Letters about Literature is a national reading and writing program for students in grades 9-12. Students are invited to write a personal, reflective letter to the author of a book, poem, short story, essay or speech with a recommended length of 500 to 800 words. Submissions are due by December 10, 2010. Students have the opportunity to win gift cards and reading promotion grants to benefit their community. See Mr. Stachura for more details.
The Georgetown Club of Georgia’s Eighth Annual Georgia High School Writing Contest is strictly for high school students in their junior year in the state of Georgia. Essays should be between three to five pages and must be received by November 8th, 2010. This year’s topic invites you to take the position of Secretary General of the United Nations and address the General Assembly of all Member Countries in a speech called “The State of the World.” Awards range from $1250 to $500. See Mr. Stachura for more details.
The VFW Voice of Democracy Program last year allowed more than 100,000 high school students to compete for more than 2.5 million in scholarships. Students compete by writing and recording a broadcast script on the theme “Does my generation have a role in American’s future?” Prizes and scholarships are awarded at the local, district, state and national level and state winners receive an all expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. The deadline for entry is November 1, 2010. See Mr. Stachura for more details.
The VFW Voice of Democracy Program last year allowed more than 100,000 high school students to compete for more than 2.5 million in scholarships. Students compete by writing and recording a broadcast script on the theme “Does my generation have a role in American’s future?” Prizes and scholarships are awarded at the local, district, state and national level and state winners receive an all expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. The deadline for entry is November 1, 2010. See Mr. Stachura for more details.
Norman Mailer produced extraordinary works in many genres, including the category of this year’s award: nonfiction. Students may submit work in any of the many subgenres of nonfiction: memoir or autobiography, essay, literary journalism, profiles of people or places, and so on. Whatever its type, the best work will be true material presented with compelling literary merit.
High School Competition is open to all high school students. Students may submit one or more pieces of writing, maximum 10 single-spaced pages, endorsed by a teacher and released by a parent or guardian. Winner will receive the following:
• Cash award of $5,000
• *Travel and lodging to attend the Colony’s National Award Ceremony
Entries accepted April 1–April 28, 2010, Noon CST
A top prize of $1000 goes to the first place winner for a 1000 word essay on the meaning of Saint Patrick’s Day. The contest will be adjudicated by a committee headed by Dr. James W. Flannery, Director of the W.B. Yeats foundation and a member of the Irish Studies program of Emory University. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 3! See Mr. Stachura soon for details.
At this time, The Poets’ Club of Atlanta and the "Casa de la Cultura Hispana Americana" (CCHA) (Hispanic American Chamber of Culture) would like to invite your institution to participate in the literary contest of the Essay in Spanish in Atlanta to take place 26th of March, 2010. We would like to, once again, see your students participate in this Literary Contest on the Essay 2010. Three prizes of $200 each will be given to the three first place winners. See the rules for this contest in:
http://sites.google.com/site/elpoetasite/reglas-del-concurso-del-ensayo-2010