August 31, 2010
Deadline Oct 2010, Elementary School, English/Literature, Middle School, Writing
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MrsP.com is holding her second annual “Be a Famous Writer” contest for children beginning September 1st. The contest will open for submissions on September 1st and will continue to accept submissions through October 15th 2010.
The contest is open to all children ages 4 to 13 — and stories will be judged in two age groups:
- four to eight
- nine to thirteen
Stories may cover any topic, fiction or nonfiction, and should be between 250 and 1,000 words. Read the rest…
July 28, 2010
Deadline Mar 2011, Elementary School, High School, K-12, Middle School, Writing
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A national literary treasure is missing. Someone has stolen the original copy of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, so goes the plot in Nathan Miller’s comical children’s mystery, The Official Librarian: Bessy’s Back!, where a whimsical librarian named Bessy Beebody is forced to become a detective. Readers from 3rd grade to adult, will enjoy joining Bessy and her friend, Huddy, the talking film projector, as they search for Twain’s literary masterpiece. But it won’t be easy, especially with someone… or thing chasing them. Read the rest…
July 12, 2010
Deadline On GOING, Early Bird, Elementary School, Environment, High School, History, K-12, Library, Middle School, Writing
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The John Muir Youth 
Award aims to encourage young people to get involved in conservation and the protection of wilderness and biological diversity. This award is NOT a competition. If your students complete the project according to the five criteria, they will receive a certificate for their achievements.
Details: CLICK HERE
June 30, 2010
Art, Deadline Aug 2010, K-12, Video, Writing
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The Exquisite Prompt Writing Contest
‘Central casting’ at AdLit.org and Reading Rockets is looking for young, creative writers and filmmakers to participate in our Exquisite Prompt Write It, Film It Video Contest. Here’s your chance to flex your scriptwriting and film director muscles! We can’t promise a stroll down the red carpet on Oscar night, but we can promise a chance to win fabulous prizes and 15 minutes of fame on YouTube. Open to kids ages 7-18. Read the rest…
June 14, 2010
ContestForTeachers, Deadline Jul 2010, K-12, Writing
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The writing tournament will have between 8 and 10 rounds. In each round except the first one, we expects to eliminate half of the participants. Anything submitted to the writing tournament will remain on the iwriteit.com website for one year, although under our normal revenue sharing model, the winner of the grand prize’s writings will remain on the site inperpetuity. All other works uploaded will remain the property of the author alone. The deadline for entry is July 1, 2010. A writer may enter by uploading any writing to the website. I Write It is the sole judge of the elections and or selection process. Read the rest…
April 14, 2010
Deadline May 2010, High School, Technology, Writing
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High School Student Scholarship Program (deadline May 28; $1,000 scholarships for high school students who write an essay about the effects of technology on education) Details: CLICK HERE
April 8, 2010
Deadline Feb 2011, High School, National Contest, Social Studies, Social_Responsibility, Writing
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Each year over 1,000 students submit entries to the National Peace Essay Contest while thousands more participate in related writing and other classroom exercises in high schools around the country.
April 6, 2010
Deadline May 2010, Elementary School, Environment, High School, Idea for Contest, K-12, Middle School, Writing
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Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet most people are completely unaware. Further, few students receive any amphibian extinction education in their schools. The SAVE THE FROGS! Essay Contest is designed to give teachers an easy way to get their students involved and interested in amphibian conservation…though you don’t have to be a student to enter!
For all information: CLICK HERE
March 30, 2010
Art, Deadline May 2010, Early Bird, Environment, Middle School, Science, Writing
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The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies is holding an Earth Day Photo and Essay Contest for students in grades 5-8. Anytime from April 19 through April 30, take a photograph of something that is changing in your local environment. Then, research and write a scientific explanation. First place is a digital camera. Entries must be received by email or postmarked by May 12, 2010. Details: CLICK HERE
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.
Details: CLICK HERE
