Contests
December 1, 2009
The Bill of Rights Institute invites you and your class to to participate in a Being an American Essay Contest . This challenges students to reflect on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Monetary prizes for students and teachers in addition to all expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2010.
Stop by the Writing Center for more information
December 12 2009
Has a book touched your life in a personal way? Has a book helped you rise above difficult situations or intrigued you to meet new characters and experiences with exciting adventures? If so, why not enter the Letters about Literature Contest and possibly win a Target gift card of $100 or $500 as well as a Reading Promotion Grant of $1,000 or 10,000 for your school library. If interested in writing a personal, reflective letter stop by the Writing Center or Media Center for more information and submission forms. Go ahead EXPRESS YOURSELF!
December 31 2009
Sons of the American Revolution are conducting a Knight essay contest, all 10th, 11th & 12th grade students are encouraged to enter. Your topic shall be on an event, person, philosophy, or ideal associated with the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, or the framing of the Constitution. Stop by the writing center and see Mrs DiFilippo for further details. The deadline for submission is December 31, 2009. Monetary prizes will be awarded
January 9, 2010
The annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites high school students from across the nation to write an original essay about an elected official who has demonstrated political courage. The contest is a companion program of the Profile in Courage Award, named for President Kennedyís 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which recounts the stories of eight senators, the obstacles they faced, and the special valor they demonstrated
despite the risks.
Winning essayists will receive awards totaling up to $13,500. The first-place winner will be invited to accept the award at the Profile in Courage Award Ceremony hosted each May by Caroline Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. To encourage student leadership and civic engagement, the nominating teacher of the first-place winner will receive a John F. Kennedy Public Service Grant for $500.
REQUIREMENTS
The deadline for the 2010 contest is Saturday, January 9, 2010.
Essays can be no more than 1,000 words. Citations and bibliography are not included in the word count.
Essays must be the original work of the student.
John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy are not eligible subjects for essays.
Essays must describe how an elected official demonstrated political courage by addressing an issue at the local, state, or national level.
Submit your essay online (preferred method)
Please complete the full registration/essay submission form online. We request that you register when you are ready to submit your essay.† Copy the text of your essay and bibliography from your original document and paste it into the designated boxes on the online submission form.††To correctly format your essay and bibliography, make†sure you†insert an extra carriage return between paragraphs and after each entry
on your bibliography (hit†<enter> twice on your keyboard.) Citations must be in parenthetical form within the essay.† Footnotes can not be submitted.
OR
Submit your essay via mail
All students are required to complete the online registration form regardless of whether they submit their essay online or via regular mail. We recommend that you register when you are ready to mail your essay.
Submit your essay via regular mail by printing out the completed online registration form along with two hard copies of your essay. Your essay must be typed, double-spaced, and printed only on one side of the paper. Attach your registration form to only one copy of your essay. Your second copy should contain no personal identification information.
Please mail to:
John F. Kennedy Library FoundationProfile in Courage Essay ContestColumbia PointBoston, MA 02125
ELEMENTS OF A STRONG ESSAY
A strong essay:
demonstrates an understanding of political courage described by John F. Kennedy in Profiles in Courage.For more information on political courage, see Writing Tips, Excerpts from Chapter One of Profiles in Courage, and background on Profiles in Courage.
tells a story about an elected official that has not yet been told.We encourage students to choose an original subject. We do not recommend writing about Presidents, past Profile in Courage Award recipients, or subjects of past winning essays. See Writing Tips.
outlines the obstacles, dangers, and pressures the elected official encountered as a result of his or her positions and actions.This aspect of the essay is essential in demonstrating that proves the official risked his or her career (or more). Read the stories of Profile in Courage Award recipients to learn more about this aspect of political courage.
cites at least five varied, reliable sources, including non-internet sources.Citations and bibliographies are carefully reviewed by judges. They determine whether students have selected reliable sources and how they have used them. Strong essays include critical analysis of secondary and primary source material. See Citing Sources and Bibliographies.
is interesting to read, well organized, and has correct grammar, syntax and spelling.
• Become Published and win cash prizes!
This is a poetry & essay contest sponsored by Creative Communication
Poetry deadlines : Essay deadlines:
Fall Contest - December 3, 2009 Fall Contest: October 15, 2009
Spring Contest - April 13, 2010 Spring Contest: February 17, 2010
Summer Contest - August 18, 2010 Summer Contest: July 15, 2010
• Must be original work
• Poems must be no longer than 21 lines.
• Essays must be no longer than 250 words number of words must be printed at the bottom of essay. Essays must be non-fiction.
Individual students or classrooms may enter. Winning students receive $50 Savings bond and a free anthology book. Teachers with 5 or more students published receive a free book, schools with 15 or more published students will receive A Writing Achievement Award and qualify for one of $250 language arts grants.
March 5, 2010
Interested in cash prizes up to $1,000?
PA. Institute of Certified Public Accountants' of the Greater Phila. Chapter with relations with Schools and Colleges Committee invites you to take part in an Annual High School Essay Contest.
There are 4 Topics to choose From:
• Do you think public figures (athletes, actors, politicians, etc.) are above the law?
• What famous person, dead or alive, would you spend the day with and why?
• How will businesses use social media to reach your generation in the future?
• Home ownership: How do you achieve the American dream?
Choose any topic and you could be a winner!
Entries must include a cover sheet found at www.picpa.org with the student's high, class year, and e-mail address, as well as the sponsoring teacher's name, phone number, and e-mail address. The student's name must not appear anywhere else on the essay!
Top essays are awarded $1,000, $750, $500 and two $200 honorable mentions.
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