The Lee County Reading Festival 2001 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. Entries will be judged in two separate levels, 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

• Contestants may submit only 1 entry per category

• Entries must be typed in 12 point font

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

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

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.

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

1st Prize ? $50.00
2nd Prize ? $25.00
3rd 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.

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