keep a copy for security purposes. Limit one
entry per person. HRCR assumes no responsibility for delayed,
misdirected or lost mail or email, or for entries damaged or destroyed
in transmission.
3. Entries
shall be no more than 1000 words long and shall be typed or printed on
81/2” x 11” paper. ESSAY MUST CONSIST SOLELY OF THE ENTRANT’S ORIGINAL
WORK AND MUST NOT BE ENTERED IN ANY OTHER CONTEST. Though an essay may
contain ideas or facts derived from research, the expression of these
must be exclusively in the entrant’s own words. No editing, correction
or other assistance by anyone else, nor borrowing of another’s language
without attribution, is permitted. Any entrant who is discovered to
have received such assistance in preparing an entry will be
disqualified. (If discovery occurs after a prize has been awarded, the
prize will be forfeited and repaid to HRCR.)
4. The
theme of the essay shall be: Does the American college admissions
process work? Is it fair? Potential winners shall be selected according
to the following criteria: (a) originality of ideas, (b) persuasiveness
of arguments, (c) relevance to the theme, (d) effectiveness of
expression, (e) and conciseness. Each criterion shall be given equal
weight in judging. The panel of judges shall consist of members of HRCR
and other qualified persons selected by HRCR, whose decisions in all
matters shall be final and binding on all parties.
5. The Prizes are:
one First Prize of $250,
one Second Prize of $100 and
one Third Prize of $50.
HRCR reserves the right to withhold awarding any or all of the prizes if the
judges decide the entries are of insufficient merit.
6. Potential
winners will be notified by mail and required to sign and return,
within 10 days of notification, and without further compensation, a
certificate of eligibility, release of liability and license to HRCR to
publish the essay (or excerpts) along with the name, likeness and
biographical information about the winner, as publicity for the Contest.
In the case of a minor, the certificate must be signed by a parent or
legal guardian, as well as the entrant. Failure to return the
certificate, release and license by the deadline, or any noncompliance
or dishonesty in connection with this contest, shall result in
forfeiture of the prize.
7. All
entries become the property of HRCR and may be retained or disposed of
in its sole discretion, but copyright in each entry will remain with the
entrant. Any taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the
winners or their guardians.
8. Sponsor: Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Rochester, Inc.
Jane Shuffelton, Contest Coordinator
51 Fair Oaks Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618
jshuffelton@post.harvard.edu
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