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Spring Writing Contest

Spring Writing Contest . College-Ready Middle School #4. Spring Writing Contest . Do you enjoy writing short stories? Are you a poet at heart? Do you secretly love writing essays? (and you know who you are). Oh boy, I sure do!. Spring Writing Contest .

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Spring Writing Contest

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  1. Spring Writing Contest College-Ready Middle School #4

  2. Spring Writing Contest • Do you enjoy writing short stories? • Are you a poet at heart? • Do you secretly love writing essays? (and you know who you are)

  3. Oh boy, I sure do!

  4. Spring Writing Contest If you answered, “YES,” to any of those questions, then you need to enter the College-Ready

  5. Contest Details • The contest is open to ALL students in 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. • All entries are due no later than April 30, 2012, by 3:45 PM. • Students may choose a topicand submit any of the following: • 1 short story (between 2 to 5 pages only) • 1 to 3 poems (free verse or rhyming) • 1 essay (Persuasive or Expository, 5 paragraphs)

  6. Contest Details • Students may not use any characters, settings, or plot details from cartoons, movies, other books, TV shows or any known form of media. • In other words, PLEASE BE ORIGINAL! • No Latin Batman • No “My copy of an Eminem rap…” • No bootleg Sponge-Bob knock-off like Towel-Timmy Circle-Shorts (Wait,…what?)

  7. Prizes and Awards GRAND PRIZE: a.       Certificate of participation b.      $50 gift card c.       Gold pen (well, it will “look like” gold) d.      4 parent volunteer hours

  8. Prizes and Awards THE GOLDEN QUILL AWARD: a.       Certificate of participation b.      $25 gift card c.       Pack of BIC Pens d.      2 parent volunteer hours Message: A “quill” is a feather!

  9. Prizes and Awards THE GRIOT’S CIRCLE AWARD a.  Certificate of participation b.  2 Movie Tickets c.  1 multi-ink pen d.  1 parent volunteer hour Message: A “griot” is a tribal storyteller! (greeh-oh)

  10. One Last Thing… (O.K., several last things) • Mr. Harry, your friendly, neighborhood Creative Writing Teacher is sponsoring the contest (and, yes, he totally rocks!). • Parent Volunteer hours are provided by the administration of College-Ready Middle School #4. • All entries must be ERROR FREE for consideration • Please give all entries to your advisory teacher • Do not give them to the principal, office staff, or Mr. Harry (unless he is your advisory teacher). • This contest is optional so don’t hate, just participate!

  11. Spring Writing Contest College-Ready Middle School #4 Good Luck, Everyone!

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