RMWP Youth Writing Contest

Youth Writing Contest Flyer

Contest Rules
Print the Contest Rules:  Youth Writing Contest Guidelines

• Students may choose to write in prose or poetry form.
• Essays or poems will be accepted from  current 3^rd-8^th grade students
• Submitted work must address the topic:   “Participating in Our World”
• Submitted work can be typed, printed or cursive, in ink and written on front side of an 8.5×11” sheet of paper, 2 page maximum.

Students must print the following information on a separate sheet behind the last page of their entry:

-         Name, age
-         Home address, telephone number, email address
-         Name of school, grade
-         School address
-         Teacher’s name and principal’s name

• Submit entries to tperry@uab.edu or via mail to:

Dr. Tonya Perry

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

University of Alabama at Birmingham

EB 110-A

1530 3^rd Ave. S

Birmingham, AL 35294-1260

• Deadline: all entries must be received by December 8, 2011.

Past Contests:

Stanford and Ms. Magazine Essay Contest

• The essay contest is open to everyone.  Contest runs from August 1–October 15, 2011.  Click here to learn more (http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/msat40/).

• Save the date – January 26, 2012 – for the anniversary symposium at Stanford featuring Gloria Steinem.  Click here to visit the event page (http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/msat40/conference2012.html)