April 21, 2010
Deadline May 2010, High School, Poetry
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Shmoop Poetry Essay Contest (deadline May 28; High school participants can submit an essay related to “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost for a chance to win an Apple iPad)
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March 30, 2010
Deadline May 2010, Elementary School, Environment, High School, Idea for Contest, K-12, Middle School, Poetry, Writing
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SAVE THE FROGS! has announced its 2nd Annual Frog Poetry contest, with prizes including the chance to have your poem published. Save the Frogs welcomes any poems that mention frogs, salamanders, newts, toads, caecilians, amphibians, savethefrogs.com, and/or SAVE THE FROGS!
Anyone can enter. Save the Frogs encourages students and teachers to get their schools involved.
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March 3, 2010
Deadline Apr 2010, Elementary School, Poetry
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“PAWS FOR POETRY” CONTEST INSPIRES KIDS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY MONTH BY WRITING ODES TO THEIR FAVORITE FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS
April is National Poetry Month. The 3rd Annual “Paws for Poetry” Contest Challenges Kids to Write Sonnets to Spaniels, Prose for Persian Cats Read the rest…
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March 18, 2009
Elementary School, National Contest, Poetry
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Paws for Poetry Contest: Here’s an opportunity for budding Emily Dickinsons and Edgar Allan Poes (or Shel Silversteins) to help celebrate National Poetry Month this April by writing a poem about their favorite furry, finned or feathered friend. Young poets are encouraged to participate in the 2nd annual “Paws for Poetry” Contest. To enter, Read the rest…
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February 17, 2009
Elementary School, Poetry
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MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids (www.meetmeatthecorner.org) and award-winning poet and children’s book author, Darren Sardelli, (www.laughalotpoetry.com) want to celebrate with poems for our four-legged friends.
Do you have a cat, dog, mouse, hamster, gerbil or any other type of pet you feel poetic about? Read the rest…
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January 19, 2009
Art, Elementary School, English/Literature, High School, Middle School, National Contest, Poetry, Reading
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River of Words (ROW), a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1995 by then-U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass and writer Pamela Michael.
Every year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, an international poetry and art contest is conducted for children in grades K-12. River of Words is an arts and environmental education.
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January 17, 2009
Art, Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Poetry, Regional Contest, Writing
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Kroger will celebrate Black History Month in February with three contests awarding $30,000 in scholarships, laptop computers and family getaways. Working with the general theme “I Am Making History,” Kroger will conduct art, essay and poetry contests, with Jan. 30 the deadline for all submissions (entries must be received by this date).
The contests are open to students in grades 4 through 12 Read the rest…
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