Writing Contest News--3.28.12

Attention students: Impromptu essay writing contest is on Examiner.com Milpitas, CA (March 27) -- The 2nd Annual Essay Writing Contest for students grades 4 to 12 on the importance of the library is on, according to Ha Phan, Chair of the 2nd Annual Essay Writing Contest 2012 jointly sponsored by the Milpitas Library ... See all stories on this topic »

Ukritic.com Hosting $1000 Review-Writing Contest PR Leap (press release) Co-founders of Ukritic Ventures Chris Rempel and Matthew Chitty are kicking off their newly launched crowd-sourced product review site, with a writing contest open to all Ukritic members who submit reviews between May 1st and May 15th. See all stories on this topic »

Scribendi submissions increase, 24 winners named The Statesman By ALLEE EVENSEN After featuring writers from all disciplines for nearly 20 years, the English department announced 24 winners of the 2012 USU Creative Writing Contest last week. The winning entries, which include both writing and art, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rhiannon Taylor of Chicago, Illinois Wins L. Ron Hubbard's Illustrators of the ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The event will celebrate the twenty-four annual winners in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests, where Rhiannon was one of the twelve illustrator winners. Her art will also be published in the bestselling Science ... See all stories on this topic »

Youth writing contest deadline is soon Vernon Morning Star The Shuswap Association of Writers is holding a youth writing contest in support of Word on the Lake: a festival for readers and writers (formerly the Shuswap International Writers' Festival) to be held May 25 to 27. The Young Writers' Contest, ... See all stories on this topic »

Valencia's new-play contest turns 21 Orlando Sentinel Gagne, the artistic director of Valencia College Theater, has 20 debuts under her belt through the college's Original Play Competition, which she co-founded. "I've directed every single one," Gagne says. She and colleague Michael Shugg created the ... See all stories on this topic »

Story contest championed by Wokingham MP Reading Post Members of Team v are planning pop-up story circles, creative writing workshops on the theme of 'changing the world for the better' and a story-telling competition with the same theme. This is the latest campaign from Team v volunteers, who have also ... See all stories on this topic »

Literary Award Winner Virginia Connection Newspapers Washington Episcopal School first-grader Ore Adedeji, age 6, was named a winner of the 2012 Bethesda Literary Festival's Youth Writing Contest. She was one of 10 award recipients selected from more than 700 entries. The topic of her essay, ... See all stories on this topic »

River Forest teacher uses Wednesday Journal's ad contest as teaching tool Wednesday Journal But this year, Szczesny took the contest a step further by turning it into an opportunity to teach her fifth-graders about persuasive writing. "I'ma teacher who believes strongly in making the writing experience as authentic as possible," Szczesny said ... See all stories on this topic »