The Lee County Reading Festival 2002 Presents

Writing to the Extreme

Writing Contest

The Lee County Reading Festival invites student writers, poets, and songwriters to participate in its Writing to the Extreme Writing Contest.

This contest is specifically for middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12). Students may enter original work in the following categories*:

·        Poetry (50 lines maximum)

·        Fiction (1,000 words maximum, may be an excerpt from a longer piece)

·        Personal Essay (1,000 words maximum)

·        Lyrics (3 verses and an optional chorus)

*All material must be suitable for general audiences

Contest Guidelines:

Ø      Contestants may submit only 1 entry per category

Ø      Entries must be typed in 12 point font

Ø      Each entry must have the contestant’s name, grade, school, teacher, and home phone number in the upper right hand corner

Ø      Submissions may either be e-mailed or mailed to the addresses below

Ø      Due Date  Friday, February 1, 2002

Judging:

A Lee County Reading Festival panel including teachers, library staff, and community members will judge the contest. A local band will judge the lyrics. The top ten winners in each category will have their work published in the Lee County Reading Festival’s Writing to the Extreme booklet. The winners will receive a copy of the booklet. All writers submitting entries will be acknowledged in the booklet.

Prizes:

The winners in each category will receive a gift certificate from Barnes and Noble. 

1^st Prize – $50.00

2^nd Prize – $25.00

3^rd  Prize – $10.00

Copyrights will be retained by the creators of their work.  However, by entering the contest, all contestants automatically grant license to The News-Press and the Lee County Library System to use their works for promotional purposes. Contestants agree to donate and forfeit any funds generated by such promotions to the Foundation for the Lee County Library System.

Mail entries to:

Maggie Stevens                                                           Lynn Carpenter                                

Early Intervention Programs            OR                        Lee County Library System

4312 Michigan Avenue                                                881 Gunnery Road

Fort Myers, FL   33905                                               Lehigh Acres, FL 33971

            OR                                                                               OR
maggies@lee.k12.fl.us                                                              lcarpent@leegov.com
 

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