YOUNG GEORGIA AUTHORS’ WRITING COMPETITION
from the Georgia Department of Education
The purposes of the Young Georgia Authors’ Writing Competition are to
- encourage students to develop writing that represents their best efforts.
- provide a context for schools to support and celebrate the writing successes of all students.
- encourage and recognize student achievement in writing throughout Georgia.
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Ag Day Writing Contest
from the Agriculture Council of America
The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) calls on ninth- to 12th-grade students to submit an original, 450-word essay or a two-minute video essay about the importance of agriculture.
The ACA asks teachers and parents to encourage student participation. The theme presents an opportunity for students to address how the agriculture industry continues to feed a growing population. Entrants may choose to either write an essay and/or create a video focusing on how today's growers are overcoming challenges to provide a safe, stable food supply and sustain the significant role agriculture plays in everyday life.
The Agriculture Council of America wants to recognize today's youth and their ability to help communicate the importance of agriculture's role in our society.
The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) calls on ninth- to 12th-grade students to submit an original, 450-word essay or a two-minute video essay about the importance of agriculture.
The ACA asks teachers and parents to encourage student participation. The theme presents an opportunity for students to address how the agriculture industry continues to feed a growing population. Entrants may choose to either write an essay and/or create a video focusing on how today's growers are overcoming challenges to provide a safe, stable food supply and sustain the significant role agriculture plays in everyday life.
The Agriculture Council of America wants to recognize today's youth and their ability to help communicate the importance of agriculture's role in our society.
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Annual Holocaust Writing & Music Contests
from the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust
The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Education, conducts an annual statewide art and writing contest for middle and high school students. The contest, sponsored by Gary P. Alexander Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors and Mr. Michael Altman, Ameriprise Financial, encourages students to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and the nature and repercussions of unchecked hate and prejudice taken to their ultimate extremes.
WHAT ARE THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST?
AN ART, A MUSIC AND WRITING CONTEST FOR GEORGIA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, conducted by THE GEORGIA COMMISSION ON THE HOLOCAUST in cooperation with the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
WHAT ARE THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST?
AN ART, A MUSIC AND WRITING CONTEST FOR GEORGIA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, conducted by THE GEORGIA COMMISSION ON THE HOLOCAUST in cooperation with the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Aberdeen Bay Publisher's
"About My Mother" Short Story Writing Competition
found through the Georgia Writer's Association
RULES
• Contest is open to United States residents only.
• Author must be at least 18 of age on February 1, 2011.
• Contest opens February 7 and ends at midnight on April 10, 2011. All submissions must be received by the end date. Publisher’s computer clock governs stamp time.
• Manuscripts are limited to 2,500 words maximum. Manuscripts exceeding this word count will be disqualified.
• Winner and finalists will be announced on May 3, 2011. Emails will be sent to winner and finalists. The contest results will be available at the Aberdeen Bay website.
• Contest is open to United States residents only.
• Author must be at least 18 of age on February 1, 2011.
• Contest opens February 7 and ends at midnight on April 10, 2011. All submissions must be received by the end date. Publisher’s computer clock governs stamp time.
• Manuscripts are limited to 2,500 words maximum. Manuscripts exceeding this word count will be disqualified.
• Winner and finalists will be announced on May 3, 2011. Emails will be sent to winner and finalists. The contest results will be available at the Aberdeen Bay website.
Ayn Rand Foundation Annual Writing Contest
Ayn Rand’s novels are inspiring and intellectually challenging. But they can also be financially rewarding for high school and college students. The Ayn Rand Institute sponsors annual essay contests that offer 680 prizes and over $99,000 in prize money every year. For details, choose click the link below and find out the subjects.
Georgia Writer's Association "Ghost Story"
Annual Writing Contest
The Scare The Dickens Out of Us ghost story writing contest for 2011 is entering its third year. First place prize of $1000.00, second place prize of $500.00 and third place prize of $250.00 will be awarded this year for the best original, previously unpublished ghost stories 5000 words or less that are submitted. For younger writers, The Junior Scare The Dickens Out of Us ghost story contest, which follows the same rules, offers $250.00 for first place for writers aged 12-18.
This contest is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas. The main contest requires a $20.00 entry fee and the Junior contest a $5.00 entry fee. The contest is privately funded. All entry fee money goes directly to the Friends where it is donated to the library for library projects. Entries are accepted beginning July 1. The contest postmark deadline is October 1, 2011. Full rules are at www.clarklibraryfriends.com.
No publication is involved. Writers retain full rights to their stories. The contest is open to published and unpublished writers, and to local, national and international writers as well. The only rules are that you write an original, unpublished ghost story and that it be 5000 words or less in length.
This contest is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas. The main contest requires a $20.00 entry fee and the Junior contest a $5.00 entry fee. The contest is privately funded. All entry fee money goes directly to the Friends where it is donated to the library for library projects. Entries are accepted beginning July 1. The contest postmark deadline is October 1, 2011. Full rules are at www.clarklibraryfriends.com.
No publication is involved. Writers retain full rights to their stories. The contest is open to published and unpublished writers, and to local, national and international writers as well. The only rules are that you write an original, unpublished ghost story and that it be 5000 words or less in length.
The Alabama Writers' Conclave Annual Writing Contest
found through Georgia Writers Association
Entries must be original, unpublished, and may not have won a money prize in a previous AWC contest. (Sitting AWC voting Board Members are not eligible.) Multiple entries are accepted, but only one prize per person is awarded in each category.
Writing Competition Categories
Fiction - maximum 2500 words.
Short Fiction - maximum 1000 words.
Juvenile Fiction (stories for ages 4-12) - maximum 2500 words. MUST LIST GENRE AND TARGETED AGE GROUP (i.e. picture book, 3 & up).
Nonfiction - maximum 2500 words (PLEASE SPECIFY IF WRITTEN FOR ADULT OR CHILDREN).
Humor (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) - maximum 2000 words or 50 lines (for poems).
Traditional Poem (any "form" poem, i.e. villanelle, sonnet, sestina) - maximum 40 lines.
Free Verse Poem - maximum 60 lines.
First Chapter of Novel - up to 10 double-spaced pages, first chapter ONLY.
Writing Competition Categories
Fiction - maximum 2500 words.
Short Fiction - maximum 1000 words.
Juvenile Fiction (stories for ages 4-12) - maximum 2500 words. MUST LIST GENRE AND TARGETED AGE GROUP (i.e. picture book, 3 & up).
Nonfiction - maximum 2500 words (PLEASE SPECIFY IF WRITTEN FOR ADULT OR CHILDREN).
Humor (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) - maximum 2000 words or 50 lines (for poems).
Traditional Poem (any "form" poem, i.e. villanelle, sonnet, sestina) - maximum 40 lines.
Free Verse Poem - maximum 60 lines.
First Chapter of Novel - up to 10 double-spaced pages, first chapter ONLY.
Istanbul Center's Annual Art and Essay Contest
Istanbul Center presents to you an exciting program for students and teachers geared towards an interdisciplinary approach to enhancing several core skills in students no matter what discipline they may study.
Middle and high-school students (grades 6-12) in the Southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee) are invited to submit an original work of art and/or a written composition each year designed to create a legacy of understanding.
www.artandessaycontest.org
Middle and high-school students (grades 6-12) in the Southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee) are invited to submit an original work of art and/or a written composition each year designed to create a legacy of understanding.
www.artandessaycontest.org